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This paper analyzes, from a critical perspective, the case of the campaign realized to promote an Yves Saint Laurent perfume (Libre) starring by an international recognized singer, in order to reveal the paradoxical background of its staging. The campaign gravitates around the iconographic motif of fire and underlines the dangerous nature of Freedom, in the general context of an Emotional Advertising work that aims to promote ethical thinking amongst consumers, beyond the visual pleasures and attraction generated by its images. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This exploratory paper analyzes the definition of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the role played by data to feed decisional systems, bearing in mind that a library does not store data, but identifies the relationships between them and performs a constant work of verification. Evidences the pathology of intelligent systems in today's world and the lack of human ethics, with examples that warn about it. Indicate how Artificial Intelligence will affect future jobs, and how it relates to culture and libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of the article is to analyze the link discourse and politics in the Post-structural Theory of Discourse (TPD) presented by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe (1987) The analysis combines theoreticalpractical documentary research with deconstruction and critical reflection. The theoretical aspects come mainly from Saussure (1971), Laclau and Mouffe (1987), Laclau (1993, 2006), Mouffe (2007), Rojas (2014) and Fair (2015), among others. The article provides a way to deconstruct basic concepts to understand the discursive articulation. The conclusions are: 1) the TPD radicalizes the linguistic turn and the structural games of language in a redefinition of society contributed from the articulation discourse-hegemony-the political and the political, 2) The TPD based on the discursive hegemony as an actual articulation, between other, 3) the Derridian deconstruction taken up by Laclau and Mouffe in the TPD is basic to interpret the differences between types of democracy and States by the way they hegemonize the particular senses of the signifiers to naturalize them, through political struggle, as of universal validity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this research was to study the spreading of political hate speech by the far right through Twitter. A mixed methodology was employed, combining both quantitative and qualitative tools, within the framework of digital ethnography. Five characteristic cases of campaigns linked to political hate speech were chosen, meeting the four criteria set: Latin American scope with representativeness in terms of breadth and impact, political motivation, more than 100,000 tweets, and massive use of fake accounts. The analysis was performed with T-Hoarder, Gephi and MAXQDA. The conclusions drawn are that these campaigns do not occur spontaneously. Rather, a destabilizing political intention lies behind them, sponsored by organizations with considerable ability to disseminate messages and with extensive funds. The massive presence of false accounts, the repetition of certain spelling errors in identical form and the striking increase in the number of accounts just before campaigns are evidence of the automation of these processes. The constant use of aggressive and disparaging terms associated with hatred triggers extreme polarization and a climate of tension, threatening the building and consolidation of democracy itself. Apart from punitive measures, there is a need to implement educational proposals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aims to explain from Rastier's cultural semiotics, Denimal's critical didactics and Walsh's Latin American critical interculturality, the possible incidences of the utilitarian perspective of the Common European Framework of Reference in the critical interculturality of the students of the 10th semester of the Modern Languages Degree at the University of Quindío. The project encompasses a qualitative approach, with a critical discourse analysis design, according to Wodak & Meyer's approaches, with interpretative scope. It is hypothesized that the diagnoses made by Nussbaum and Rastier of the crisis in current education, concretized in the absence of critical thinking offered by higher education institutions, are repeated in the results of this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study examines gender violence in the speech by a higher education student from southern Bogotá (Colombia). The study methodology includes a critical analysis of speech and content to identify different types of gender violence and power relations in an interview transcript. The results show that the speech is 60% victim, 20% victimizer, and 20% direct facts witness. The speech's exposure structure is expressive in bullying, representative in sexual harassment and abuse, and commissive and expressive in rejection and social exclusion. It is concluded that power relations are unequal, the main victimizer is a man, the victims are women and sexually diverse, and the types of violence are psychological, social, and sexual. Finally, the present study aims to contribute to the discussion on gender equality in higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The most used educational virtual platforms were analyzed, highlighting functions, characteristics, distribution, focus, etc. Conceptualizing utility and services they offer for teachers and students. It was found that the