El declive del capital social

La especialización disciplinaria, en aras de profundizar en el conocimiento, ha desintegrado la realidad en numerosos objetos de estudio, parciales y separados unos de otros. Ante esta situación se han realizado esfuerzos de integración, ejemplo de ellos son las investigaciones multidisciplinarias, interdisciplinarias y transdisciplinarias. Estas últimas analizan lo que está detrás de las disciplinas, incluyen diferentes formas de saber donde ocupan un lugar las ciencias, el arte, las religiones y los conocimientos tradicionales. En Debates éticos con metodología transdisciplinaria...

This practice-focused resource integrates broad therapeutic knowledge with current neuroscience to present vast possibilities for mindfulness in clinical social work. Seasoned practitioners posit mindfulness practice and process as a significant bridge between taking care of self and taking care of others, demonstrating its implications for physical and mental health in personal and professional contexts. Case studies show timeless concepts (e.g., acceptance) and new mindfulness-based ideas (e.g., learned helpfulness) in use in individual treatment as well as couples counseling and group...

This translation of a major work in Mexican anthropology argues that Mesoamerican civilization is an ongoing and undeniable force in contemporary Mexican life. For Guillermo Bonfil Batalla, the remaining Indian communities, the "de-Indianized" rural mestizo communities, and vast sectors of the poor urban population constitute the México profundo. Their lives and ways of understanding the world continue to be rooted in Mesoamerican civilization. An ancient agricultural complex provides their food supply, and work is understood as a way of maintaining a harmonious relationship with the natural ...

Clear evidence that sedentary farmers cultivated both maize and manioc in the Colombian Amazon Basin by 2700 B.C. During the first few centuries A.D. a larger population actively managed organic garbage and eventually transported large quantities of silt from the river banks to improve the agricultural yields of the plateau they farmed. Complete text in English and Spanish.