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100 Cartas para Paulo Freire de Quienes Pretendemos Enseñar
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2021) Gárate, Francisco; Gárate, Francisco
"Tribute book to Paulo Freire on the centenary of his birth. There are 100 letters made by educators from all over Latin America and other parts of the world. The contribution and value of Freire's pedagogical work and its validity in the current context of our countries are recognized."
100 Years of Indian Forestry. Volume 1: Souvenir
(Manager Government of India Press, 1961) Forest Research Institute
"This Souvenir is a brief survey of the growth ol Indian Forest Administration from a small beginning and gives a general picture of its outstanding achievements in various fields during the last 100 years. The period between 1856 and 1864 was one of intense activity in the organisation of Forest Department, and the year 1961 has therefore been selected as a representative year for celebrating the Centenary of Forest Administration."
100 Years of Indian Forestry. Volume 2: Forests
(Manager Government of India Press, 1961) Forest Research Institute
"This volume, 'The Forests', which is a companion volume to the Souvenir issued on 18th November, 1961 to commemorate the Centenary of Forest Administration in India, is intended to give a bird's-eye view of forestry in India at the present time. The forest types of India, the protective, productive and industrial aspects of forestry, forest management and working plans, forest education and research, wild like, etc., have all been briefly reviewed, neccessarily in a restricted compass. It will be seen that the achievements of forestry in India have been remarkable indeed, more so in the context of the handicaps, particularly the apathy of the general public, that impedes progress. It is the hope that these achievements will help to inspire added confidence in the workers in the field and spur them on to fresh efforts in tackling the vast problems before us."
1912-2012: El Siglo de Los Comunistas Chileno
(IDEA-Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 2012) Ulianova, Olga; Loyola, Manuel; Álvarez, Rolando
"Compilación de trabajos que recorren distintas épocas, problemas y situaciones vividas por el Partido Comunista de Chile en sus cien años de existencia."
1957: El Proletariado Invade Santiago
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2023) Thielemann, Luis; Loyola, Manuel
"En abril de 1957 se produjo una revuelta social de magnitudes inéditas en la historia de Chile. La proporción de la población involucrada fue inmensa, y partes importantes de la ciudad se vieron por horas y hasta días, fuera de control del Estado. El alba del Santiago metropolitano se iluminó con barricadas en llamas, que no eran sino las señales de la lucha callejera, los saqueos, incendios, y finalmente los fogonazos de las carabinas, fusiles y ametralladoras de policías y militares. Seis meses después, en la zona sur de la ciudad, donde Santiago paulatinamente se iba disolviendo más allá del Zanjón de La Aguada, miles de familias pobres sin casa, ocuparon y se tomaron la ex chacra La Feria, y desde ahí fundaron la actual población La Victoria. Ambos hechos son precipitaciones de procesos complejos de radicalización y politización popular. En conjunto, los hechos del año 1957 conforman un hito de ruptura y salto estratégico en la composición histórica del universo proletario de Santiago."
200 Años Después. Los Andes en la Encrucijada de las Independencias. Panamá, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Chile y España
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2022) Marchena Fernández, Juan; Cuño Bonito, Justo; Loyola Tapia, Manuel Enrique
Entre los años 2020-2022 se han llevado a cabo diversos eventos conmemoratorios de las independencias nacionales, regionales o locales, sin que se haya efectuado un encuentro que los englobara. Este fue el objetivo del Seminario Internacional 200 años después. Los Andes en la encrucijada de las Independencias (Sevilla, diciembre 2021) que ahora damos a conocer en este volumen. La actividad tuvo por propósito analizar y estudiar en su conjunto los procesos de Independencias en la región Andina y el impacto recíproco de los acontecimientos en España tras la sublevación de Riego en 1820, con el triunfo del liberalismo revolucionario en España y el restablecimiento de la Constitución de Cádiz tanto en la península como en América. Sin olvidar el impacto de la revolución liberal en Portugal en 1820, su influencia sobre la independencia de Brasil y la repercusión de ésta en la región andina. El Seminario estuvo organizado por el Área de Historia de América de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, la Universidad Internacional de Andalucía y el Grupo de Universidades Iberoamericanas La Rábida.
Adapting to Climate Change in East Africa: A Strategic Approach
(International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 2005) Orindi, Victor A.; Murray, Laurel A.
"This paper provides an overview of the likely impacts of climate change in three least developed countries in East Africa: Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. In the coming decades, climate change is likely to alter temperatures and distribution of rainfall, contribute to sea-level rise and increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events in East Africa. In fact, many widespread climatic changes have already been observed in the region. Climate change will have both a direct impact on development of climate-dependent activities (such as infrastructure and agriculture) and indirect consequences for social systems (such as issues of poverty, conflict, health and education). As a result, climate change has the potential to undermine, and even undo, socio-economic development in East Africa and it is imperative that governments and institutions come together to formulate long-term adaptation strategies."
Affirming Life and Diversity: Rural Images and Voices on Food Sovereignty in South India
(International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 2008) Community Media Trust; Satheesh, P. V.; Pimbert, Michel
"Since 2001, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has been co-ordinating an innovative research programme on Sustaining Local Food Systems, Agricultural Biodiversity and Livelihoods. Throughout this action research programme, the emphasis has been on doing research with, for and by people rather than on people for learning and change. Its ultimate goal is to explore how and under what conditions diverse, localised food systems can be sustained in the twenty-first century. This book describes the way co-inquirers are working together in the drylands of the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to produce social and ecological knowledge for sustainability and equity. Their collective and empowering experience is vividly captured in the videos which make up the Affirming Life and Diversity film series included in this book."
