self-concept]]> autonomy]]> academic performance]]> second language]]> autoconcepto]]> autonomía]]> desempeño académico]]> segunda lengua]]> Positive self-evaluation and self-knowledge, together with self-confidence, constitute personality traits of university students that are decisive for autonomous academic performance. The research problem is oriented toward understanding whether students of English for Specific Purposes can take responsibility for their learning insofar as the teacher facilitates the development of their autonomy.
The objective is to analyze the thoughts, feelings, and attitudes of students in the Teacher Training and Bachelor’s Degree programs in Philosophy and Educational Sciences at the National University of Catamarca in order to improve L2 learning. The methodology used is qualitative-descriptive, and, in order to approach the scientific study, a questionnaire was designed to address students’ personal and study-related characteristics in the process of learning English for Specific Purposes.
The observations made and the data collected show that the development of student autonomy enriches students’ personality and self-concept and improves their learning. At the same time, it contributes positively to academic performance.]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> 2014-12-10]]> application/pdf]]> text/html]]> Educational Sciences]]> graduates]]> experiences]]> job placement stages]]> knowledge]]> Ciencias de la Educación]]> egresados]]> experiencias]]> instancias de inserción laboral]]> saberes]]> The analysis is circumscribed to the field of Youth and Adult Education in the province of Jujuy, Argentina, where these graduates perform the role of “Regional Coordinator”. The objectives revolve around: a) understanding the forms of labor-market insertion of these graduates in the field of Youth and Adult Education, as well as the forms of knowledge brought into play in this process; and b) analyzing their working conditions, focusing on types of functions, working times, and pace of work.
The qualitative analysis of the data, which presents results related to the first objective mentioned above, made it possible to identify three formal stages for access to the position of Regional Coordinator: a) application for the position, b) a “written” stage, and c) an “oral” stage.
The analysis of the data led to the thesis that the forms of knowledge graduates bring into play in instances of labor-market insertion are multiple and heterogeneous—such as theoretical knowledge and knowledge-in-action—come from diverse sources, including the university and work contexts, and are shaped through a process in which experiences play an essential role, insofar as they constitute both a source and an instance of production and valuation of new forms of knowledge.]]> El análisis cualitativo de los datos, que muestra resultados del primer objetivo señalado, permitió reconocer tres instancias formales para acceder al cargo de Responsable Regional: a) la postulación al cargo, b) una instancia “escrita” y, c) una instancia “oral”. El análisis de los datos permitió arribar a la tesis según la cual los saberes que ponen en juego los egresados, en las instancias de inserción laboral, son múltiples y heterogéneos (teóricos, en acción, etc.), de procedencia diversa (contexto universitario, laboral, etc.), y en cuyo proceso de configuración, las experiencias juegan un papel esencial en tanto se constituyen en fuente e instancia de producción de nuevos saberes y valoración de los mismos.]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> 2014-12-10]]> application/pdf]]> text/html]]> expectativas]]> identidades]]> jóvenes]]> nivel superior]]> expectations]]> identities]]> youth]]> higher education]]> The article analyzes responses to surveys and interviews administered to entrants within the framework of the research project “New Identities and Expectations of Higher-Education Students: Their Impact on Educational Training Processes” (CICyT-UNSE 2009–2011), which sought to identify the new ways in which students configure their identity in current sociocultural contexts, highly mediated by new information and communication technologies.
The paper provides a sociodemographic characterization of students in the teacher training program and, on the basis of interviews conducted with entrants, an assessment of their interests and expectations, with the purpose of achieving a more comprehensive and encompassing approach to the world of young people.
The inquiry is grounded in a position regarding the conceptualization of identity, understood in a dynamic and relational sense. It is oriented toward identifying the marks of youth identities, reflecting on students’ ways of dialoguing and accessing sociocultural consumption, and making inferences about their expectations regarding educational training.
The analysis of this issue seeks to contribute to overcoming naturalized representations that hinder the process of understanding youth subjectivities, in order to generate a reflective process and assume responsibilities within the educational community.]]> En el artículo se aborda el análisis de las respuestas a encuestas y entrevistas aplicadas a los ingresantes en el marco del proyecto de investigación “Nuevas identidades y expectativas de los estudiantes del nivel educativo superior: su incidencia en los procesos de formación educativa” (CICyT-UNSE 2009-1011), el cual se planteó reconocer los nuevos modos en los que los estudiantes configuran su identidad en los contextos socioculturales actuales, altamente mediados por las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación.
