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El artículo presenta los resultados alusivos a la educación, el saber y el conocer de la investigación: “Cosmovisión de la unidad en un territorio indígena de Colombia”. El proyecto tuvo como propósito reconocer las relaciones entre el ocio, la producción, la educación y el desarrollo sostenible y se realizó a partir de un ejercicio etnográfico, a la manera de un oficiar el sentido y la mirada para explorar las tramas de sentido cultural de la comunidad. Lo que implicó una estadía en el resguardo indígena por más de 180 días, durante los cuales se realizó observación de diversas prácticas cotidianas y entrevistas semi-estructuradas que fueron registradas en el diario de campo. El análisis se hizo a partir del método de comparación constante. Como resultados se destacan: la tensión entre las prácticas educativas propias y el interés integracionista de la educación oficial. Al igual que el deseo de las comunidades por consolidar sus procesos formativos desde una relación respetuosa de los saberes, los seres y de lo social. A manera de conclusión se manifiesta quees necesario avanzar en la construcción de proyectos educativos simétricos que permitan el diálogo de seres y de saberes para edificar la nación diversa, como está plasmado en la Constitución Política de 1991 donde se reconoce a Colombia como una nación multicultural y pluriétnica.

Se presenta una sistematización del proceso llevado a cabo en la Escuela de Administración Pública de la Universidad de Costa Rica para desarrollar un curriculum académico por competencias. El proceso consistió en un esfuerzo de la organización con un fuerte componente de trabajo en equipo, que permitiera el aprendizaje de la organización en el tema de competencias profesionales, la valoración del objeto de estudio de la administración pública y consecuentemente diseñar el currículum por competencias para el profesional de la administración pública. El esfuerzo generó la definición de competencias generales y específicas, y la organización curricular en módulos, de tal forma que se alcanzó una estructura de plan de estudios totalmente diferente a lo que se ha venido construyendo en la Universidad de Costa Rica.

Development has been a dominant trope of global political and economic life since the 1950s. As such it has been inevitably linked to some of the most important social processes of this era: colonialism, globalization, post­colonialism, global ecological crisis, the rise of environmentalism, and more. Consolidation of the contemporary con­sumer society came, hand in hand, with the certainty that it sustained a way of life that, like collateral damage, included a global ecological crisis. From many parts of the world new voices raised concerns about the costs of globaliza­tion and proposed alternatives and so­lutions; thus, modern eco-criticism was born. This article analyzes the historical process of emergence of eco-critical concepts as well as appropriation, re­definition, and use of these concepts by politicians and economists. Specifically, we reflect on how “development” and “growth” under heavy criticism during the 70s were gradually transformed into “sustainable development” first, and, as this conversion was still raising sig­nificant disapproval, to “sustainability” later. Adoption of these new ideological frameworks aimed at legitimizing devel­opment allowed Western societies to ignore more critical approaches such us “zero growth” or “degrowth”.

This article analyzes and compares the coverage provided by two prominent newspapers on two corrup­tion cases, one in Portugal (the Freeport case in Diário de Notícias) and one in Spain (the Palma Arena case in El País). The goal is to know the parameters of newsworthiness of political corruption and to ensure that its coverage is con­sistent with the principles of relevance, visibility and framing as they relate to customization and sensationalism of po­litical news. For this study we rely on the principles of “agenda setting” and “prim­ing”. And, we apply the methodology of content analysis to understand the intent of what the media convey to the public. The results show that political corruption assumes a very high media visibility in both newspapers, though it is especially critical in the newspaper El País and more moderate in Diário de Notícias.

Andalusia in e-Equality was one of the projects included within the EQUAL Community Initiative. These projects, through networking of profes­sionals who plan, develop, and evaluate them, sought to promote social innova­tion, either in the projects’ content or in their processes. Networking, a transna­tional vision of Europe, and promotion of the use of Information and Communica­tions Technology (ICT) were key points around which actions were developed to promote a common culture where equality was the modus operandi of the project. In this paper, we present the development and implementation of a methodology for analyzing the content of messages in online discussions that developed in the forums included in the website of the project. The descriptive and qualitative content analysis is per­formed using an interpretive approach based on a framework of symbolic inter­actionism and phenomenology. It shows, through practical experience of the An­dalucía e-Equal project, the opportunity of using forums as optimal resources for values education. Also tested were variables on the internalization of values and meanings, facilitators for building a culture and a critical view in the analysis of inequality.

The communication model of football club Barcelona has moved from the 1980s, when football clubs in Spain began to professionalize the manage­ment of information, until today when it has integrated the building of its brand with the dissemination strategy aimed at its target audiences. For this work, we opted for a qualitative methodology that included in-depth interviews and a secondary empirical examination of lit­erature and newspaper sources. The results show that the Catalan club has gone from a direct relationship with jour­nalists as a channel to transmit its image to using a multimedia platform of its own to create and manage its information. We conclude that the objective of this model is to reduce the club’s reliance on information published by the media.

 This article studies the relationship be­tween television- and communication-based education and the formation of values. The research analyzes the importance of educommunication, or education via the communication me­dia, by comparing two real educom­municative experiences: one in a local indigenous community in the state of Yucatan (Mexico), and the other in a group of secondary education students in Cordoba (Spain). By applying the qualitative survey method, one will be able to measure the importance of the educommunicative model in classroom training centers, with the goal of teach­ing communication in the classroom as a powerful factor of social and cultural change. Results demonstrate that the participation of audiences in design and construction of television content multi­plies the effectiveness of educommuni­cation in values education and formation of a critical spirit.

This article contributes to the understanding of modern society and the dynamics of technological activism undertaken from and on the internet. The new forms of collective action are based on an open, free and decentralized in­ternet. However, fundamental rights such as privacy and intimacy or freedom of expression and the free flow of ideas are encountering some obstacles in the digital medium. The deep web is pre­sented as the ideal environment where citizens born of the hacker era and un­der the influence of free culture are or­ganized in hacktivist groups and exert pressure on the economic and political powers. The methodology for this study includes a bibliographical review, field­work and participant observation in the environments studied. The results con­firm that technological activism is impos­ing civic and political value of software as a key element in social construction. Technological activist groups such as Anonymous are gaining importance and prominence in the social, political and economic future.

Urban entrepreneurialism constitutes a key process in current ur­ban transformations. By these means, local authorities encourage investments of private capital in the neoliberal con­text. The present work links this concept with the process of gentrification and ap­plies both of them to recent transforma­tions in the central area of Mexico City. It relies on a case study, backed up by extensive field work, in which surveys of land uses and qualitative interviews are combined with diverse secondary sources. Current transformations in the central district show distinct characteris­tics of urban entrepreneurialism, such as the stimulation of private investment as the main factor in urban requalification.

 Based on an analysis of the debate on the state of the nation in 2013 in Spain, this article analyzes the impact of social networks on political debate. The predominant content in conver­sations on Twitter during the week in which the debate takes place (Monday 18 February to Sunday 24 February) are defined, and the degree of interest of users with regard to other matters is compared. Then, the size and scope of the discussion in this social network is examined. User ratings of the govern­ment are analyzed, as are reactions to the evaluation of the prime minister on the situation and the meaning of user messages to the opposition leader. The study also explores the tone of the mes­sages and checks to see if the debate on Twitter revolves around the same issues and problems that citizens con­sider most relevant according to data provided by the Center for Sociologi­cal Research. The results contribute to a better understanding of the impact of Twitter on public opinion.