Canvas, Desire2Learn, and Sakai platforms are the most complete, followed by Moodle and Blackboard; unlike the latter, the former does not have adequate support, nor are they widely used. Regarding Moodle, there are many add-ons created by users; Blackboard is a paid software; Edmodo lacks functions, such as chat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay will attempt to analyze some details not explicitly shown in the story "Artemio y Multical", included in the book Mañana fuimos felices (1975), by the Peruvian writer José B. Adolph, in order to explain some aspects that They are not explicit in fiction. It will start from some considerations that are based on the narrative approach, then the implicit social criticism will be treated, to move towards science fiction, a genre in which the work is inscribed. For this, certain references related to the technological and the scientific will be mentioned, to support the analysis of the artificial subject, based on the unification of the object and the human. The purpose is to discover recurring themes, such as love. The pretention is to see the evolutionary look of the artificial subject, from the object and the human, to the stage of the superman, in addition to the qualities that imply such a condition. This will try to elucidate some aspects related to the Peruvian science fiction story that was written in the last century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article we present the preliminary analysis of the contestatory movements experimented by social work in Spain in the period of 1960-1980, which is inseparable from, internally, the Spanish macrosociety movement, and externally, the adoption by Spain of international policy mechanisms developed especially by the United States since the 1950s. In this period, the Latin American reconstruction movement was known among Spanish social workers, but its influence was not generalized, appearing in segments of the profession with politicized and more progressive stances. These segments recognized its importance, but also sought a theoretical and interventionist production of the profession adapted to the Spanish scenario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article spawns from the homonymous investigation, and attempts to convey the sensations and perceptions of the plays Augustine and Vacio from a feminist perspective. Realizing that art cannot and should not be translated, far from suggesting a meaning, what is relevant is to measure its transgressiveness. When you find yourself in awe with such flawless plays that clearly retrieve the history of the pathologizing and expropriation of the female body, something that upsets one to such an extent that it cannot be kept inside, it behooves me to put together the pieces and externalize them as best as possible, and that is what I attempt to do in this article. What are the possible interpretations for a work of art? They are infinite, unlimited, and open with many winding paths. Here I present merely one of them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study seeks to describe the main groups of educational innovation in the didactics of history from 1975 to the 1990s, especially those methods based on the use of primary sources and methodologies for discovery. Once identified, the study, by using qualitative methods, aims to analyze the perception and memories of a group of students that used this methodology during this period, in order to infer its effectiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A personality disorder can be considered to be a generalized pattern of behaviors, cognitions, and emotions that is enduring, begins in adolescence or early adulthood, remains stable over time, and generates stress or psychological damage. The current focus on personality disorders (PDs) is found in Section II of DSM-5 and is unchanged compared to DSM-IV, except that the PDs were removed from the former Axis II of the DSM-IV and included in the central classification of disorders. However, an alternative model for further study is presented in Section III that aims to address the deficiencies in the current categorical model of PDs. The underlying idea is that PDs are an extreme version of the personality traits that everyone has. According to this approach, PDs are characterized by impaired personality functioning (areas of identity, self-direction, empathy, and intimacy) and pathological personality factors (negative affectivity, detachment, antagonism, disinhibition, and psychoticism). The diagnostic categories derived from this model include only antisocial, avoidant, borderline, narcissistic, obsessive-compulsive, and schizotypal PDs. This hybrid approach to the diagnosis of PDs is complex and requires more empirical evidence before it can be incorporated into clinical practice. The proposals of the draft ICD-11 for PDs, which are based primarily on severity and dominant personality traits, are also included. