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El periodo objeto de análisis y reflexión en este libro (1950-1960) es a mi juicio el más estudiado en nuestro país por ser el que escenificó las transformaciones más trascendentales que he vivido. Aun así, muchos de los abordajes del autor o son inéditos o enfocan los procesos de maneras novedosas y con mayor profundidad de la que han hecho otras y otros estudiosos.

El libro Historia, memoria y ficción del autor Carlos Pabón Ortega (N. n/a, San Juan, Puerto Rico) no trata propiamente hablando del fascismo.  En todo caso, nos narra las consecuencias, si alguna, de los efectos de la genealogía del fascismo, o para clarificarlo de las distintas tendencias que dicho concepto normativo de la ciencia política ha tenido en el mundo. En particular, en el mundo europeo y latinoamericano.

In this article we try to delve into the contributions of certain epistemological currents originating from the African continent with the aim of contributing to the enrichment of transdisciplinarity in general studies and advancing the decolonizing nature of multiple knowledges within the university environment. Despite the limitations that still persist within general studies as a symptom of the multiple ways that coloniality operates and is instrumentalized, we believe that general education is the area par excellence from which multiple bridges of world experiences and feelings can be established by articulating thus in various life projects taking into consideration the ethical and axiological field and making visible the multiple forms of affectivity manifested in ancestral customs and values.   For this reason, we propose that African epistemologies be incorporated into teaching and research in general studies, given their affinities particularly in knowledge integration processes.

This study offers a thorough examination of the film "The Hour of the Furnaces" (Solanas & Getino, 1968). It aims to delve into the film's content and the backgrounds of its directors, with the goal of situating the work within the framework of a cinematic genre, particularly considering its aesthetics, presentation, and influence, which align with the principles of Third Cinema. The investigation includes an exploration of the research methodologies employed, encompassing information gathering, conducted interviews, and the analysis of data and statistical materials presented within the film, all aimed at contextualizing it within a specific cinematic tradition. Furthermore, the study delves into the historical and socio-political context in which the film was produced—set against the backdrop of dictatorship, neocolonialism, and economic austerity. Biographical sketches of the directors, Octavio Getino and Fernando Solanas, are provided to illuminate how their political ideologies and personal backgrounds may have shaped the film's thematic content and artistic direction.

In this essay, the author aims to present an updated version of the contemporary evolution of sexuality, one of the oldest and essential behavioral expressions in our species. From instinct and reproduction to love and civilization, our consistent sexual experience repeated throughout history has provoque the same result: evolution. As it distances itself from reproduction and the survival needs of the collective, it also adapts to the capitalist neoliberal lifestyle in the western world. Presently, the narcissistic individual is the leading actor of himself, and his pleasure. His body image, rather than being valued by others, is worshiped by the illusive mirage reflected in the mirror of the cell phone; an image already designed by the market media. Redefining gender and sex encompass a wide diverse spectrum of identities provoking curiosity and experimentation. Pharmacopornography, image worshiping and virtual sex creates a lonely dissatisfied paraphilic spectator alienated from love, passion and the sublime. The new sexuality presents ambiguously with many varieties to choose from and to perform with narcissistic drama.

Hace un tiempo llegó a mis manos el presente texto que tengo el placer de promocionar. Como editora asumí el reto que el Dr. Luis Ernesto Paz Enrique me puso y donde colaboraban otros importantes académicos de reconocimiento internacional. Sin ánimos de exponer toda la información disponible, me he propuesto realizar un resumen que permita a la comunidad científica interesada identificar temas de interés y dominios aún en desarrollo.

In this article we will look at the emergence, claims and outcome of the 15M (May 15) movement in Spain, based on the contextual elements that lead to it’d creation, forge, growth and transformation. We will also observe and analyze the discourses it executed as a strategy to generate a broader collective identity and attract a greater number of individuals outraged with government policies, as well as their collective actions and the role of the movement in the transformation of contemporary Spanish politics. What began at the time as a march of indignados and culminated in campings in public squares throughout Spain attracted thousands of protesters who also joined the process. A collective unity began to take shape and this would be reflected in their discourses, which tried to cross ideological lines in order to build a heterogeneous collective identity. The outcome of all this is still subject to debates and is reflected in contemporary Spanish politics with institutional political projects such as Podemos. Throughout the following work we will go through the most notable elements of this process.

The concepts of ethics and bioethics are explained in health contexts that involve both: the individual and the collective as well as social. The faculties of general studies must promote the study and analysis of the various ethics such as those of protection, care and responsibility. The circumstances are not limited to considering and analyzing cases of individuals in hospitals. It is the responsibility of the state to provide health care along with the prevention of diseases for people both individually and collectively.

This essay is, in a sense, a continuation of the one we presented in UMBRAL No. 19. We reiterate the following premise: "The philosophy of general education in Puerto Rico has been forged from the founding years of the Faculty of General Studies (FEG) and throughout its history, based on constant paths of pedagogical experimentation and theoretical discussion". In this document, we have explained the minimum bases for beginning hermeneutic dialogues and discussions about these paths in contact. In specific curricular matters, in this issue we examine a) the strong position of the Dean of Natural Sciences, Facundo Bueso, on the subject of science courses in General Education, and b) the sociogenetic struggle -conceptual and philosophical- behind the selection of materials with which the CIFI course has to work, as well as the logical order of its outline. Finally, we bring to the fore the sui generis and ontologically social identity approach of the Department of Physical Sciences of the Faculty of General Studies, collected in the important ‘Pronouncement of 1956-1957’.

          El presente número de la Revista Umbral es la manifestación de su compromiso con los Estudios Generales y la transdisciplinariedad, reivindicándose como revista foro de la diversidad epistémica y la investigación decolonial que tanto urge en la academia latinoamericana.  Más concretamente en Puerto Rico ante las circunstancias históricas vividas en el país: la bancarrota del gobierno de Puerto Rico y que afecta la Universidad de Puerto Rico, la migración masiva hacia los Estados Unidos, la gentrificación que se vive a lo largo y a lo ancho de su territorio, la polarización política, la desinformación que predomina, entre otras cosas.  Definiendo el acercamiento temático de esta edición, la sección de Educación General se compone de un total de cinco contribuciones académicas realizadas tanto por académicos puertorriqueños como por académicos del extranjero.