Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

Este artículo analiza algunas propuestas de protesta artística en contra de la desaparición forzada en México. El objetivo general de este estudio fue identificar algunas estrategias y herramientas que, desde el arte, pueden facilitar la labor activista de los familiares de las y los des-aparecidos. El estudio resultó de la participación en el Diplomado de Desaparición Forzada en México y América Latina, organizado por la uam Cuajimalpa. De esta manera, se incluyó un análisis cualitativo de lo ahí expresado por las madres y padres. Al mismo tiempo, se analizan, desde una mirada crítica y feminista, algunas propuestas estéticas que utilizan conceptos como artivismo o nuevo género de arte público con el fin de comprender manifestaciones culturales contemporáneas que se insertan en prácticas de protesta social. Al tomar como caso de estudio obras de Mónica Mayer y el proyecto Bordando por la paz, se identificaron algunas cualidades de estas nuevas formas de arte político y el aporte que tienen para la lucha social.

During the interwar period, a new appreciation of what were then called “primitive” arts took hold, stimulated by the spread of anthropological studies. Artistic publications were opened to scientists and to treatments of those productions from a purely ethnographic point of view, oblivious to aesthetic evaluations. This occurred with partic-ular intensity in the French milieu. Concentrating on French publications, this paper deals mainly with scientific collaborations in modern art magazines, and how these approaches and the new anthropological contextualizations permeated art criticism and the artistic work itself, to the extent that a kind of “ethnographic turn” can be identified. Focused on period documents, in many cases rarely noticed, the article aims to provide a significant and conceptually complete account—attentive to different artistic sensibilities—of the way this turn manifested itself throughout the period dealt with.

En este artículo se analiza el trabajo con la mano desnuda desarrollado por Mane Bernardo y Sarah Bianchi y que derivó en la conformación de la técnica denominada pantomima de manos. Se examinarán los límites de la definición tradicional de títere y las prácticas que engloba junto con la noción de experimentación propuesta por Bernardo, marcada por las tensiones entre tradición y modernidad. Con ello se busca ubicar esta experiencia entre aquellas que contribuyeron a la modernización del teatro de títeres en Argentina.

The Esposizione Universale Roma (EUR), was the biggest complex built during Mussolini’s regime. EUR employed political strategies of propaganda that consciously set out to copy those of ancient Rome. Mussolini’s government made a constant effort to associate fascism with the emperor Augustus. Publications regarding Italian fascist architecture focus on the antagonism between Rationalism and classicism or the vast stylistic variety of Italian fascist architecture. To get a deeper insight into the notion of how fascists reused Augustan propaganda, I refer to the work of experts in Augustan architecture, which can be usefully compared to fascist documentation. The findings of this article highlight a further connection between the EUR area and its link with the Roman fora. Although this connection is not found in the extant documentation, an analysis of the architectural remains denotes the intention of expressing the aforementioned strategies.

Objective: To describe the effect of a pilot yoga program on the quality of life of pediatric cancer patients undergoing outpatient chemotherapy treatment.  Metod: mixed, quasi-experimental design, with pre-test and post-test. Participants aged 6 to 10 years were recruited, eight completed the entire program. The program considered 6 Hatha yoga group sessions per participant. The questionnaires on Pediatric Quality of Life generic and specific version of cancer (Pediatric Quality of life inventory (PedsQl) 4.0 and 3.0) were used. A semi-structured interview is conducted to identify the benefits perceived by the caregiver.  Results: There were no significant differences in the results of quality of life before and after the program, but benefits were reported in the interviews with caregivers in the categories of pain, physical resistance, and mood.  Conclusions: This study could serve as a guide for future research that incorporates yoga in pediatric oncology, in a hospital setting. 

In this study, the psychometric properties of the Spanish form of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI-30) were analyzed on a total of 2096 adults (61.55% female) with age ranged from 18 to 71 years. The cross-validation of the factorial structure was analyzed by an exploratory Principal Axis Factoring (PAF) and a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). PAF reproduced the original structure of NEO-FFI-30 and CFA showed a satisfactory fit of single-factor models for the five dimensions. The results provided sufficient support for the hypothesis that an abbreviated set of 30 FFI items can be used efficiently to assess the five-factor personality model in a reliably and valid manner. The analyses showed a structure congruent with previous international adaptations of the NEO-FFI-30, with high values of internal consistency, and convergent, differential and concurrent ability with respect to clinical and psychological distress. The NEO-FFI-30-SF is a robust instrument to measure the five dimensions of personality.

Body dissatisfaction is an issue associated with an increased risk of suicide and poorer quality of life. Such dissatisfaction can be generated by social comparison and exposure to unrealistic body models through social media. This study is a replication of a research conducted in the Netherlands in 2016 which analysed the influence of exposure to edited Instagram photos on the perception of body image in an adolescent population. In the present study, an experiment was conducted with 104 Spanish university girls who were randomly exposed to edited photos with filters, original photos, or landscape photos. The young women's perception of their body image after exposure was measured. Compared to the original article, a third condition was introduced with landscape photos, participants' attention to the photos was measured, and a pre-questionnaire was conducted to assess the editing of the stimulus photos. No significant differences were found between the groups. All this may lead us to consider age-related variables as influential in the relationship between exposure to photos on social networks and the perception of one's own body image.

A 5-session intervention protocol based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is described. This protocol is aimed at university students with public speaking fear (PSF) and promotes the central processes of ACT in order to improve psychological flexibility. These processes are addressed through acceptance-based training integrated into in vivo exposure or exposure through virtual reality (VR). The implementation of both modalities of the protocol with two university students showed clinically significant reductions in PSF and social anxiety. It is concluded that the adaptation of the clinical methods of ACT in the field of the PSF in combination with VR can lead to a significant advance in the approach of PSF in the academic field.

Human beings face stressful situations on a daily basis and must respond effectively to survive and adapt to the environment. However, the high intensity and persistence of the stressor, as happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, could have a negative effect on people's neurology, cognition and behavior. Structures such as the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex are affected by acute and persistent stress, being the explanatory basis for the maladaptive attitudes and behaviors that occur in emergency situations. Processes such as the latency between stress and decision-making, cognitive reappraisal, and imitation, all dependent on the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala, explain the rapid spread of fake news, denialism, and compulsive purchases during COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the analysis of the information, some approach guidelines can be established, based on neurocognitive knowledge, with which to face emergency situations: 1) Monitor the level of population stress; 2) Manage the information transmitted (intensity / frequency); 3) Avoid informational contradictions (uncertainty); 4) Promote imitation models; 5) Establish support systems for vulnerable groups; 6) Facilitate controlled leisure.

Introduction: Considering the demand met in a school clinic, a risk classification is necessary for planning and optimizing clinical care and mental health programs. Objective: To analyze the mental health risk classification of users of a school clinic, based on psychological screening. Methodology: Quantitative, cross-sectional and descriptive research carried out with 85 participants. Descriptive analyzes were used for data analysis, in the general sample and by sex. Results: The mental health risk classification of the participants was low risk, with more frequent signs and symptoms such as anxiety, insomnia, sadness, hopelessness, thoughts of worthlessness and feelings of guilt, with a higher percentage in women. Conclusion: The study confirms a low risk in mental health of the research participants, indicating the continuation of data monitoring and expansion of strategies used to follow up mental health users in the teaching clinic.