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Labour market transformation and inequality were fundamental aspects in the transition to the industrialisation. This article reconstructs the Barcelona's area economic structure across the 18th and 19th centuries through the Marriage Licences of the Barcelona's Cathedral. These documents registered a proportional tax paid by the spouses' according to their occupational and social status. Since 17
This short documentary film narrates the socio-environmental conflict triggered by a large-scale copper mining project aimed at extracting critical minerals for the global Energy Transition from the heart of the Andean Amazon. Through Theatre of the Oppressed and the voice of Soraida Chindoy Buesaquillo, indigenous territorial defender, the film narrates the process of the Tent of Resistance in P
A study of the mix between reality and fantasy in five important litterary works in the genre generally known as the Cronicles of the Indies.
Public and private policies typically consider the construction of infrastructure the most appropriate response to the problems of water scarcity and water disputes. However, infrastructure in itself not always is the solution. In this context we have the following questions: What are the logics behind the construction and implementation of water infrastructure? Why water infrastructures are not a
Att läsa Mario Vargas Llosas Staden och hundarna är en utmaning för svenska universitetsstudenter som läser spanska som främmande språk, men trots detta visar kursutvärderingar att de tenderar att uppskatta upplevelsen. Denna studie fokuserar på att utforska studenternas läsprocess och deras reaktioner på texten genom ett läsloggprojekt. Felskis (2008) kategorier igenkänning, kunskap, förtrollningReading Mario Vargas Llosa's The time of the hero is a challenge for Swedish university students of Spanish as a foreign language, but despite this, course evaluations have shown that they tend to value the experience. This study focuses on exploring the students’ reading process and their reactions to the text through a reading log project. The categories of recognition, knowledge, enchantment an
The poison dart frogs Oophaga granulifera and Oophaga pumilio are distributed in Nicaragua (only O. pumilio), Costa Rica and Panama. The ecology and behavior of both species has attracted scientifc attention for several reasons. These frogs exhibit toxicity in combination with bright coloration and diversification into different color morphs. Moreover, they display highly aggressive and territoria
This dissertation will analyse three books. They are, in chronological order, La Colmena, by Camilio José Cela (1951), Historias de Kronen, by José Ángel Mañas (1994), and Amor, curiosidad, prozac, y dudas, by Lucía Etxebarría (1997). Etxebarría's book will be discussed before Mañas', since there are so many parallels between Amor... and La Colmena. Even though more than 40 years have pass
I kritiken av den uruguayanske författaren Juan Carlos Onetti förknippas ofta hans verk med pessimism, ångest, ensamhet och misslyckande. Den här uppsatsen utgår från observationen att kritiken av Onetti har tenderat att stagnera kring dessa koncept och att andra möjliga tolkningar följaktligen hamnar i skymundan. Novellen ”Esbjerg, en la costa” (1946) kan läsas med utgångspunkt i de nämnda koncep
The short stories from Francisco Tario, a relatively unknown Mexican author, show signs of a postmodern and individual aesthetic. In order to reach this conclusion, it has been necessary to analyze the phenomenon of the fantastic in its history, its relation to myth and fantasy, and in its particular reception throughout Latin America and Mexico. Furthermore, we have reviewed different models and