El trabajo realiza una caracterización sociodemográfica de los estudiantes del profesorado y, a partir de las entrevistas realizadas a los ingresantes, una valoración acerca de sus intereses y expectativas, con el propósito de lograr una aproximación más comprensiva y abarcativa del mundo juvenil.
La indagación se asume desde un posicionamiento respecto a la conceptualización de identidad, entendida en un sentido dinámico y relacional, y se orienta a reconocer las marcas de las identidades juveniles, a reflexionar sobre los modos de los estudiantes de dialogar y acceder a los consumos socioculturales y a inferir acerca de sus expectativas en torno a la formación educativa.
El análisis de esta problemática pretende contribuir a superar aquellas representaciones naturalizadas que obstaculizan el proceso de conocimiento de las subjetividades juveniles, en orden a generar un proceso reflexivo y a asumir responsabilidades en la comunidad educativa.]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> 2014-12-10]]> application/pdf]]> text/html]]> identidad]]> pragmática]]> psicología]]> sí mismo]]> identity]]> pragmatics]]> psychology]]> self]]> Among its main conclusions, the article emphasizes the need to think about identity on the basis of the contextual activation of different dimensions of the self; the importance of studying processes of appropriation of and resistance to externally proposed stigmatized identities; and the value of analyzing the pragmatic motivations of the self-understandings through which subjects present themselves to others in everyday life.]]> Se subrayan, como conclusiones destacadas, la necesidad de pensar la identidad a partir de la activación contextual de diferentes dimensiones del sí mismo, la importancia de estudiar los procesos de apropiación y resistencia frente a identidades estigmatizadas propuestas externamente y el valor de analizar las motivaciones pragmáticas de las autocomprensiones por medio de las cuales los sujetos se presentan ante los otros en la vida cotidiana.]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> 2014-12-10]]> application/pdf]]> text/html]]> actividad física]]> hábitos de alimentación]]> noroeste argentino]]> poblaciones de altura]]> physical activity]]> eating habits]]> northwestern Argentina]]> high-altitude populations]]> Methods: Ad hoc surveys were administered to 59 mothers and/or guardians of schoolchildren from Antofagasta de la Sierra, involving 204 individuals. Data were obtained on the consumption of the four main daily meals, separately for Monday to Friday and for weekends, as well as on the frequency of consumption of dairy products, meat, vegetables, water, sweets, fried foods, and the practice of physical activity.
Results: Approximately two thirds of the children have the four main meals, both from Monday to Friday and on weekends. With regard to frequency, there was a relatively low percentage of daily consumption of “healthy” food groups, particularly dairy products, fruits, and vegetables. Daily consumption of sugary foods and beverages was high, exceeding 58%, replacing water intake, since one third of the children do not prefer water as their main drink. Only 50% of the children engage in regular physical activity.
Conclusion: The surveyed population maintains deeply rooted cultural patterns related to the foods and preparations consumed, having lived far from urban centers for centuries until two decades ago. Due to improvements in access routes to this community, new foods and technologies have entered abruptly. In light of this situation, the results characterize this population as undergoing a nutritional and epidemiological transition, as well as a transition in food availability and access.]]> Métodos: Se aplicaron encuestas confeccionadas ad hoc a 59 madres y/o tutores de escolares de Antofagasta de la Sierra (204 individuos). Se obtuvieron datos sobre consumo de: 4 comidas principales a diario, de lunes a viernes y los fines de semana por separado, frecuencia de consumo de productos lácteos, carne, verduras, agua, dulces, alimentos fritos y la práctica de actividad física.
Resultados: Aproximadamente dos tercios de los niños realizan las cuatro comidas principales, tanto lunes a viernes como los fines de semana. Frecuencia: Porcentaje relativamente bajo de consumo diario de los grupos de alimentos “saludables”, en particular, los productos lácteos, las frutas y verduras; consumo elevado de alimentos y bebidas azucaradas a diario, más del 58%, sustituyendo la ingesta de agua, ya que un tercio de los niños no prefieren el agua como bebida principal. Sólo el 50% de los niños realiza actividad física con regularidad.
Conclusión: La población encuestada mantiene patrones culturales arraigados en relación con los alimentos y preparaciones consumidas por haber vivido lejos de los centros urbanos durante siglos, hasta hace dos décadas. Debido a las mejoras en las vías de acceso a esta comunidad, se encuentra una irrupción de nuevos alimentos y tecnologías, en función de esa situación, los resultados interpretan a esta población en transición nutricional, epidemiológica y de disponibilidad y acceso a los alimentos.]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> 2014-12-10]]> application/pdf]]> text/html]]> Pig Iron Day]]> rituals]]> fragmentation]]> Palpalá]]> día del arrabio]]> rituales]]> fragmentación]]> Palpalá]]> Among the usual events were the formal ceremony led by the company’s directors, the election of the Arrabio Queen, and the Arrabio dinner and dance. At present, this festival is no longer held; however, Pig Iron Day continued to be commemorated through events organized by different groups.
