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Towards an integrated approach to emergency management: interdisciplinary challenges for research and practice
2015
This article presents an interdisciplinary vision for large-scale integrated emergency management that has been inspired by the transition from platform centric to integrated operations in the oil and gas fields, which uses remote emergency control centres collaborating virtually with local responders. The article discusses some of the most salient research challenges for integrated emergency management, including the role of mobile technology, human-centred sensing, citizen participation and social media, and the socio-cultural determinants of disaster management. The purpose of this article is to frame an integrated emergency management approach that adopts a multi-disciplinary approach, …
Public communication of emerging sciences and technologies. Problems and challenges in the case of nanotechnology
2014
This work deals with public understanding of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Concerns about public attitudes towards both, including a lack of knowledge on the part of the general public, have lead scholars in a number of countries to conduct early studies on the social perceptions of these fields. However, this has not been the case in Spain or Latin America, where studies on the popularisation and public understanding of nanotechnology are almost non-existent. This work has a double aim. First, it seeks to contextualise and explain the Spanish situation in this regard. Second, it aims to communicate the results of a Delphi study involving nanotechnology experts (n=38) and designed to fill…
Las tecnologías de reproducción asistida y sus metáforas
2005
The enormous development -in both research and application- of assisted reproduction technologies has been accompanied by a lack of theoretical reflection on its power of change: the concept and treatment of the body, the concept of paternity or motherhood, etc.The metaphorical analysis allows us to deconstruct both dominant discourses: patriarchal and reductionist biomedical. We propose a transdisciplinary analysis which explains the interactions between the diverse discourses: biomedical, mass media, legal, symbolicpsycho-social, gender, historic- which make up the supply as well as the creation of demand of all these practices. The transdisciplinary analysis would help to reveal the biom…
La investigación teórica sobre la divulgación de la ciencia en España: situación actual y retos para el futuro
2009
Spanish Scientific Research about Popular Science is analyzed to identify the main scientific agents, dissemination means and subjects in this field. It is an heterogeneous area related to several scientific disciplines and purposes, stand out above them Information and Education. 286 journal articles and 50 PhD Thesis have been analyzed, observing a high increase of publications in 90s remaining until now. The five most important research cores identified are the followings: Science Journalism, Science Literacy, Linguistics and the researches related to Museums and Scientific Disciplines such as Medicine, Environment or Archaeology.
En busca de un paradigma económico para la redefinición del concepto de desarrollo sostenible
1997
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Cognición y Retórica
2004
<i> Pocos términos existen tan mudables en la cultura occidental como el de retórica. Se le define como arte de la persuasión, como teoría de la argumentación o incluso como ciencia literaria. Todas estas perspectivas tienen un denominador común: entienden los tropos y figuras retóricas como instrumentos comunicativos y literarios. Sin obviar estos desarrollos de la retórica, los autores de este trabajo tratan de discernir los aspectos cognitivos rastreables en la retórica clásica y, al tiempo, ofrecer un acercamiento a lo que sería una retórica cognitiva, basada en el presupuesto de que tropos y figuras son redes conceptuales que estructuran el pensamiento humano.…</i>
El papel de la evolución en la teoría de Daniel Dennett
2004
Tal vez la idea más controvertida de la filosofía de Daniel C. Dennett sea ésta: los seres humanos no son más que mecanismos dotados de intencionalidad derivada configurada por la evolución de las especies. Esto ha sido considerado por algunos como una afrenta porque relega al humano al estatus de simple artefacto: las acciones del ser humano no responden a sus propios intereses sino que se ven programados por «agentes internos especializados para recibir la información disponible en la periferia del cuerpo» que constituyen.…
La cultura ibérica ayer y hoy
1998
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La dimensión pública de la fe
2002
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Aspectos jurídico-privados del fenómeno comunitario. Diversas situaciones de cotitularidad de bienes y derechos
2000
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