Agricultural Commodities, Trade and Sustainable Development
(International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 2005) Lines, Thomas
"Talks on agricultural trade liberalization at the World Trade Organization must take into account the needs of commodity-dependent developing countries, to ensure that agricultural trade and commodity production will deliver outcomes that favour both the environment and poverty reduction. Alongside the trade negotiations, there are also hot debates amongst a range of actors and networks on ensuring functioning of domestic agricultural markets, improving governance and sustainability in bulk commodity markets among civil society groups. Environmental and conservation groups seek the application of better management practices (BMPs) organized either through segregated supply chains or through preferential access to markets and finance.This group is focused on private regulation, upgrading of buyer-driven chains, and supply chain management. Elsewhere, a cluster of organizations are revisiting supply management to reduce oversupply and price volatility, focusing on learning lessons from the failures of International Commodity Agreements (ICAs). And a group of farmer and development organizations is concerned about growing corporate concentration in commodity markets and the impact of skewed market power on the small and decreasing share of wealth finding its way back to primary producers.This group is focused on competition policy and corporate accountability."
Approach Towards an Operational Tool to Apply Institutional Analysis for the Assessment of Policy Feasibility within SEAMLESS-IF
(SEAMLESS Integrated Project, 2007) Schleyer, Christian; Theesfeld, Insa; Hagedorn, Konrad; Aznar, O.; Callois, J.M.
"This Deliverable D2.4.2 comprises the work done by Task 2.4 (Activities 2.4.1-3) on the development of indicators characterising policy delivery systems and institutional environments. Task 2.4 addresses, in particular, the issue of the institutional conditions required to implement policies that acknowledge and promote sustainability and multifunctional aspects of agriculture. The final goal of Task 2.4 is to produce ex-ante an institutional assessment of agri-environmental policy options through their impact on the contribution of agriculture to sustainable development. For this purpose, the 'Procedure for Institutional Compatibility Assessment' (PICA) has been developed as a formalised methodology to assess the compatibility between policy options and various institutional contexts."
Aproximaciones al Marxismo Latinoamericano. Teoría, Historia y Política
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2021) Cabaluz, Fabián; Torres, Tomás; Loyola, Manuel
"This book is an excellent contribution to the knowledge of Latin American Marxism, as a set of theoretical reflections committed to the subaltern classes and popular struggles. The authors discussed by Fabián Cabaluz and Tomas Torres are very different, due to their national origin, their thematic approaches, and their political orientations: René Zavaleta Mercado, Álvaro García Linera, Aníbal Quijano and Enrique Dussel. However, as these essays show, they are part of a heterodox, heretical, anti-dogmatic Latin American Marxism, which tries to create new intellectual concepts and tools to understand Latin America - in opposition to another type of Marxism, which only seeks to apply the models theorists and politicians formulated by the Comintern, or by the Stalinist USSR (from the foreword by Michel Löwy)."
Beneath the Reflections: Fiordland Marine Conservation Strategy: Te Kaupapa Atawhai o Te Moana o Atawhenua
(Guardians of Fiordland's Fisheries & Marine Environment, 2003) Teirney, Laurel
"'This publication is the result of work by a group known as the Guardians of Fiordland's Fisheries. The Guardians' project has provided a multi-interest forum where those involved in the environment and fisheries management of the fiords and surrounding coast have worked together across agency and sector boundaries. There has been a spirit of goodwill and co-operation between tangata whenua, commercial and recreational fishers, tourism operators, environment and community interests. The result is amazing both in the output (the various publications including this strategy) and in the strong relationships that will endure into the implementation phase and beyond. Local interested parties making decisions that affect their own locality is probably the most effective way of implementing government or any other form of policy.' Ted Loose, Chariman, Environment Southland."
Better Land Access for the Rural Poor: Lessons from Experience and Challenges Ahead
(International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 2006) Cotula, Lorenzo; Toulmin, Camilla; Quan, Julian
"This study highlights lessons from recent policy, law and practice to improve and secure access to rural land for poorer groups. It focuses on Africa, Latin America and Asia, while also referring to experience from Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The study examines the links between land access and poverty reduction, shifting approaches to land reform, different means to secure land rights and to achieve more equitable land distribution, the particular vulnerability of certain groups to losing their land rights, and the role of addressing land rights within conflict resolution and peace building. It concludes with broad recommendations for protecting land rights of poorer and more vulnerable groups."
Beyond the City: The Rural Contribution to Development
(The World Bank, 2006) de Ferranti, David; Perry, Guillermo E.; Foster, William; Lederman, Daniel; Valdés, Alberto
From p. 1-2: "Most LAC countries are preoccupied about the state of their rural economy, particularly the competitiveness of rural economic activities, poverty, and environmental degradation. While the majority of LAC countries have in place trade policies, sector-specific government support policies, social intervention policies, infrastructure development strategies, and various regulatory regimes designed to respond to demands of various subsectors in the rural economy, most of these have focused on problems affecting the rural economy per se, without paying enough attention to how the rural economies (and policies) contribute to overall national welfare. This report aims to fill this gap by systematically evaluating the contribution of rural development and policies to growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental degradation both in rural areas and in the rest of the economy. Specifically, it uses this broad framework to shed light on five critical policy issues for Latin American economic authorities. For the convenience of readers interested in policy issues, this chapter presents first a summary of the policy implications of our findings. We then turn to the findings themselves, summarizing our methodological approach and main results."
Biology and Management of the Floodwater Ecosystem in Ricefields
(International Rice Research Institute, 1996) Roger, Pierre A.
From Foreword: "In this book, the author focuses on management practices that maintain soil fertility, preserve or even improve the floodwater environment, and provide opportunities for diversifying sources of food and income beyond rice monoculture. An appendix provides details on various methods for conducting ecological studies in ricefields and evaluates the different methods in relation to their suitability for different kinds of studies."
Bloody Kansas: A Tragedy of the Old West
(Self-Published, 2010) Jenkins, Farley
"The Reverend Jacob Channing is a man on a mission; to end slavery once and for all time. To this end he led a settlement to the Kansas Territory, but so did a prominent slave-owning Missourian. As John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry puts everyone on edge, the battle for Kansas turns Bloody."
Bosques, comunidades y monocultivos: Transformaciones de la industria forestal desde el Sur de Chile (1974 – 2010)
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2024) Monje Hernández, Katiuska
Changes in forestry activity in Chile, especially in recent times, have become an area of growing research and social interest. The incorporation of exotic species into the Chilean forest matrix, accelerated by Decree Law 701 established during the dictatorship, has transformed the landscape and nature of the center-south of the country. This has generated a new configuration of rural living, highlighting the tensions, transformations and limitations of the extractive model, as an expression of the globalized configuration of neoliberal capitalism.