The research drew on journalistic sources and fieldwork in order to provide an approximate and comparative characterization of the different historical moments of this festival. The first difference highlighted was the homogeneous symbolic and social content of the Fiesta del Arrabio of the past. By contrast, present-day commemorative events display divergent contents and diverse connotations, ranging from remembrance marked by evocation, nostalgia, and anecdote to, in other cases, commemorations that have turned into rallies of vindication and denunciation of the damage caused by privatization and the lack of transparency in that process.
Likewise, other contemporary ritual events were identified, with diverse contents and different degrees of social participation and specificity, which would correspond to the fragmentation produced by the privatization of AHZ.]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> 2014-12-10]]> application/pdf]]> text/html]]> saber experto]]> patrimonio]]> poder político]]> Purmamarca]]> Quebrada de Humahuaca]]> expert knowledge]]> heritage]]> political power]]> Purmamarca]]> Quebrada de Humahuaca]]> In this paper, we analyze academic works linked to the valuation of certain objects, places, and landscapes. We also study regulations and actions for the conservation and recovery of certain heritage assets. Finally, we examine how expert knowledge and political power intersect in the institutionalization of heritage. To this end, we take Purmamarca as a case study, a settlement in the Quebrada that has been recognized on different occasions, from the early twentieth century to the present, as a place with elements of historical and tourist interest to be preserved.
This process of heritage selection and valuation has gone through different stages and modes of heritage activation, in which three moments of selection can be observed in academic valuation and in regulations: objects—mainly architectural and archaeological ones—urban centers, and landscapes. In this trajectory, some objects and practices have been highlighted, while others have remained outside the legitimization of experts and the regulations of political power.]]> Este proceso de selección patrimonial y de valoración de los bienes ha tenido distintas etapas y modos de activación patrimonial, donde se vislumbran tres momentos de selección en la valoración académica y en las normativas: los objetos -principalmente arquitectónicos y arqueológicos-, los centros urbanos y los paisajes. En ese recorrido, algunos objetos y prácticas se han destacado y otros han quedado fuera de la legitimación de los expertos y de las normativas del poder político.]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> 2014-12-10]]> application/pdf]]> text/html]]> social network analysis]]> surnames]]> endogamy]]> exogamy]]> análisis de redes sociales]]> apellidos]]> endogamia]]> exogamia]]> From a methodological perspective based on Social Network Analysis (SNA), information on conjugal unions was organized using the spouses’ surnames as the main reference. The links among them were then graphed, along with the principal attributes arising from the ties present in the network.
Toward the end of the paper, after presenting the network analysis of the data processed with UCINET software, a series of categories are analyzed. These categories constitute central axes for sociocultural analysis linked to kinship studies, such as endogamy, place of residence, village endogamy, and the boundaries between endogamy and exogamy.
Finally, in the conclusions, possible analytical lines are established on the basis of formal social network analysis as a valid methodological alternative for characterizing marriage ties, referential surnames, and networks of spatial mobility among the inhabitants of Valle Grande toward the end of the nineteenth century.]]> Desde una perspectiva metodológica basada en el Análisis de Redes Sociales (ARS), la información sobre las uniones conyugales fue ordenada teniendo como referencia principal los apellidos de los cónyuges, para posteriormente graficar los vínculos entre los mismos y los principales atributos surgidos de los lazos presentes en la red.
Hacia el final del trabajo, una vez expuesto el análisis reticular de los datos tratados a través del programa informático UCINET, se analizan una serie de categorías que constituyen los ejes centrales para el análisis socio-cultural vinculado a los estudios de parentesco, como lo son la endogamia, el lugar de residencia, la endogamia de pueblo y los límites entre endogamia / exogamia.
