Throughout history, Kropotkin argued, "sorcerers, prophets, priests and heads of military organizations" have endeavoured to establish their power and authority over the common people, and people have always resisted. Thus in a sense, Kropotkin concluded, govern mentalists and the common people as anarchists, have co-existed throughout Human history
Through a shifted and enriched approach, combining history and anthropology/sociology, this book addresses the forms of social integration and the multiple cultural hybridizations produced by slavery in the societies of Europe, Africa and America during the medieval and modern periods. Analyzing the normative contours used to define the identity of the slave, it then discusses his attempts and modalities of integration in the host societies, measuring the socialization process that may have resulted. Questioning the social mechanisms of the ancient societies that presided over the mixing of populations, as attested by the sources, is one of the areas that historians in this field (Atlantic societies, Maghreb) are most interested in. Among their main projects is that of deconstructing illusions of "racial" and cultural homogeneity in contemporary societies. A work on the acculturation and agency capacity of slaves, on the capacity of enslaved persons (not only freed) to exist as actors in the social sphere, particularly in the Iberian peninsula and the Mediterranean area, is the aim of this work. By proposing a history of Mediterranean brewing, it challenges preconceived ideas about cultural divisions and civilizational confinements.
. ; Presentación del primer documento del Estado español, formalizado en el Parlament de Calalunya, el 15 de julio de 2001, que desarrolla las bases políticas para buscar el camino de la integración de personas inmigradas. Ante el interrogantee de por qué hablamos de innovación y de perspectiva de futuro utilizando conceptos sin un ejercicio real de acciones, el artículo analiza cuál es y cuál ha sido la política migraroria en nuestro país, ligada al Estado Español y, también a las acciones y actuaciones de la Unión Europea. Atendiendo a un postulado básico de antropología, según el cual cualquier comportamiento responde a una situación determinada, es obvio que los cambios y las adaptaciones sociales a la nueva realidad exige nuevos planteamientos ; Presentation of the first document by the Spanish state formalised in the Parliament of Catalonia in July 15 2001, developing the political bases to search for a way to bring about the integration of immigrants. Faced with the question of why we talk about innovation and future outlook using concepts, without really being able to act, the article analyses migratory policies past and present in our country, linked to the Spanish State and also to European Union-driven actions and activities. From a purely anthropology standpoint, according to which any behaviour stems from a given situation, it is obvious that social changes and adaptations to the new reality require new approaches.
A partir d'una recerca en antropologia històrica, J.L. Mateo Dieste, del Departament d'Antropologia Social i Cultural de la UAB, analitza el teatre colonial marroquí tot concloent que la modernitat no es pot definir unívocament com un procés de simple transmissió d'"occident" cap a la resta del món. En el Protectorat espanyol del Marroc (1912-1956), els nacionalistes marroquins van organitzar obres de teatre des de finals dels 1930es, per tal d'impulsar el reformisme i criticar el domini colonial. Aquelles obres de teatre representaven dalt de l'escenari tota una sèrie de canvis en les formes de matrimoni, la medicina o l'educació; al mateix temps, també a l'amfiteatre i en la societat marroquina de l'època tenien lloc tensions i discussions polítiques com ara l'accés de les dones al teatre com a nou espai públic. ; A partir de una investigación en antropología histórica, JL Mateo Dieste, del Departamento de Antropología Social y Cultural de la UAB, analiza el teatro colonial marroquí y concluye que la modernidad no se puede definir unívocamente como un proceso de simple transmisión de "occidente" hacia el resto del mundo. En el Protectorado español de Marruecos (1912-1956), los nacionalistas marroquíes organizaron obras de teatro desde finales de los 1930, para impulsar el reformismo y criticar el dominio colonial. Aquellas obras de teatro representaban en el escenario toda una serie de cambios en las formas de matrimonio, la medicina o la educación, al mismo tiempo, también en el anfiteatro y en la sociedad marroquí de la época tenían lugar tensiones y discusiones políticas como el acceso de las mujeres en el teatro como nuevo espacio público. ; From a research in historical anthropology, JL Mateo Dieste, from the Departament d'Antropologia Social i Cultural of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, analyzes the Moroccan colonial theatre concluding that modernity can not be defined uniquely as a process of simple transmission from the "West" to the world. In the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco (1912-1956), the Moroccan nationalists organized plays from late 1930 to promote reformism and they criticized colonial rule. Those plays represented on the stage a series of changes in the forms of marriage, medicine or education; simultaneously, also at the amphitheatre and in the Moroccan society of the time tensions and political discussions were taking place, such as the access of women to the theatre as a new public space.
This research analyses the patterns of social interaction of a specific group of young people who play on-line games in a cybercafe in Barcelona. This group can be classified as a hybrid -on-line/ off-line- since their face-to-face interaction alternates with, and is frequently superimposed on, their virtual interaction. This means that the delocalization that accompanies other uses of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) occurs only in a limited way. What does take place is a reinterpretation of the forms of social interaction of whatever group of young people; at the same time, there is also an interpretation of new information technologies, adapting them to traditional forms of socialization. It is possible to observe how physical place and cyberplace are united and intermingled in various ways, as are face-to-face life and cyber-experience.
Since they appeared, the studies of Science, Technology & Society (STS) have been interested in education as the key to help the citizens of tomorrow to participate in the discussions dealing with the future of technoscience. In Spain, the STS subjects became part of the secondary school programs since the educational reform. Nevertheless, the analysis of the textbooks used in Catalonia shows that a deterministic vision of science & technology - both of them thought as entities with their own logic of development, independent from social reality - coexists with a neutralistic conception, which considers technoscience as a basic tool that can be used by humanity either in a correct or an incorrect way. The student has the perception that science & technology shape the social reality, but that are somehow independent from society.