Cambio Climático, Movimientos Sociales y Políticas Públicas: Una Vinculación Necesaria
(ICAL, 2012) Postigo, Julio C.
"El cambio climático, tanto por ser causa del capitalismo como por aceleración en la velocidad, extensión y agudeza de sus efectos, es una novedad para la sociedad y la naturaleza del planeta. En este sentido, las relaciones entre cambio climático, movimientos sociales y políticas públicas son aún tenues como objeto de análisis. Adicionalmente, en América Latina el estudio de los vínculos entre el ambiente, las relaciones entre movimientos sociales y las políticas públicas está dominado por el análisis de los conflictos socio-ambientales originados por las industrias extractivas. Este libro es una contribución a la delimitación y análisis de un campo de estudio que se encuentra aún en su infancia."
Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder
(Routledge, 2009) Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon
"Conventional theories of capitalism are mired in a deep crisis: after centuries of debate, they are still unable to tell us what capital is. Liberals and Marxists both think of capital as an economic entity that they count in universal units of utils or abstract labour, respectively. But these units are totally fictitious. Nobody has ever been able to observe or measure them, and for a good reason: they dont exist. Since liberalism and Marxism depend on these nonexisting units, their theories hang in suspension. They cannot explain the process that matters most the accumulation of capital. This book offers a radical alternative. According to the authors, capital is not a narrow economic entity, but a symbolic quantification of power. It has little to do with utility or abstract labour, and it extends far beyond machines and production lines. Capital, the authors claim, represents the organized power of dominant capital groups to reshape or creorder their society."
Capturing the Commons: Devising Institutions to Manage the Maine Lobster Industry
(Manuscript Draft, 2001) Acheson, James M.
"The 21st century is opening on the specter of worldwide environmental disaster caused by human beings. Stocks of fish, forests, grasslands, agricultural land, wildlife, air quality and water quality have all been seriously degraded either by overexploitation, or pollution or a combination of the two. Marine fisheries are in particularly poor condition. According to FAO analysis 'sixty nine percent of the fish stocks in the world are exploited at a level at or beyond the level corresponding to MSY [Maximum Sustainable Yield]'."
Caring, Empathy, and the Commons: A Relational Theory of Collective Action
(Cambridge University Press, 2023) Lejano, Raul; Lejano, Raul
"People are not autonomous individuals but connected beings. Curae ergo sum – we care, therefore we are. Relationality – which refers to the ethic and manner by which relational considerations govern decisions and institutional arrangements can take advantage of the power of connection – uncovers how social connection, across divides, moves people to act for the other. Drawing from research on empathy, social networks, and determinants of pro-social behavior, Caring, Empathy, and the Commons builds on Ostrom’s Governing the Commons. It offers a different mechanism by which collective action is induced, arguing that, sometimes, the individual thinks not in terms of individual gain but in terms of the other. Developing this concept of relationality, this book explores various strands of literature and examines how this idea might be used to foster collective action around climate, species protection, fair trade, and other dilemmas of the commons."
Catch Share Design Manual: A Guide for Managers and Fishermen
(Environmental Defense Fund, 2010) Bonzon, Kate; McIlwain, Karly; Strauss, C. Kent; Van Leuvan, Tonya
"Effective design of a catch share program is the critical piece that can make all the difference in how the needs of a fishery and its fishing communities are met under catch shares management. Catch Shares Design Manual: A Guide for Fishermen and Managers provides information and recommendations to fishery managers and stakeholders on specific catch share design elements as they relate to conservation, economic, and social objectives. EDF developed this manual to provide a roadmap to catch share design, drawing on the experience of hundreds of fisheries in over a dozen countries and expertise from over 30 fishery experts from around the world."
Changes in 'Customary' Land Tenure Systems in Africa
(International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 2001) Cotula, Lorenzo; Cotula, Lorenzo
"Across rural Africa, land legislation struggles to be properly implemented, and most resource users gain access to land on the basis of local land tenure systems. These usually involve diverse combinations of 'statutory' and 'customary' entitlements, and multiple and overlapping rights over the same resource. In recent years, earlier emphasis on replacing 'customary' with 'modern' tenure systems has given way to a recognition that land policies and laws must build on local practice. Several African countries have recently adopted legislation that provides (some degree of) protection for local land rights. This shift in policy thinking raises the need better to understand what is happening to land tenure systems on the ground."
Chile en la Antártida: Nuevos Desafíos y Perspectivas
(Instituto de Estudios Avanzados, 2012) Gorostegui, José Javier; Waghorn, Rodrigo
"Siendo Chile continental un país con proyecciones naturales hacia el Continente Antártico y firmatario original del Tratado Antártico el tema antártico ocupa un lugar relevante en la agenda política del Estado desde hace ya más de medio siglo. Actualmente la Dirección de Antártica de la Cancillería chilena ha desempeñado una importante labor de orientación y coordinación de esta actividad a nivel nacional e internacional. Por estas razones la Antártica es –o debiera ser– un tema muy relevante de la Política Exterior de un Estado como Chile que se ubica geográficamente en latitudes con proyecciones hacia el Polo Sur."
Chile en los Archivos Soviéticos: Años 60 Tomo 4
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2020) Ulianova, Olga; Ulianova, Olga
"En esta ocasión, damos a conocer una colección de documentos que O. Ulianova dejó en preparación. Se trata de 161 comunicaciones fechadas en la álgida década de 1960, provenientes de diversas instancias de la burocracia estatal y partidista soviéticas. Directa o indirectamente vinculadas a las relaciones internacionales (Consejo Central de los Sindicatos Soviéticos, CCSS; Departamento Internacional del Comité Central del PCUS; Comité Estatal para los vínculos culturales con los países extranjeros, VOKS; la Unión de Sociedades Soviéticas de Amistad y Relaciones Culturales, SSOD; Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la URSS), los antecedentes recogidos de estos organismos dan noticias de cuestiones tan variadas como la cooperación cultural y sindical del Kremlin con sus contrapartes chilenas (CUT, Institutos binacionales); la práctica de los viajes y visitas recíprocas; la influencia ideológica y la imagen de la URSS, las preocupaciones del Kremlin sobre la situación política de Chile y el rol internacional de nuestro país, etc., todo ello acompañado de sus respectivas formas y protocolos que dieron a los vínculos un rango de formalidad y respeto interesante de tener en cuenta en el análisis."