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The growth and integration of ICTs in the global economy have created conditions that profoundly affect our society, dividing communities between those who effectively appropriate these resources and those who do not, what is called the «digital divide». This exploratory study seeks to propose and validate ways of assessing this phenomenon in higher education, from the construction of a model and a comprehensive methodology that value contextual conditions, in addition to measuring access factors and motivation for use, that have been employed in previous research. To obtain indications about the behavior of this phenomenon, we developed research with students from three universities in Bogota, administering 566 surveys in four phases that would test the variables proposed in the model. The results show that the variables of the model link causally, with the strongest relations between education, attitude towards ICTs and ICT application. Although students have good access to ICTs and high levels of education, no strong relationship was found in regards to «perceived impact on production». This may be explained by a superficial appropriation of ICT, due to a context that is alien to its conditions of origin (industrialism, innovation), poor quality of education and economies not centered around R&D. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the methodology known as systematic review, which forms part of the heart of evidence-based policy and practice (ebpp); however, like any methodology of a pragmatic type, systematic review is controversial. This text discusses such problems, as well as the merits of the focus. The central argument is that ebpp tends to construct knowledge in an open, plural manner as it encourages changing policy. Yet the adoption of such methodology seems complicated in Mexico due to the barriers previous studies have detected with regard to the use of knowledge in processes of educational policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article provides an analysis of Latin American contributions to environmental psychology, based on work presented in the last six Intercamerican Congresses of Psychology which cover from 2001 to 2011. The review was organized according to number of presentations per congress and authors' countries of origin, type of work; thematic areas, types of processes, environments and subjects addressed; methodologies and methods employed; and disciplines involved. Analysis shows a sustained growth of the discipline, although different between countries and heterogeneous in the issues addressed, ways of approaching these and scope of the results. Results show a prevalence of empirical versus theoretical, methodological and applied work; research privileges individual against collective processes; emphasizes reactive versus active role of participants, and a wide variety of topics, environments, subjects and methods is addressed Conclusions refer to the contributions and weaknesses of different nature derived from the review, and challenges faced by the discipline for increasing its academic, theoretical and social relevance. A working agenda is suggested for discussing these challenges, which in addition includes the debate over unifying of diversifying Environmental Psychology, as well as its local or universal nature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This term paper outlines some particular problems in the experience in preparation of reports about Latin American situations. This emphasizes the complexity of the link between the event that characterizes a situation, the structures that have been shaped in society and the political historical movement in which the forces are located and their relationships. It includes the problem of hegemony as focal point of the entire central and reference movement in the social and political junctures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we explore the possibilities of taking advantage of certain theses of Popper's epistemology to articulate a teaching-learning proposal intended to improve both processes in law schools. We will argue that unconstitutionality rulings of the Constitutional Court are a special case of the use of Popper's principle of falsifiability and that it is possible to move the central notions of his epistemology to didactics and pedagogy. In the central part of the article, we suggest to take advantage of the principle of critical epistemology in action, which is implicit in some unconstitutionality rulings of the Constitutional Court (1993-2000 period), to introduce changes that promote a critical attitude in Law Schools' students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The substantial increase of randomized controlled trials demand familiarity with the essential aspects of their design and performance by the cardiologist, particularly the adequate interpretation and applicability of the results. In this clinically-based review, we discuss some important aspects in the assessment of novel contemporary therapy such as the use and analysis of composite endpoints; implications from early termination of trials and extrapolation of results to the population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Technology has revolutionized all aspects of human life and the educational field is no exception. This research proposes the use of mobile learning (m-learning) as a tool for development of communication skills in virtual discussion boards. It took place inside the virtual classrooms of the Virtual University of Tecnológico de Monterrey with 80 20-to-22-year-old undergraduates. Podcasts of the assigned readings were made. The control group performed the activity in the traditional way, while the sample group used the podcasts to perform the activity. The findings show that mobile learning doesn't provide significant changes in the student's skills. However, it can be an alternative for the development of critical analysis in undergraduate students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is an analysis of a process of ideological construction in the public discourse, specifically produced by the digital media about a political situation: the presidential election in 2006, taking into account