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Este es un libro en el que confluyen múltiples miradas, voces y plumas para abordar un tema en común: el patrimonio cultural inmaterial y su salvaguardia. En 2013 se llevó a cabo el "II Congreso Internacional sobre Experiencias en la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial" en la ciudad de Zacatecas. Algunas de las 134 ponencias allí presentadas dieron origen a los capítulos de este libro. De esta manera, se consolida la práctica de coordinar esfuerzos para la difusión de algunas de las múltiples experiencias que se realizan tanto desde el ámbito académico como desde diversas instituciones públicas, en materia de salvaguardia del PCI. Una de las características principale...
Este es un libro colectivo. En más de un sentido. En primer lugar, recoge dinámicas y estrategias enfocadas a la creación literaria entre bachilleres, diseñadas e implementadas por pasantes o egresados de la carrera de Letras Hispánicas de la Universidad de Guadalajara que participan en el proyecto Luvina Joven, que coordina talleres de creación para estudiantes de preparatoria del Sistema de Educación Media Superior (sems) y algunos centros de la red universitaria. Pero a la vez estas actividades se nutren de un gran número de fuentes, muchas de ellas anónimas, porque derivan de las experiencias individuales de cada uno de los coordinadores de los talleres, recogidas a su vez de la participación tanto sistemática como informal en diversos espacios que se enfocan a estos mismos propósitos. La buena educación, a final de cuentas, es colectiva, y habría que remontarnos a nuestros maestros, y a los maestros de nuestros maestros hasta llegar al Primer Maestro, y seguir el proceso para identificar quién enseñó qué, con la consideración de que aquello que yo aprendí lo enseñaré a mi manera, y si mi alumno se vuelve maestro, continuará este proceso sin fin.
Plant Resource Allocation is an exploration of the latest insights into the theory and functioning of plant resource allocation. An international team of physiological ecologists has prepared chapters devoted to the fundamental topics of resource allocation. - Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of resource allocation in plants - All contributors are leaders in their respective fields
Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991
In this third volume of his award-winning American Crisis series, James Gustave Speth makes his boldest and most ambitious contribution yet. He looks unsparingly at the sea of troubles in which the United States now finds itself, charts a course through the discouragement and despair commonly felt today, and envisions what he calls America the Possible, an attractive and plausible future that we can still realize. The book identifies a dozen features of the American political economy--the country's basic operating system--where transformative change is essential. It spells out the specific changes that are needed to move toward a new political economy--one in which the true priority is to su...
Car Safety Wars is a gripping history of the hundred-year struggle to improve the safety of American automobiles and save lives on the highways. Described as the “equivalent of war” by the Supreme Court, the battle involved the automobile industry, unsung and long-forgotten safety heroes, at least six US Presidents, a reluctant Congress, new auto technologies, and, most of all, the mindset of the American public: would they demand and be willing to pay for safer cars? The “Car Safety Wars” were at first won by consumers and safety advocates. The major victory was the enactment in 1966 of a ground breaking federal safety law. The safety act was pushed through Congress over the bitter ...
Overview of applications of network theory to climate science, for researchers and students, and anyone interested in network science.
The Innovative University illustrates how higher education can respond to the forces of disruptive innovation , and offers a nuanced and hopeful analysis of where the traditional university and its traditions have come from and how it needs to change for the future. Through an examination of Harvard and BYU-Idaho as well as other stories of innovation in higher education, Clayton Christensen and Henry Eyring decipher how universities can find innovative, less costly ways of performing their uniquely valuable functions. Offers new ways forward to deal with curriculum, faculty issues, enrollment, retention, graduation rates, campus facility usage, and a host of other urgent issues in higher education Discusses a strategic model to ensure economic vitality at the traditional university Contains novel insights into the kind of change that is necessary to move institutions of higher education forward in innovative ways This book uncovers how the traditional university survives by breaking with tradition, but thrives by building on what it's done best.
It is possible to eliminate death and serious injury from Canada’s roads. In other jurisdictions, the European Union, centres in the United States, and at least one automotive company aim to achieve comparable results as early as 2020. In Canada, though, citizens must turn their thinking on its head and make road safety a national priority. Since the motor vehicle first went into mass production, the driver has taken most of the blame for its failures. In a world where each person’s safety is dependent on a system in which millions of drivers must drive perfectly over billions of hours behind the wheel, failure on a massive scale has been the result. When we neglect the central role of t...
Agroforestry systems have been touted as sustainable production systems that alleviate many of the environmental problems associated with modern production systems. Are they indeed ecologically and economically sustainable? Using case studies from around the globe, this book highlights the potential of agroforestry systems to produce a broad range of commodities. In addition to addressing the biophysical and socioeconomic dimensions of producing traditional food, fodder and fiber crops, this volume examines the potential to integrate biomass crops, botanicals and ornamental plants into agroforestry practices. The book should be particularly useful to students, professionals, researchers and policy makers involved in natural resource management, agroforestry, and environmental management.