Chile y Perú: 1994-2009 Realismo en la Frontera
(Instituto de Estudios Avanzados, 2012) Eckholt, Edgard
"El análisis de la relación chileno-peruana durante los últimos años del siglo XX y en la primera década del siglo XXI no podía ser más oportuno y debemos agradecer el enorme esfuerzo de Edgard Eckholdt por desarrollar tal análisis de una manera altamente coherente y con gran disciplina académica."
Claro de Luz: Descolonización e 'Intelectualidades Indígenas' en Abya-Yala, Siglos XX-XXI
(Instituto de Estudios Avanzados, 2014) Canales Tapia, Pedro; Rea Campos, Carmen
"Este libro nace de la confluencia y discusión por parte de un grupo de investigadores, académicos, profesores y profesoras de Chile y de otras latitudes latinoamericanas como México, Guatemala, Colombia y Bolivia, en el marco del simposio titulado 'Intelectualidades indígenas en América Latica: retos y desafíos', realizado durante el ya citado III° Congreso de Ciencias, Tecnologías y Culturas, organizado por la Universidad de Santiago de Chile, entre el 7 y 10 de enero de 2013."
Clasistas, Antiimperialistas y Revolucionarios: Trayectoria Política e Intelectual del Socialismo Chileno Contemporáneo, 1932-1973
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2021) Garrido, Pablo; Heufemann, Katiuska
"El presente trabajo reconstruye la trayectoria político-intelectual del Partido Socialista de Chile entre los años 1932 y 1973, revisando su irrupción y desenvolvimiento en la vida política nacional a través de momentos claves para el desarrollo de la reflexión partidaria. Como se expone en sus páginas, estos momentos frecuentemente sobrepasaron los límites de la vida partidaria, estando ligados a acontecimientos y procesos propios del desarrollo político global, continental y nacional del siglo XX. Se argumenta que durante el periodo en cuestión se registraron una serie de debates que dieron cuenta de distintas etapas en el desarrollo organizativo, social e intelectual del socialismo chileno contemporáneo. Estos debates se enmarcaron en tres conceptos clave y que fueron frecuentemente discutidos durante toda la trayectoria: clase, antiimperialismo y revolución. En distintos momentos, y con significados diversos, las tendencias se definieron a sí mismas y a su organización como clasista, antiimperialista y revolucionaria, sin que existiera un consenso sobre el alcance político y programático de estas definiciones."
The Commons: New Perspectives on Nonprofit Organization, Voluntary Action and Philanthropy
(Jossey-Bass, 1992) Lohmann, Roger A.
"An original theoretical statement of the commons theory of association; the view that nonprofit organizations, voluntary associations, foundations and other philanthropic and third sector institutions can be understood as commons of voluntary participation, shared purposes and common resource pools. Participation in such commons is said to establish the conditions for the production of trust, networks and other forms of social capital and of rules, rituals and other evidence of moral order."
Commons: Old and New
(Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2003) Berge, Erling; Olwig, Kenneth; Carlsson, Lars; Jansson, Ulf; Sandell, Klas; Wedin, Maud; Pardo, Mercedes; Oses, Nuria; Sevatdal, Hans; Sandberg, Audun; Brown, Katrina Myrvang; Sellar, David; Humphries, David
"The document is a proceedings from a workshop 11-13 March 2003 in Oslo. It presents case studies on commons in Norway, Spain, Sweden, Scotland, and Wales (UK) along with 3 papers with more theoretical discussion of 1) characteristics of protected areas seen as a type of commons, 2) the symbolic value of commons, and 3) the problem of managing commons across levels of organization."
Conditions for Community-Based Governance of Biodiversity
(Nordland Research Institute, 1999) Sandberg, Audun
"Endangered wild species are an important part of the international environmental discourse. This is institutionalized in a number of conventions and treaties, among them the Bern-convention, the Biodiversity Convention and the Washington convention (CITES). But also the health and life of domesticated animals are protected by international conventions like the European Convention for the protection of Animals kept for farming Purposes (European Council). In addition there are international conventions that protect the material basis for the culture and economic life of indigenous peoples and tribal peoples in independent countries: ILO-convention no. 169. "Taken together, these international environmental obligations places responsibility on the states that ratifies the conventions to protect both endangered wild animals and their natural habitats, to protect domesticated animals kept for farming purposes and to protect the material base for the culture of indigenous peoples. In the case of endangered species of predators, this places the modern state in a number of difficult dilemmas that, if not handled properly, undermines the legitimacy of both national and international environmental policies. Predators, like bears, wolves, lynx and wolverines are in their natural state opportunists who kill the most easily accessible prey. Among these are often sheep and reindeer kept by farmers in small and economically vulnerable mountain communities and by indigenous peoples who rely on pastoralism as the material base both for their economic and cultural life. It is quite obvious that it then is a serious dilemma for the modern state to protect the domesticated animals and the local and indigenous communities from the same predators that it is also protecting, in many cases from angry sheep farmers and reindeer herders who want to exterminate predators. The impotence of many modern states in providing solutions to these dilemmas also have the effect of antagonising the urban and the rural part of the environmental movement, and the growth of anti-environmental political factions. Paradoxically, a number of developing countries have had greater success with socially sustainable ways of conservation (IUCN 1997). "The report goes beyond this obvious political dilemma and searches for deeper reasons behind the growth of this type of conflicts. The motivation for this is that it is an important precondition for a continued meaningful environmental discourse to reach a deeper understanding of a number of similar or related processes at work in many localities in the world that has this character of 'environmental backlash'. If the social sciences cannot provide analytical tools that helps us to understand this phenomenon, they fail in their capacity to address contemporary social problems."
