Queer theorists have traditionally advocated for the adoption of an outlook of queer pessimism in order to develop a criticality that helps the queer community effectively address the issues it presently faces. Some queer theorists, however, have instead advocated for an outlook of queer optimism—an outlook which allows space for celebrating joy a…[Read more]

Keynote paper.
This paper examines the connections between the winter season and Gothic historical television dramas. It defines Gothic historical television dramas as dramas with a historical setting that take on a Gothic aesthetic and emphasise themes of trauma which are active in the past and continue to be active in the present. It also…[Read more]

This article analyses the connections between the worlds of fine art and fashion through the complex interconnections between the Parisian-Eastern European creative exile. It follows the common threads between Ukrainian-Jewish artist and fashion designer Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979) and prominent inter-war Parisian Romanians: namely, Tristan T…[Read more]

This dissertation deals with aristocratic historiography and political legitimation in late-medieval Portugal (late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries). It offers a perspective into the historical imaginary of the late-medieval Portuguese aristocracy; an imaginary that underlay the argumentation of members of this social class in defence of their…[Read more]

Los ámbitos comunitarios, familiares y de género, constituyen escenarios donde se producen y reproducen cotidianamente las desigualdades, por ello desde las universidades deben ser ámbitos privilegiados para la actuación profesional. Resultan necesarias acciones tendientes a lograr mayor equidad como vía para alcanzar la igualdad, tanto en los…[Read more]

A celebração de novenas, septenários e trezenas foi uma importante manifestação de devoção popular desde o século XVIII. O repertório musical composto para estas ocasiões desenvolveu-se por todas as camadas da sociedade com vários graus de complexidade, permeando a língua vernácula os textos latinos, sobretudo nos momentos das jaculatórias…[Read more]

Perfection And Good Taste: Redefining Feminine Identities in Interwar Bucharest Through Fashion and Beauty || This paper explores gender realities in interwar Bucharest through the lens of fashion and beauty. The aim is to evaluate the impact of advice literature on women in reinventing feminine identity and the general effect of these evolutions…[Read more]

The seminal 1989 study “Mantra in Ayurveda” by Kenneth G. Zysk1 describes four areas in which mantras were used in early Ayurveda: the treatment of wounds and swellings/tumours, of poisoning, of mental disorders, and the collection and preparation of certain medicines. Although this article is a highly important contribution to the study of the…[Read more]

The seminal 1989 study “Mantra in Ayurveda” by Kenneth G. Zysk1 describes four areas in which mantras were used in early Ayurveda: the treatment of wounds and swellings/tumours, of poisoning, of mental disorders, and the collection and preparation of certain medicines. Although this article is a highly important contribution to the study of the…[Read more]

Constructivism as a psychopedagogical perspective does not in itself constitute a specific paradigm or theory. This is evident in the published scientific literature where there is no consensus regarding the conceptualization of the constructivist approach. It is based as a referential – explanatory framework in the field of education. It takes as…[Read more]

बहुजन साहित्य और संस्कृति की अवधारणा ने पिछले कुछ वर्षों में आकार लेना शुरू किया है। अभी हाल (2016) में आए प्रमोद रंजन द्वारा संपादित तीन संकलन- ‘बहुजन साहित्य की प्रस्तावना’, ‘हिन्दी साहित्येतिहास का बहुजन पक्ष’और ‘महिषासुर एक जननायक’- बहुजन साहित्यिक-सांस्कृतिक आंदोलन की प्रस्तावना और अवधारणा को सामने रखते हैं और इसे पल्लवित-पुष्पित तथा विकसित क…[Read more]

फारवर्ड प्रेस काअंतिम प्रिट अंक अप्रैल, 2016 में प्रकाशित हुआ था। यह उस अंतिम अंक का प्रमोद रंजन द्वारा लिखा गया संपादकीय है। उसके बाद फारवर्ड प्रेस वेबसाइट के रूप में प्रकाशित होता रहा तथा किताबों के व्यवसाय में भी उतरा। फारवर्ड प्रेस के मालिकों द्वारा की जा रही वित्तीय अनियमितता के विरोध में प्रमोद रंजन ने अक्टूबर, 2019 में इस पत्रिका से अलग हो गए।

सामान्य तौर पर यह समझा है कि चूंकि दिल्ली स्थित जेएनयू के वामपंथ का गढ़ था, इसलिए दक्षिणपंथी ताकतें उससे नाराज थीं। अतएव, सत्ता में आने के बाद उन्होंने इस गढ़ को नष्ट कर देना चाहा। सन् 2016 में इस विश्वविद्यालय में घटी घटनाओं को इसी संदर्भ में देखा-समझा जाता रहा है।

लेकिन प्रमोद रंजन का यह बहुचर्चित लेख बताता है कि जेएनयू पर दक्षिणपंथ क…[Read more]

This chapter examines the revolutin in media within music based on Friedrich Kittler’s work. It highlights Kittler’s musical preferences, from Richard Wagner to Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd. For Kittler this music exemplified an “other music” that was based on a cutout from the totality of “worldwide noise” as it was theorized after Arthur Schopen…[Read more]

Introducción: los hemangiomas son el tumor cutáneo más común en la infancia. Se clasifican dentro de las anomalías vasculares congénitas.Objetivo: identificar el comportamiento clínico-epidemiológico y resultados terapéuticos de los hemangiomas en pacientes atendidos en el Hospital Infantil “José Luis Miranda” de Santa Clara, Villa Clara en el p…[Read more]

Los medios de comunicación de la región latinoamericana evidencian políticas públicas tergiversadas por las prácticas institucionalizadas. La problemática de la participación comunitaria en la producción televisiva subyace en la triada políticas-programas-productos comunicativos. Se plantea como objetivo del estudio identificar los elemento…[Read more]

Se realizó un estudio observacional descriptivo, perteneciente a la metodología de investigación cuantitativa, con el objetivo de caracterizar las redes del apoyo social que tienen los adultos mayores ubicados en la Casa de Abuelos del municipio de Camajuaní, provincia de Villa Clara (Cuba) durante el 2016. Para la obtención de resultados se empl…[Read more]

El desarrollo local como proceso histórico concreto tiene un carácter multidisciplinar. La cultura popular y tradicional es una de las dimensiones del desarrollo local que si es potenciada puede revertirse en beneficio de los individuos. Existe en el orden teórico y metodológico una escasez de fuentes de información científico-técnica, que fundam…[Read more]

Para las instituciones educativas cubanas la equidad de género y la promoción de las políticas correspondientes son esenciales para el proceso docente – educativo. La emergencia de distintos espacios donde se reconozca a la mujer en cualquiera de las esferas sociales donde se desarrolla ha teniendo en cuenta eliminar estereotipos y patrones de co…[Read more]