El ascetismo pentecostal gitano y la gestión corporal. Una aproximación desde la antropología del cuerpo

Pentecostal religious beliefs and practices consist of a complex set of strategies of transformation and personal renewal. Among other aspects of their experiences in the Church of Philadelphia, the social construction of Gypsy reality turns on the reform of the body. The present paper lies on aspects such as the body as object and subject of biopolitical and religious practices; the relationships between religious experience and body management; new social and community interactions; and autobiographical discourse as the ideological vehicle of personal conversion and transformation. All these processes reveal how social practices remake and shape bodily behaviour and its meaning. Pentecostal charismatic practices channel and express the community and individual demands of Church of Philadelphia converts, and represent central issues in the Pentecostal management of body and spirit. Our aim in this paper is to analyze the bodily practices which provide for believers´ transformation, and which shape community rituals and the congregation's interactions.Las creencias y prácticas religiosas pentecostales constituyen un conjunto elaborado de estrategias de transformación y renacimiento personal. Tanto la reforma corporal como diferentes aspectos de la experiencia vital y biográfica se convierten en factores decisivos de la construcción social de la realidad de los gitanos pertenecientes a la Iglesia de Filadelfia. El trabajo que presentamos se detiene en aspectos como: el cuerpo como objeto y sujeto de prácticas biopolíticas y religiosas; las relaciones entre experiencia religiosa y gestión corporal; las nuevas interacciones sociales y dinámicas comunitarias; los discursos autobiográficos como vehículos ideológicos de la conversión y transformación personal. Todos estos procesos reflejan el modo como las prácticas sociales reelaboran y canalizan los comportamientos y significados del cuerpo. Por otro lado, los dones carismáticos pentecostales canalizan y expresan las demandas individuales y comunitarias de los conversos de la Iglesia de Filadelfia y suponen elementos centrales de la gestión corporal y vital pentecostal. El objetivo es, pues, analizar las prácticas corporales que permiten la transformación de los creyentes y configuran los rituales e interacciones comunitarias de las congregaciones

El ascetismo pentecostal gitano y la gestión corporal. Una aproximación desde la antropología del cuerpo Gipsy pentecostal ascetism and body management

Las creencias y prácticas religiosas pentecostales constituyen un conjunto elaborado de estrategias de transformación y renacimiento personal. Tanto la reforma corporal como diferentes aspectos de la experiencia vital y biográfica se convierten en factores decisivos de la construcción social de la realidad de los gitanos pertenecientes a la Iglesia de Filadelfia. El trabajo que presentamos se detiene en aspectos como: el cuerpo como objeto y sujeto de prácticas biopolíticas y religiosas; las relaciones entre experiencia religiosa y gestión corporal; las nuevas interacciones sociales y dinámicas comunitarias; los discursos autobiográficos como vehículos ideológicos de la conversión y transformación personal. Todos estos procesos reflejan el modo como las prácticas sociales reelaboran y canalizan los comportamientos y significados del cuerpo. Por otro lado, los dones carismáticos pentecostales canalizan y expresan las demandas individuales y comunitarias de los conversos de la Iglesia de Filadelfia y suponen elementos centrales de la gestión corporal y vital pentecostal. El objetivo es, pues, analizar las prácticas corporales que permiten la transformación de los creyentes y configuran los rituales e interacciones comunitarias de las congregaciones.Pentecostal religious beliefs and practices consist of a complex set of strategies of transformation and personal renewal. Among other aspects of their experiences in the Church of Philadelphia, the social construction of Gypsy reality turns on the reform of the body. The present paper lies on aspects such as the body as object and subject of biopolitical and religious practices; the relationships between religious experience and body management; new social and community interactions; and autobiographical discourse as the ideological vehicle of personal conversion and transformation. All these processes reveal how social practices remake and shape bodily behaviour and its meaning. Pentecostal charismatic practices channel and express the community and individual demands of Church of Philadelphia converts, and represent central issues in the Pentecostal management of body and spirit. Our aim in this paper is to analyze the bodily practices which provide for believers' transformation, and which shape community rituals and the congregation's interactions

Can rigidly rotating polytropes be sources of the Kerr metric?

We use a recent result by Cabezas et al. to build up an approximate solution to the gravitational field created by a rigidly rotating polytrope. We solve the linearized Einstein equations inside and outside the surface of zero pressure including second-order corrections due to rotational motion to get an asymptotically flat metric in a global harmonic coordinate system. We prove that if the metric and their first derivatives are continuous on the matching surface up to this order of approximation, the multipole moments of this metric cannot be fitted to those of the Kerr metric.Comment: LaTeX, 17 pages, submitted to CQ

Applications of low enthalpy geothermal energy: the case of the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Chile

In recent decades, the industry has observed a significant shift towards the use of renewable energy, such as solar, wind and geothermal. The Chilean scenario has not been an exception, and much progress has been made in sustainable energy prospection and implementation, especially in the electricity sector, where solar and wind power amount 2300 MW, and since April 2017, the first geothermal power plant (48 MW) has come into operation. In the area of low enthalpy geothermal energy, the use is around 19 MW. The Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Chile has been contributing to this transformational process, with its Sustainable Campus initiative. The first step of this initiative is the introduction of renewable energy on site, which has been achieved through the installation of a solar photovoltaic plant of 15 kW. Along this line, the design and implementation of a geothermal air conditioning system (HAVC) is underway, which will serve the classrooms and offices in the traditional engineering building of the campus. The technology to be used in this project is the Ground Heat Pump (GHP). The present paper includes an introduction of the applications of low enthalpy geothermal energy in Chile, a description of the Office of Engineering for Sustainable Development at the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and the design of a geothermal HAVC system in the university campus, considering economic, environmental, technical and social aspects. Besides the operation of the GHP, the system will be used for teaching purposes to incorporate sustainable development in the curriculum of the university. The expected savings of the geothermal system versus an aerothermal design are 41,070 kWh annually, considering both cooling and heating.This research was partially funded by the Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA) and the Complex Engineering Systems Institute, ISCI (Project CONICYT: FB0816)

On charismatic gifts. An approach to the glossolalia and to the liberation of spirits in Gypsy Pentecost cults

El movimiento étnico-religioso de las iglesias pentecostales gitanas constituye un referente antropológico privilegiado para intentar comprender cómo la religión puede servir tanto como cauce para la redefinición étnica y el cambio cultural, como para desvelar las estrategias simbólicas y rituales en torno a las manifestaciones extáticas y carismáticas. En este contexto, el artículo analiza dos lógicas parecidas de apropiación y distribución de dones carismáticos, en relación con la construcción y gestión de las demandas individuales y comunitarias: el don de lenguas (glosolalia) y la liberación de espíritus (exorcismos).The ethnic-religious movement of the Gypsy Pentecost churches constitutes a unique anthropological reference to try to understand how religion can be a good way for an ethnic re-definition and a cultural change, as well as to show the symbolic and ritual strategies around ecstatic and charismatic manifestations. In this context, the article analyses two similar logics of appropriation and distribution of charismatic gifts, in connection with the construction and administration of individual and community demands: the gift of languages (glossolalia) and the liberation of spirits (exorcisms).Grupo de Investigación Antropología y Filosofía (SEJ-126). Universidad de Granad