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Cuban Studies 42
Cuban Studies 42 focuses on gender and equality issues in post-1959 Cuba, and their impact on cultural and institutional change. It views subjects such as politics, labor, food and diet, race, ethnicity, HIV/AIDS, sex education, tourism and prostitution, masculinity, and feminism, among others.
The Palgrave Biographical Encyclopedia of Psychology in Latin America
This biographical encyclopedia will provide the first comprehensive reference work on leading scholars and professionals who have contributed to the development and institutionalization of psychology in Latin America. The figures biographed will include scholars who have made a significant theoretical contribution to the discipline, as well as, practitioners and those who have contributed to the institutionalization of psychology, through their work in scientific organisations, professional bodies and publications. All persons included are recognized authorities and either natives of, or long-term residents in the region. It will offer an invaluable reference point, in particular for scholars of the history of psychology, Latin American studies, the history of science, and global psychology; as well as for historians, psychologists and social scientists seeking international perspectives on the development of the discipline.
Antropólogas, politólogas y sociólogas
"Nuestra palabra de mujeres, y de mujeres científicas sociales, es todavía un leve signo en la arena que hasta el ala de un pájaro puede borrar, que es borrada sin designio especial, simplemente porque está a la intemperie. Y sólo si conseguimos poner tanto empeño en perdurar como lo pusimos en cambiar nuestro destino, tendremos la certeza de legar a las nuevas generaciones nuestros textos, nuestras rupturas, nuestros mensajes y nuestros hallazgos, para que ellas puedan seguir avanzando por los caminos que hemos ido encontrando. Toca, pues, construir colectivamente nuestra memoria de mujeres y de científicas sociales, y hay que felicitar y secundar a todas aquellas que, como las autor...
A las patadas
En Colombia, hasta ahora, el fútbol solo se ha pensado en masculino. El fútbol practicado por hombres forma parte de un acervo cultural que se ha utilizado permanentemente para construir una idea de nación hegemónica, y que constituye un elemento esencial de la cultura patriarcal del país. Mientras tanto, la historia y el desarrollo de las mujeres se ha relegado a la reproducción de unos roles específicos de género, como procrear, cuidar de la familia, atender al marido y mantener la casa en orden. Sin embargo, las mujeres han estado presentes en el desarrollo del fútbol desde sus inicios y han retado las dinámicas de opresión para construir espacios de liberación en su práctica...
Earth at Risk in the 21st Century: Rethinking Peace, Environment, Gender, and Human, Water, Health, Food, Energy Security, and Migration
Earth at Risk in the 21st Century offers critical interdisciplinary reflections on peace, security, gender relations, migration and the environment, all of which are threatened by climate change, with women and children affected most. Deep-rooted gender discrimination is also a result of the destructive exploitation of natural resources and the pollution of soils, water, biota and air. In the Anthropocene, the management of human society and global resources has become unsustainable and has created multiple conflicts by increasing survival threats primarily for poor people in the Global South. Alternative approaches to peace and security, focusing from bottom-up on an engendered peace with s...
Mulheres da Baixada Fluminense, RJ: Caminhos de uma Educação para a justiça ambiental.
Apresenta as práticas da Educação para a justiça ambiental realizada pelas Mulheres da Baixada Fluminense (RJ) que atuam no Fórum dos Atingidos pela indústria do petróleo nas cercanias da Baía de Guanabara (FAPP-BG), colocando em confronto os discursos da Petrobras-REDUC e as falas antagônicas das mulheres do GT-Mulheres do FAPP-BG.
Institutionalizing Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity
Institutionalizing Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity fills a gap in the current literature by systematizing and comparing a wide international scope of case studies illustrating varied ways of institutionalizing theory and practice. This collection comprises three parts. After an introduction of overall themes, Part I presents case studies on institutionalizing. Part II focuses on transdisciplinary examples, while Part III includes cross-cutting themes, such as funding, evaluation, and intersections between epistemic cultures. With expert contributions from authors representing projects and programs in Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, Russia and South Caucuses, Latin and North Amer...
