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The Drawing Model Collection of the National Academy of Fine Arts
Las láminas de dibujo de la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes
(2014-01-30)
This paper describes the origin and usage of the graphic portion of the oldest collection that the University of Costa Rica owns: the Drawing Model Collection. Which was brought to the country as part of the teaching ...
Everyday Time: The Triumph of Each Day in Julieta Dobles’ Los pasos terrestres
Tiempo cotidiano: el triunfo de cada día, en la obra poética, los pasos terrestres, de julieta dobles
(2014-01-30)
The poems, The terrestrial steps, Julieta Dobles Izaguirre contains a poem that includes and reappraises the everyday aspects of existence. It includes the qualities of the time that print you the pace to the experience ...
Democracy, Power and Minorities in Bertrand Russell
Democracia, poder y minorías en Bertrand Russell
(2014-01-30)
This article offers an analysis of democracy as taming of the power, according Bertrand Russell (Power, 1938). Defense of minorities is implied by this concept of democracy, and in this paper, that defense is amplified to ...
Notes for a Sketch on the History of Women
Apuntes para hilvanar una historia sobre las mujeres
(2014-01-30)
Before approaching the history of women the fact that it was written by men should be considered. It was filled with prejudice, stereotypes and reproduced an androcentric rhetoric which converted the sexual differences of ...
Time Lost in the Archives
El tiempo perdido de/en los archivos
(2014-01-30)
The author analyze the trend, determined by the evolution of contemporary technologies, towards the consolidation of a culture that privileges the novelty and immediacy above the heritage, and that therefore replaces ...
Enlightenment Thought in Music
Iluminismo en la música
(2014-01-30)
The Enlightenment thought of XVIII century about the reason, criticism, autonomy, progress and education, may be difficult to distinguish in the music of the time, however, we will find it in a new form of composition, in ...
City and Poetry: The Stage and Language
Ciudad y poesía: el escenario y la palabra
(2014-01-30)
The author explores the relation between city and poetry, regarding to contents of the urban landscape that inspire poetic creation. It specifically examines urban cultural forms, such as infrastructure, speech, customs, ...
University Autonomy: Notes for Discussion
Autonomía universitaria hoy: anotaciones para la discusión
(2014-01-30)
This essay offers a brief reflection on the concept of university autonomy, focusing on addressing two critical issues: a) the implications for public university carries the emergence of a new conception of knowledge, ...
The Contemporary and the Crisis of Empirical Reality: Theoretical Confrontations
Lo contemporáneo y la crisis de la realidad empírica: confrontaciones teóricas.
(2014-01-30)
This article plunges itself into de contemporary to examine its implications by exploring and confronting different theoretical and philosophical positions. Of whom or what are we contemporaneous to? What is the meaning ...
The Aesthetic of Rest in the Representation of Azorín’s Small Provincial Towns
La estética del reposo en la representación de las pequeñas ciudades provincianas de la prosa de Azorín
(2014-01-30)
This article analyzes the aesthetic of rest and small philosophy in Azorín´s work, associated to the representation of the indolent, apathetic towns and cities. The eternal return, as seen from Nietzsche´s pessimistic ...