Imaginarios sociales

Carlos Monsiváis gathers a sample of characters that in different ways, unusual at times, illustrate facets of Mexican society. Thus, thanks to its particular style, musicians (Lara, Jiménez), high-class and high-class guys, spectacular figures (Fidel Velázquez, La Tigresa, Isela Vega, Siqueiros), a singular writer drowned by his ubiquitous figure (Novo) parade before the reader.), a master of mass ceremonies (Raúl Velasco) and the militants of the left who with their lives and deaths are the indispensable counterpoint of the love lost by Mexican history.

Our world is changing faster and faster. How are we reacting to it? Some celebrate the digital future with terrifying naivete, waiting for changes like weather events. Politicians don't seem to take this radical change serious. Others warn of the dictatorship of the Silicon Valley digital corporations, while others would prefer to hide their heads and return to the past. For his part, Richard David Precht outlines the image of a desirable future in the digital age. Is the end of meritocracy as we know it really a loss? For the German philosopher, the digital society offers the possibility...

A detailed abstract work which aims to `develop a technology for the design and construction of information systems in cultural resources management'. The study is based on the review of over thirty software products which were specifically designed for cultural resources management. The author concludes that these products are typically inefficient and proposes new methodologies. Spanish text with an extensive English summary.

En estos últimos años, dentro de los temas emergentes de mayor interés para los antropólogos, y más específicamente para aquellos que trabajan con poblaciones amerindias, dos sobresalen: los procesos de escritura, y los de patrimonialización de la cultura inmaterial. Raros son los estudios que se centran específicamente en la relación del patrimonio con la escritura. Este libro pretende contribuir a este aspecto, discutiendo la relación entre los procesos de patrimonialización y los procesos de la escritura en las sociedades amerindias.