Construyendo barrio organizado Saberes comunitarios hacia una vida digna
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2024) Heufemann, Alconda; Heufemann, Sebastián; Heufemann, Victoria; Heufemann, Sebastián; Heufemann, Patricia
This book was built with the collective effort of a tremendous history of struggle that precedes us, the struggle for a Dignified Life hand in hand with a Public and Community Education that is at the service of its neighborhoods and communities. We join this long journey to think and create a neighborhood with the School as a common space, a School that dialogues with the neighborhood, that can support the processes that the spaces and organizations with which it is linked experience and that these spaces also allow it to grow in all its dimensions. Having the School in Our Hands. We propose that you join us on this journey through the history of the Franklin Neighborhood, of the Territorial Coordinator for the Intercultural Dignified Neighborhood and of the organizations that give it life. That you accompany us through the journeys, knowledge and experiences that have emerged in connection with this struggle to have our homes and our school as a fundamental space for an organized life.
Contract Farming in India: Impacts on Women and Child Workers
(International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 2003) Singh, Sukhpal
"Globalisation and liberalisation are likely to have the greatest impact on the rural poor through their influence on the agricultural sector, terms of trade, availability and cost of inputs, and new investments in the agribusiness sector. Technological progress in farming can help the rural poor by raising farm productivity, lowering food prices, increasing employment, and reducing farming risk. But the role and influence of multinational corporations (MNCs) in food production and trade will, as an institutional mechanism, determine the exact impact of globalisation on the rural poor, who are mostly from the labouring classes. Contract farming (described below) promotes participation of domestic firms and MNCs in farming, and is seen as the ‘new investment’ aspect of globalisation (Ramamurthy, 2000; Killick, 2001). Under contract farming, landowners or tenants have contracts with agribusiness marketing and/or processing firms, who specify prices, timing, quality and quantity/acreage of the produce to be delivered."
Creative City Perspectives
(Garimpo de Soluções and Creative Cities Productions, December 2009) Reis, Ana Carla F.; Kageyama, Peter; Urani, André; Lerner, Jaime; Landry, Charles; Howkins, John; Wills, Anamaria; Pardo, Jordi; Strickland, Bill; Verhagen, Evert; Kalisch Rotem, Einat; Iversen, Lisbeth; Borges Martins, Rolando; Bertacchini, Enrico; Lin, Charles; Bonnin, Jean-Louis; Melguizo, Jorge; Joffe, Avril; Reis, Ana Carla F.; Kageyama, Peter
"An e-book wrote by 18 authors from 13 countries, sharing their views on the main characteristics of a creative city, the role played by tourism, the required governance and other related questions. Volunteering work of all authors and the two editors."
Creative Economy as a Development Strategy
(Garimpo de Soluções and Itaú Cultural, 2008) Reis, Ana Carla F.; Chengyu, Xiong; Piedras Faria, Ernesto; Ramanathan, Sharada; Davis, Andrea M; Dos Santos-Duisenberg, Edna; Askerud, Pernille; Kovács, Máté; Isar, Yudhishthir R; Solanas, Facundo; Reis, Ana Carla F.
"A digital anthology discussing if the creative economy can indeed be a development strategy and, if it can, the requisites and pitfalls to be taken into account."
Critical Essays on the Enclosure of the Cultural Commons: The Conceptual Foundations of Today's Mis-Education
(Ecojustice Press, 2007) Bowers, Chet A.
"Humans have been sustained by the cultural and environmental commons from the time of their first appearance on the vast savannas of what we now call Africa. The environment provided the source of food and fiber, wood for fire and shelter, and water. From the earliest times, there were norms that governed the nature of the family unit, the roles of men and women in performing various activities and ceremonies, what actions would be punished, status systems that regulated group decision-making, how the success of the hunt and later the harvest would be shared, how the dead were to be dealt with, and how young were mentored in the performance of various tasks. While the environment that was necessary for sustaining life was not referred to as the environmental commons, and while the cultural beliefs and norms that governed behavior and even led to various expressions of aesthetic judgment and performance were not referred to as the cultural commons, it is important that we make these two phrases a more central part of our thinking."
Cuestionamientos al Modelo Extractivista Neoliberal Desde el Sur. Capitalismo, Territorios y Resistencias
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2021) Alister, Cristian; Cuadra, Ximena; Julian-Vejar, Dasten; Pantel, Blaise; Ponce, Camila
"This book is part of the desire to nurture an interdisciplinary dialogue between multiple social, cultural and territorial spheres in relation to extractivism, its study and experience. The book is an instrument that expresses an intertwining between actors, networks and territorial realities that shape the wealth and diversity of the territories currently threatened by extractivism. Allowing a reflection on the present and the future of the current development model, this publication integrates various types of texts and writings to construct a material that is both information and analysis, but also as a dissemination material on the multiple dimensions and facets of extractivism in the south. The idea consists of being able to make multiple languages and forms of interpretation of reality coexist that account for the different senses of local experience in the face of extractivism."
Cultural Heritage in the Realm of the Commons: Conversations on the Case of Greece
(Ubiquity Press, 2020) Lekakis, Stelios
"Cultural heritage was invented in the realm of nation-states, and from an early point it was considered a public asset, stewarded to narrate the historic deeds of the ancestors, on behalf of their descendants. Nowadays, as the neoliberal narrative would have it, it is for the benefit of these tax-paying citizens that privatisation logic on heritage sector have been increasing over recent decades, to cover their needs in the name of social responsibility and other truncated views of the welfare state. This volume examines whether we can place cultural heritage at the other end of the spectrum, as a common good and potentially as a commons. It does so by looking at Greece as a case study, lately a battlefield of harsh and experimental austerity measures but also of inspiring grass-roots mobilisation and scholarship, currently blossoming to defend the right of communities to enjoy, collaboratively manage and co-create goods by the people, for the people. Since cultural heritage -and culture in general- is hastily bundled up with other goods and services in various arguments for and against their public character, this volume invites several experts to discuss their views on their field of expertise and reflect on the overarching theme: Can cultural heritage be considered a commons? If so, what are the advantages and pitfalls concerning theory, practice and management of heritage? What can we learn from other public resources with a longer history in commons-based or market-oriented interpretation and governance? Can a commons approach allow us to imagine and start working towards a better, more inclusive and meaningful future for heritage?"