Por último, en las conclusiones del trabajo, se establecen posibles líneas analíticas en base al análisis formal de redes sociales como una alternativa metodológica válida para la caracterización de lazos de nupcialidad, apellidos referenciales y redes de movilidad espacial entre los pobladores de Valle Grande hacia finales del siglo XIX.]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> 2014-12-10]]> application/pdf]]> text/html]]> ética]]> política]]> lenguaje]]> traducción]]> heteronomía]]> Estado-nación]]> ethics]]> politics]]> language]]> translation]]> heteronomy]]> nation-state]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> 2014-12-10]]> application/pdf]]> text/html]]> agents]]> Altos Hornos Zapla]]> social change]]> memory]]> Palpalá]]> privatization]]> agentes]]> Altos Hornos Zapla]]> cambio social]]> memoria]]> Palpalá]]> privatización]]> Our work sought to give voice to the evocative processes of the actors who lived through these circumstances, since social memory is selective and therefore meaningful rather than neutral: the recurrence of certain narratives accounts for the record of change. Drawing on data collected through interviews, we present elements fixed in social memory, identifying changes in everyday practices and the ways in which they were addressed.
Produced after privatization, these changes were marked by the crisis of a world of certainties. Differentiated ways of coping with them also emerged, according to the social position and ties of the agents. For the inhabitants of Palpalá, this crisis would have meaning as a starting point in the transformation of the practices and social relations of the agents.
We consider it important to move forward in the analysis of how Palpalá residents registered these changes associated with the privatization of Zapla, in order to study transformations in agency within the framework of the conflictive processes of the 1990s.]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> 2012-06-27]]> application/pdf]]> Alberto Iturbe]]> Jujuy]]> housing policy]]> first peronism]]> Alberto Iturbe]]> Jujuy]]> política de vivienda]]> primer peronismo]]> Jujuy was not outside this current, since works have been published on different aspects of Peronism in the province. Yet, beyond the relevance of these contributions, very little has been investigated regarding the first Justicialist governors or the social policies they implemented in this district.
The purpose of this historical paper is precisely to help fill this gap by analyzing the housing policy of the first Peronist governor of Jujuy: Alberto Iturbe. Emphasis is placed on his political trajectory, his actions regarding the social question, and, fundamentally, the most salient features of his housing policy.
Thus, through the study of different sources from the period—official publications, newspapers, among others—this paper seeks to unveil certain aspects of that social policy carried out by one of the most important figures of first Peronism in the far north of the Argentine Republic.]]> El propósito del presente trabajo histórico reside, precisamente, en intentar llenar este vacío analizando la política de vivienda del primer gobernador peronista en Jujuy: Alberto Iturbe. Se hace hincapié en su trayectoria política, en su actuación frente a la cuestión social y fundamentalmente en los rasgos más salientes de su política de vivienda. Así, a partir del estudio de distintas fuentes de la época -publicaciones oficiales, periódicos, entre otras-, se procura develar ciertos aspectos de aquella política social llevada a cabo por una de las figuras más importantes que tuvo el primer peronismo en el extremo norte de la República Argentina.]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> 2012-06-27]]> application/pdf]]> migration from neighboring countries]]> health]]> endemic diseases]]> cholera]]> migración limítrofe]]> salud]]> enfermedades endémicas]]> cólera]]> The article concludes that the specificity of migratory status does not appear to have grounded targeted health practices. It also shows variations in the discursive construction of migrants and their movements, who were regarded as carriers of sanitary danger. These changes are associated with the decline in the demand for agricultural labor, the reduction of migrant stocks, the urbanization of this population, and the crisis of the Welfare State.
The article concludes that the initially inclusive position, together with the defunding of the public sector and the crisis of the health system in the 1990s, became exclusionary and came to openly question the right of foreigners from neighboring countries to receive free health care.]]> El artículo concluye que la especificidad de la condición migratoria no habría fundado prácticas sanitarias focalizadas. También muestra variaciones en la construcción discursiva sobre los migrantes y sus desplazamientos, considerados portadores de peligro sanitario. Asocia estos cambios con la caída del requerimiento de mano de obra agrícola, la reducción de los stocks de migrantes, la urbanización de esta población y la crisis del Estado de Bienestar. Concluye que la postura inicialmente inclusiva, con el desfinanciamiento del sector público y la crisis del sistema de salud en los años noventa, se tornó excluyente y llegó a cuestionar abiertamente el derecho de los extranjeros limítrofes a recibir atención sanitaria gratuita.]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> 2012-06-27]]> application/pdf]]> peripheral neighborhood]]> “cartoneo”]]> Greater San Miguel de Tucumán]]> poverty]]> barrio periférico]]> “cartoneo”]]> Gran San Miguel de Tucumán]]> pobreza]]> In this context, a peripheral neighborhood of the city, known as Costanera Norte, was selected. Characterized by a high incidence and intensity of poverty, it was chosen in order to analyze, on the one hand, the forms of labor-market insertion of its population and, on the other, the importance and specificity assumed by cartoneo as the dominant work activity.