that the Constitution in Colombia (1991) prohibited this political fact. It is identified some macrotemas and discursive strategies, specifically those metaphors that synthesize moral values, through which it is possible to account for ideological positions, not always obvious, and that in any way constitute guidelines for public debate and electoral campaigns, for which is adopted in this work, the prospect of Lakoff (2002, 2007). It analyzes the discourses of digital media that preceded the reelection of Alvaro Uribe Velez, within the guidelines of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). It explores some of the kinds of relationships which provide the public with mass media discourses that represent ways of being and doing from politicians; it also intends to questioning about what the metaphors mean about conceptual collective systems that the press suggests the citizens about their political culture and its relationship with the subjects who hold political power. Besides, it recognizes the way how the mass media represent the socio-political reality and how they make consistent for the individual and his community, despite the seemingly contradictory meanings that are involved. The fundamental assumption is that the politic guidelines of the current president is positioned within the framework of a conservative ideology, despite the explicit and formally proposed as a liberal. This dual political position can be analyzed in the categories developed by Lakoff (2007), about the moral metaphors and their anchorages in the Western historical principle, about which nations are metaphorically understood as families. Decoding the types of authority established in this social institution, it can set ways of being politically linked to the parties, under die figure of the parents. In this framework, it has particular relevance the set of socio-political conditions of die nation, particularly those arising after the constitutional reform of 1991 and the amendments to the constitution it has suffered a posteriori. To accomplish this goal are addressed first, in a synthetic way and very general, some background on the origin and evolution of the so-called conservative thought, from which they identify their most important semantic features. It briefly explores the behavior of traditional parties in Colombia, Liberal and Conservative, to recognize their essential characteristics. Secondly, it is presented some of the key concepts of Lakoff and restates the categories of analysis. Third, it explores the discursive strategies, in which the recourse to its constitution are the moral metaphors, from which proposes a critical analysis of mass-media discourse. Finally, it is proposed temporary some interpretations and conclusions. The selected corpus consists of 30 articles published between January and May of 2006, a period immediately preceding the election process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes an educational process which enables the participants to a critical analysis of television and its contents. This educational method has been developed at «La Salle» University centre, in a social educators and teachers training course, in the frame of the subject called «Techniques of Social Communication and Advertisement». It is based on a methodology that aims the development and promotion of complex thinking and critical consciousness. Reference to some techniques for the analysis of television in class may also be found. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the content of the two instruments proposed by Costa Rica's Adolescence Integral Attention Program (PAIA, for its Spanish acronym) to care for the health of adolescent women and men: the Tanner and the sifting tests. The main hypothesis is that the use of these instruments is a means to favor a sexual model which inhibits certain desires and actions by considering them as non healthy. Therefore, the PAIA, through the exercise of a public policy which claims to favor adolescent women and men, applies control and surveillance mechanisms aimed at producing a "healthy sexuality", with a strong moral content. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research is centred on the analysis of the linguistic structures and the persuasive strategies used in religious discourse by the Ministerio lnternacional Iglesia Fuente de Agua Viva. Its objective is to identify those mechanisms that legitimate discourse and influence the thought and the actions of the audience (van Dijk 1993). The theoretical framework put forward by van Dijk (1993), in his theory about critical analysis of discourse, was used to carry out this research. This theoretical framework states that discourse id is not merely the verbalization of a message, but it includes cognitive aspects such as understanding and reasoning. Besides, theory establishes that discourse efficacy and power are realized through the use of a social stronghold that in this case would be constituted by religion. The conclusions show which are those linguistic and contextual conditions that back the effectiveness of such religious discourse on the people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay presents a synthesis of the thematic contents, of the point of view, and research agendas of sociocultural anthropology or ethnoanthropology, to set forth and discuss a contemporary proposal of its place, context, classification, and critic analysis of new subjects, new frameworks, and the new thematics during the last thirthy years, that is, throughout the postfordist posmodernity age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]