Del Palacio Negro a la Selva Lacandona. Louis Althusser en México
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2023) Ortega Reyna, Jaime; Ortega, Jaime
Este texto realiza una revisión sobre las implicaciones que tuvo la obra del filósofo francés Louis Althusser en México, en el trayecto que va de finales de la década de 1960 hasta el colapso de los discursos marxistas en la vida pública. A diferencia de otros trabajos, se exponen algunas recepciones intelectuales hasta ahora poco abordadas, como las de la filosofía de la ciencia.
Desterrar los silencios y el olvido. Dictadura y Terrorismo de Estado en la Provincia de Llanquihue (1973-1975)
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2023) Carreño, Sebastián; Loyola Tapia, Manuel Enrique
This work by Sebastián Carreño is part of the collective effort that accounts for the emergence of a new generation of professionals who, under the guidance of the institutional efforts developed, for example, by the Universidad Austral and the University of Santiago de Chile, have sought to enhance the deployment of academic research inserted into the demands and urgencies of civil society. I cannot fail to point out this differentiating element as one of the main features of this task, since the work carried out by Carreño was a fundamental contribution for the State to protect, as a National Monument, the premises of the Investigative Police barracks. located at Egaña N°60, in the city of Puerto Montt
Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: Theoretical Frameworks and Current Challenges
(University of Geneva, 2013) Terminski, Bogumil
"The object of this report is to present development-caused displacement as a highly diverse global social problem occurring in all regions of the world, as a human rights issue, and as a source of challenges to public international law and and institutions providing humanitarian assistance. More in-depth analysis has been preceded by an introduction which draws attention to the specific nature of DIDR as one of the categories of internal displacement. Equal attention has been devoted to the origins of research into this subject already undertaken during the fifties. Initially the field was limited to a small group of applied anthropologists, who analyzed the social consequences of construction of dams in Africa. The political character of this problem and its large social consequences have in recent years caught the attention of scholars in a growing number of disciplines. Another purpose of this report is to analyze the main causes of development-induced displacement worldwide. In order to maintain the transparent character of the analysis, I have distinguished eight main causes of the process. These include: a) construction of dams, hydropower plants, artificial reservoirs, irrigation projects and channels, b) development of transportation (building of roads, highways, railways, airports, ports, etc.), c) urbanization, re-urbanization and other transformations of urban space (expansion of urban areas, demolition of poverty-stricken districts such as slums and favelas, urban transport, underground and water supply projects, d) mining and transportation of resources (especially expansion of open-cast mining), e) deforestation and development of agriculture (especially large monoculture plantations, such as palm oil plantations on Borneo Island), f) population redistribution schemes (such as the politics of villagization in Ethiopia and Tenzania), g) conservation of nature: the creation of national parks, reserves or other biosphere protection units (the problem of so-called conservation refugees or conservation-induced displacement), and h) other reasons. The next task undertaken in this report is the analysis of DIDR specificity in the several regions of the world most acutely affected by this problem. I analyze the most spectacular or best-known examples of development projects which have led to involuntary resettlement having a negative impact on the living standards of local communities. I devote much attention to the methods of humanitarian assistance for DPs and to relations between DIDR and international human rights law and protection. Recently adopted documents relating to the protection of displaced people (Guiding Principles of Internal Displacement, the Great Lakes Pact, Convention of Kampala) treat this problem in a very selective and limited manner. Increased involvement of national and international actors in this issue should be accompanied by adequate action on the part of international humanitarian agencies including the UNHCR. In another section of the publication I draw attention to the activities of international institutions on issues of development-induced displacement and resettlement. The World Bank is currently the only international institution significantly engaging with this issue. A substantial part of the report is devoted to analysis of the consequences of development-induced displacement and resettlement on the basis of the concept of human security which has evolved since the early nineties. The displacement caused by economic development, like all other categories of forced migration, is related to the significant decrease in the level of human security of people forced to flee their homes. The concept of human security can be used to analyze both the individual and community consequences of global social problems. The report is supplemented by the author’s extensive bibliography, over 50 pages long, of material related to development-induced displacement."
Digitrabes em contexto: caracterização e aspectos críticos dos trabalhadores de plataformas digitais em cinco países da Iberoamérica
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2024) Gondim, Sonia; Carneiro, Laila; Moscon, Daniela; Heufemann, Katiuska
This book was prepared with the purpose of facilitating the understanding of a relevant dimension of the contemporary metamorphosis of the world of work: the emerging, complex, heterogeneous, dynamic and blurred constellation of work activities mediated by digital platforms. This specific variety of process digitization is designated here by the name digitrab, an acronym for digital work.
Dilemas del Trabajo y las Políticas Laborales: Entre Neoliberalismos y Buen Vivir en América Latina en el Siglo XXI
(2021) Vidal, Paula; Vidal, Paula
"In these contradictory times, this collective book is essential because it brings together a series of authors from different countries - Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Mexico - who analyze and reflect on the socio-economic and political processes developed in Our America in recent decades. The common thread of the analysis perspective is laid in the processes and inspired by the critique of political economy, a fundamental question when it comes to thinking about current society and making a radical critique of capitalist society, taking into account the concrete realities of some of the Latin American countries."
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches Vol. 1
(Dr. Ambedkar Foundation Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India, 1979) Ambedkar, Bhimrao; Ambedkar, Bhimrao
"In Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, we have not only a crusader against the caste system, a valiant fighter for the cause of the downtrodden in India but also an elder statesman and national leader whose contribution in the form of the Constitution of India will be cherished forever by posterity. In fact his fight for human rights and as an emancipator of all those enslaved in the world gave him international recognition as a liberator of humanity from injustice, social and economic. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru paid a glowing tribute to Dr. Ambedkar while moving a condolence resolution in the Parliament as follows: 'Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was a symbol of revolt against all oppressive features of the Hindu Society.' There is, therefore, a vital need to preserve the thoughts of this great son of India as expressed by him in his writings and speeches. While some efforts are being made in that direction by some institutions and research scholars, there is an urgent need to bring together all the material available and publish it in a series of volumes.