The study uses data from the 2001 National Population, Households, and Housing Census, as well as results from semi-structured interviews conducted in 2011 with a group of families from the neighborhood regarding housing and socioeconomic conditions.
The results make it possible to identify the relationship between cartoneo and the persistence of poverty, insofar as it is an intergenerational work activity carried out by a majority sector of the neighborhood’s households. This activity only makes it possible to maintain subsistence levels.]]> En este contexto, se seleccionó un barrio periférico de la ciudad, denominado Costanera Norte, caracterizado por una elevada incidencia e intensidad de la pobreza, para analizar, por un lado, las formas de inserción en el mercado de trabajo de su población y, por otro, la importancia y especificidad que asume el “cartoneo” como actividad laboral dominante.
Se utilizan para el desarrollo del trabajo datos del Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas del año 2001 y resultados de entrevistas semiestructuradas realizadas en el año 2011 a un conjunto de familias del barrio sobre condiciones habitacionales y socioeconómicas.
Los resultados permiten detectar la relación del “cartoneo” con la persistencia de la pobreza en tanto actividad laboral intergeneracional, realizada por un sector mayoritario de los hogares del barrio. Dicha actividad solo permite mantener niveles de subsistencia.]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> 2012-06-27]]> application/pdf]]> Catamarca]]> labor deterioration]]> economic transformations]]> Tucumán]]> Catamarca]]> deterioro laboral]]> transformaciones económicas]]> Tucumán]]> Considering that poverty is related to the transformations undergone by a productive structure through the employment problems these transformations generate, the aim of this article is to examine the relationships between economic transformations and the employment problems experienced by the economically active populations of Catamarca and Tucumán during the period 1990–2002, years in which neoliberal transformations were consolidated in Argentina.
In economic terms, the study considered indicators reflecting the dynamics of agricultural activities, manufacturing industry, and the tertiary sector in both economies. In the labor sphere, unemployment and underemployment rates were examined, as well as certain characteristics of the economically active population of each province.
During the years under study, Tucumán experienced greater deterioration in its labor market, since its economy was more deeply affected by the economic changes of the late twentieth century. Catamarca’s economy, by contrast, while going through incipient stages of economic development, was less harmed by neoliberal economic transformations. There, the State maintained a more significant presence, acting as a mitigating factor for economic difficulties in Catamarca’s labor market.]]> En materia económica, se consideraron indicadores que reflejan la dinámica que tuvieron las actividades agropecuarias, la industria manufacturera, y el sector terciario de ambas economías. En el plano laboral, se examinaron las tasas de desocupación y subocupación, así como ciertas características de la población activa de cada provincia.
En los años bajo estudio, Tucumán tuvo un mayor deterioro laboral, puesto que su economía fue afectada de manera más profunda por los cambios económicos de fines del siglo XX. Por su parte, la economía catamarqueña, atravesando etapas incipientes de desarrollo económico, fue menos perjudicada por las transformaciones económicas neoliberales. El Estado mantuvo allí una presencia más importante, actuando como atenuante de las dificultades económicas en el mercado de trabajo catamarqueño.]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> 2012-06-27]]> application/pdf]]> logics of occupation]]> gated communities]]> slums]]> Yerba Buena]]> lógicas de ocupación]]> urbanizaciones cerradas]]> villas miseria]]> Yerba Buena]]> The study takes the 1970s as its point of departure, a period in which the city expanded strongly toward its periphery, characterized mainly by the increase in shantytowns together with the emergence of the first gated community. Urban expansion shows exponential growth in gated communities, while the area occupied by shantytowns has remained practically unchanged.
In MYB, the most significant contrast is represented by the coexistence of gated communities and shantytowns. Gated communities are a rapidly growing trend and drive expansion by occupying large extensions of land. By contrast, the increase in shantytowns is limited, especially considering their proliferation in the rest of GSMT. Nevertheless, many of these gated communities and shantytowns are located very close to one another, while the socioeconomic distance separating their inhabitants continues to widen, accentuating the gap between both groups.]]> En el MYB el contraste más significativo está representado por la coexistencia de UC y VM. Las UC son una tendencia que aumenta rápidamente y conducen la expansión ocupando grandes extensiones de tierra. Por el contrario, el incremento de las VM es escaso teniendo en cuenta su proliferación en el resto del GSMT. No obstante, muchas de estas UC y VM se encuentran localizadas muy próximas entre sí, pero la distancia socio-económica que separa a sus habitantes es cada vez más amplia, acentuando la brecha entre ambos grupos.]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> Cuadernos FHyCS-UNJu]]> 2012-06-27]]> application/pdf]]> text/html]]>