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“Why can't they put us to sleep if we are suffering?”: La Nada and the desire for euthanasia among institutionalized older adults in Peru

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I examine how institutionalized older adults in Peru articulate suffering through the idiom of la nada—“nothingness”—and how this shapes desires for euthanasia. Moving from close ethnography of bodies in space and time to structural and ethical discourses on euthanasia, I argue that calls for euthanasia arise not only from ...
Magdalena Zegarra Chiappori
wiley   +1 more source

Empatía y vivencia religiosa en el pensamiento de Edith Stein.

Cuadernos de Teología - Universidad Católica del Norte, 2016
El artículo, a través del contexto existencial y de las obras de Edith Stein, trata la relación que la fenomenóloga advierte entre empatía y vivencia religiosa. Por medio de la primera, el hombre aprehende la vida anímica de su prójimo y a través de ella
María Eliana Martínez Fernández
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El lenguaje oral como medio primordial entre los hombres

Pensamiento y Cultura, 2014
The purpose of this work is to perform a philosophical analysis of spoken language based on one of the most important theorists of the twentieth century: Marshall McLuhan, media expert. Language is the link between intellect and the world; through it we can call or give name to what sorrounds us, creating a closer relationship with the world.
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Making Mining Licit: Gold, Commodification, and the Everyday Performance of Law in Colombia

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 3, Page 480-493, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Ethnographies of resource‐making have shown that the extraction of resource value from objects is premised on obviating the emplaced lifeworlds that surrounded objects before they traveled to consumer markets. Much of this literature looks at such supply‐chain disentanglement from the viewpoint of corporate and formal regulatory practices ...
Jesse Jonkman
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Fluid Toxicities: Violent Affective Ecologies in Cartagena, Colombia

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Water is at the centre of climate change emergency concerns in coastal cities. It constitutes here a fluid entry point to investigating the socio‐ecological politics of toxicities for residents dwelling with and against contaminated waters in Cartagena, Colombia's urban extensions.
Laura Neville, Silke Oldenburg
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Moonlight Duration and Intensity Favour Nocturnal Activity in a Diurnal Desert Bird

Ethology, Volume 132, Issue 9, Page 629-641, September 2026.
Accelerometer data show that Canarian houbara bustards increase nocturnal activity two‐ to fivefold when the moon is visible, with activity rising as moonlit duration and illumination increase. Both display and non‐display behaviours peaked around full moon, reaching up to half of peak daytime levels, with males increasing visual displays during ...
Juan C. Alonso, Alberto Ucero, Inmaculada Abril‐Colón, Carlos Palacín   +3 more
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La vivencia del espacio urbano

Cuadernos de Geografía de la Universitat de València
La relación entre el hombre y el medio ambiente está en la base de buena parte de la historia humana. Hoy por hoy, para el hombre, el espacio urbano es el más importante medio ambiente, por lo cual debemos ser capaces de conocer y mejorar este ambiente ...
Josep Vicent Boira i Maiques
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Tudor England and Stewart Scotland Through Spanish Eyes: A Complete Transcription and Translation of Pedro de Ayala's Letter of 1498 to King Ferdinand of Castile and Queen Isabella of Aragon

Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 635-689, September 2026.
Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime, Valeria Tapia Cruz, Mairi Cowan   +2 more
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Covid-19 y la relación hombre-naturaleza: el equilibrio violado. Reflexiones sobre la gestión de la complejidad de las pandemias: de la protección de los ecosistemas al principio de precaución

Derecho Animal, 2020
La actual crisis pandémica sólo puede llevarnos a reflexionar sobre la interrelación entre el hombre y la naturaleza. Hoy en día, el derecho se enfrenta a un desafío de época: afrontar y gestionar una complejidad global que afecta a intereses y derechos ...
Silvia Zanini
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Educación y medio ambiente: la importancia de las relaciones hombre-medio

, 2016
Para abordar la Educación Ambiental estimarnos que es preciso, previamente, reflexionar sobre las relaciones existentes y las relaciones alternativas posibles entre hombre y medio. Dada la amplitud conceptual concedida al medio en el mismo quedaría integradas así mismo las relaciones entre los hombres.
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