E. P. Thompson en Chile: Solidaridad, historia y poesía de un intelectual militante
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2024) Heufemann, Fernando; Heufemann, Ana Amélia; Heufemann, João Ernani
Edward Palmer Thompson (1924-1993) can undoubtedly be considered one of those historians who founded the perspective of English social history, along with Eric Hobsbawn, Raymond Williams, Christopher Hill, Rodney Hilton and George Rudé, among others. This approach emphasizes the view through which historical processes are constructed from popular subjects, who burst in "from below" in the formation of movements and expressions of rebellion that constitute a fertile field of historiographic analysis. However, E. P. Thompson was not only an outstanding historian, he was also a militant intellectual committed to causes in favor of peace, disarmament and the anti-nuclear struggle. He was also a vehement anti-fascist fighter and this book arises precisely from his inspired poem dedicated to comrade Salvador Allende, after learning about the coup d'état and the death of the president in La Moneda Palace.
El Debate Permanente: Modos de Produccion y Revolucion en America Latina
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2020) Marchena, Juan; Schlez, Mariano; Chust, Manuel
"Este volumen recupera las exposiciones centrales del congreso, corregidas y ampliadas para su edición, ordenadas de acuerdo a dos grandes ejes analíticos: modos de producción y revolución. El primero se inicia con un 'mapa' del debate, a cargo de Mariano Schlez, el que tiene por objetivo ofrecer al lector una introducción general a la cuestión y otorgarle, asimismo, las referencias necesarias para su reconstrucción teórica e histórica. A continuación, el aporte de Tristán Platt nos lleva a la región andina, advirtiéndonos, también, de los vínculos inescindibles entre la política y la investigación histórica en el estudio de las comunidades indígenas. Tarea que Carlos Bojórquez acomete para el caso mexicano, en donde la cuestión del modo de producción asiático atravesó los debates en torno a los mayas, y Manuel Benito Chacón para la Costa Rica de los siglos XVI y XVII, a partir del análisis del vínculo entre sociedades indígenas, la moneda, el dinero y el comercio, con el objetivo de dilucidar las especificidades de su economía colonial."
El Ferrocarril Trasandino y el Desarrollo de los Andes Centrales, 1872-2013
(Instituto de Estudios Avanzados, 2014) Lacoste, Pablo
"Historia del Ferrocarril Trasandino entre Chile y Argentina y sus significados para el desarrollo económico, social y cultural entre ambos países."
El paisaje cultural del pisco y su patrimonio mestizo
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2024) Loyola Tapia, Pablo; Loyola Tapia, Juan Carlos
The aim of this book is to describe and explain the main characteristics of pisco landscapes and their cultural heritage. It is about identifying and making visible the multiple threads that link this industrial activity with economic, social and cultural life, in order to understand the long historical process of joint construction of the landscape, in which the various human groups that inhabit and have inhabited the territory participated, including indigenous peoples and Spanish conquerors, Creoles and mestizos, immigrants and travelers. Between all of them, through a long and eventful historical process, these landscapes were shaped, in which pisco has played a central role as a sociocultural and economic articulator. The uniqueness that this landscape acquires and that gives it a heritage character lies in the way in which human work has been articulated with its environment. The ideals of biophilia, topophilia and their expression in a bioarchitecture or organic architecture – that is, the attachment and accommodation to territorially located living processes – acquire material form in the constructive dimensions that rise in the narrow valleys of the Norte Chico. The three ideas (biophilia, topophilia and organic architecture) find an expression that reaffirms the regional vocation over the foreign models and interests that would like to be imposed on it.
El Partido Socialista Argentino 1896-1912: Una Historia Social y Política
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2020) Poy, Lucas
“El interés de un análisis histórico de los orígenes del PS reside en la importancia de examinar la primera experiencia de construcción de un partido político obrero independiente, gestada por la clase trabajadora argentina en un período muy temprano de su historia. Es por ello que, si bien dedica una atención especial a las cuestiones teóricas y programáticas, así como a los desarrollos organizativos, este libro no propone una historia puramente intelectual o ideológica, sino que busca entender el desenvolvimiento del PS como parte de la historia viva de la clase trabajadora y de sus experiencias de lucha. Se trata de advertir las características del proceso de desarrollo de la clase obrera en el marco de una economía capitalista, la conformación de sus organizaciones de lucha, y en el contexto de ese desenvolvimiento las características de su vinculación con los grupos políticos activos en el seno de las izquierdas. La pregunta que busca responder este trabajo, en otros términos, es cuál fue el lugar del PS en el proceso de estructuración de la conciencia de clase del proletariado argentino”
El partido socialista de Chile en dictadura. Clandestinidad, exilio, ruptura y unificación
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2022) Muñoz, Victor; Heufemann, Katiuska
This text focuses on the PS during the 17 years of dictatorship that followed the coup that violently ended the Popular Unity government. The Pinochet regime subjected the PS to the traumatic task of recomposing itself in the midst of extreme repression, clandestinity, the exile diaspora and the intense debate around the causes of the defeat, the alternatives of the anti-dictatorial struggle and the possibilities and paths of a socialist project in Chile. The period is long and contains both continuities and deep transformations in Chilean socialism, which we have arranged, for analytical purposes, in three moments or cycles. Each cycle is characterized by being centered on certain debates and conditioning factors that determine the partisan dynamics of the organic socialists. The very historical development of each cycle implies its overcoming and the passage to another cycle with different distinctive characteristics.
