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Paloma Martinez-Cruz argues that the medicine traditions of Mesoamerican women constitute a hemispheric intellectual lineage that continues to thrive despite the legacy of colonization. Martinez-Cruz asserts that indigenous and mestiza women healers are custodians of a knowledge base that remains virtually uncharted. The few works looking at the knowledge of women in Mesoamerica generally examine only the written—even academic—world, accessible only to the most elite segments of (customarily male) society. These works have consistently excluded the essential repertoire and performed knowledge of women who think and work in ways other than the textual. And while two of the book’s chapte...
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The work of geotechnical engineers contributes to the creation of safe, economic and pleasant spaces to live, work and relax all over the world. Advances are constantly being made, and the expertise of the profession becomes ever more important with the increased pressure on space and resources. This book presents the proceedings of the 15th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XV PCSMGE), held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in November 2015. This conference, held every four years, is an important opportunity for international experts, researchers, academics, professionals and geo-engineering companies to meet and exchange ideas and research findings in the ar...
Democracia republicana expone las ideas del ex presidente Carlos Salinas de Gortari acerca del riesgo que enfrentan los ciudadanos y la república. La República está en riesgo. De ese tamaño es el trance por el que atraviesa México. En el bicentenario de la Independencia y el centenario de la Revolución, la nación vuelve a enfrentar retos formidables que provienen tanto del interior de su territorio como más allá de sus fronteras. En el ámbito interno, se vive cotidianamente la angustia de la inseguridad. A esto se suma la década perdida de oportunidades económicas y de esperanzas sociales frustradas. El riesgo para México se agrava por el debate de las ideas en los medios: el pa...