Estrategia Industrial de Chile para la Década de los Años 70 Documentos Inéditos 1969-1970
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2022) Bitar, Sergio; Loyola, Manuel
"Between 1968 and 1970 CORFO prepared one of the most complete industrial strategy proposals for Chile 1970-80. This program was not implemented and the texts remained undisclosed. The present work of historical recovery transports us to the beginning of the 70s, convulsive times that marked a turn in the country's economy and in the work of CORFO, first with the government of Salvador Allende and, later, with the dictatorship. Today, when the country embraces the idea of giving a new impetus to Chile's industrial development, it is that we must put into perspective what was done then, and on that basis imagine a new stage with ambition. As CORFO's Executive Vice President, José Miguel Benavente, expressed it in 2022, 'we want to move towards a new development model that is more inclusive and sustainable, territorially equitable and based no longer on the simple extraction and export of natural resources, but on more intensive in science, technology and innovation.'"
Estudios del Trabajo Desde el Sur, Vol.3 Repensar el Sur Desde el Estallido
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2020) Galliorio, Álvaro; Julián, Dasten
"Analysis of the transformations in the sphere of work in Chile and Latin America. Precarization processes. Immigration and social exclusion."
Evaluation of Annual Runoff in Tropical African Sahel
(ORSTOM, 1982) Rodier, J.A.
"The estimate of the annual total runoff from water courses in the SAHEL which is the object of this study, forms, together with the estimate of the maximum flow rates and volumes of exceptional floods, one of the two problems which are most difficult to salve before any project for the management of water resources may be undertaken."
Exilio y Renovación: Transferencia Política del Socialismo Chileno en Europa Occidental, 1973-1988
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2020) Perry Fauré, Mariana
"Process of the renewal of Chilean socialism after the 1973 coup. Ideological and political transformations in view of the recovery of democracy in Chile."
Facing Up to Climate Change in South Asia
(International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 2005) Alam, M.; Murray, Laurel A.
"This paper provides an overview of the likely impacts of climate change on three of the least developed countries in South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. In these countries, climate change effects will include changes in temperature, distribution of rainfall, sea-level rise, and an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. This will have direct impacts on climate-dependent activities in these countries (such as agriculture, hydropower, forest management and nature conservation). Adverse impacts of extreme events, particularly floods (riverine, coastal and glacier lake outburst), droughts, salinity and cyclones are of particular concern. In addition, climate change will have indirect, socio-economic consequences for health, education and security. These least developed countries are most at risk because of their high vulnerability and low adaptive capacity. Weak economies, inadequate infrastructure, poor social development, lack of institutional capacity and high dependence on natural resources all contribute to this vulnerability."
Farming Systems of the African Savanna: A Continent in Crisis
(International Development Research Centre, 1995) Ker, Andrew
"Farmers in the parts of Africa where population growth is near, or has exceeded, the carrying capacity of the land at current technological levels face a serious crisis. This crisis is the result of the breakdown of traditional farming systems. The consequences are environmental deterioration on a massive scale, widespread poverty, malnutrition, and famine. In some countries, the crisis is contributing to political instability and civil war." "Through an examination of selected case studies, this book highlights some of the problems facing farmers in the African savanna and suggests some possible approaches toward solutions. It will prove useful to farmers, research and extension workers, policymakers, teachers, aid workers, and others who work with, or are concerned for, the future of the African farm and the livelihood of the African farmer."
Forest Law and Environmental Legislation: Contributions of the IUFRO Research Group, Report VI
(Departement Wald- und Holzforschung, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, 1996) Schmithusen, Franz; Iselin, Georg; Herbst, Peter
"Report VII of the IUFRO Research Group Forest Law and Environmental Legislation contains member contributions which have been presented at the group's working session during the XXI IUFRO World Congress 2000 in Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia as well as papers which have been submitted in the meantime. The 20 papers published in this volume deal with the dynamic development of law as basis for sustainable forest resources development under different social, economic and ecological conditions and in different parts of the world."
Forest-Based Communities in Changing Landscapes: A Comparative Study Across Four States of India
(SDC-IC Intercooperation, 2007) Smith, Connie; Tiwari, Shailendra; Vyas, Vivek
"Traditionally, indigenous communities in India have been dependent on forest and common lands to fulfil their livelihood and cultural demands. However, land use, access and governance have altered dramatically over the last century, often resulting in conflict, degradation and privatisation of such areas. "Yet beyond this generalisation, processes such as colonial rule, population pressure, land tenure patterns and changing access have had different meanings in different regions and cultures of India. In this way, current common land issues faced by each region and community are the consequence of a unique history, demanding that development initiatives must necessarily be context-specific. "This study is an attempt to understand the specificity of common land-based issues across four Indian states. The four participating NGOs (Non-Governmental Organization) have a shared goal of working towards sustainable rural livelihoods and income security in their reference communities, but work in very different environments. "These diverse contexts have shaped the organisations' distinct approaches and strategies to development work. This study has been an opportunity for each NGO to step outside of its field of reference, to share understanding on the different concerns related to commons and forests as well as the diverse approaches required to address these issues."
Fuelling Exclusion? The Biofuels Boom and Poor People's Access to Land
(International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008) Cotula, Lorenzo; Dyer, Nat; Vermeulen, Sonja
"This study aims to open up discussion of the way in which biofuels are likely to impact on access to land. Many observers and activists have raised concerns that the spread of biofuels may result in loss of land access for poorer rural people in localities that produce biofuel crops. However, since liquid biofuels are a relatively new phenomenon in most countries (with exceptions such as Brazil and Zimbabwe), there is as yet little empirical evidence. This study aims to pave the way for future empirical research on how the biofuels boom affects land access, by raising key issues, presenting a basic conceptual framework and presenting a suite of (primarily anecdotal) evidence from around the world."
The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World
(Random House, 2001) Lessig, Lawrence
"Discusses how the Internet revolution has produced a powerful counterrevolution. The explosion of innovation we have seen in the environment of the Internet was not conjured from some new, previously unimagined technological magic; instead, it came from an ideal as old as the nation. Creativity flourished there because the Internet protected an innovation commons. The Internets very design built a neutral platform upon which the widest range of creators could experiment. The legal architecture surrounding it protected this free space so that culture and information--the ideas of our era--could flow freely and inspire an unprecedented breadth of expression. But this structural design is changing, both legally and technically."

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