UFRO y Universidad de Chile impulsan innovación tecnológica con enfoque intercultural en escuelas rurales

La iniciativa del Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica de la Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias de la Universidad de La Frontera y la Universidad de Chile buscan fortalecer las competencias de educadores tradicionales mediante tecnologías pertinentes, trabajo colaborativo y resguardo de espacios de aprendizaje.

Becoming One: Religion, Development, and Environmentalism in a Japanese NGO in Myanmar

From the moment they woke up to the moment they went to sleep, the staffers’ and trainees’ days were marked by continuous labor alongside each other. The ultimate goal of this program was to encourage trainees to return to their home villages and become community leaders of sustainable development and environmental efforts—leaders who would know how to live in and for the collective.

“Imported Buddhism” or “Co-Creation”?: Buddhist Cultural Heritage and Sustainability of Tourism at the World Heritage Site of Lumbini, Nepal

Situated amidst a rural hinterland comprising non-Buddhist populations, the Lumbini Sacred Garden master plan covers an area of about 4.5 km². It has a special “monastic zone” for the construction of 39 international monasteries of which 13 have been built (notable are the Thai, Japanese, Burmese, Sri Lankan, Chinese, Bhutanese, Korean, and European monasteries). […In] practical terms, it is perceived as “imported Buddhism” [and] the limited opportunities for interpretation of this co-created heritage reinforces a sense of alienation for the local community, and poses challenges for the sustainability of tourism and the vitality of Lumbini as a Heritage Site.

"Tejiendo voces" reúne a artistas de pueblos originarios de México y Canadá en diálogo intercultural - Periodistas Unidos

Periodistas Unidos es un colectivo de periodistas que buscan la libertad de expresión, la defensa de periodistas y la integración de diversas disciplinas culturales para la transformación de la sociedad.

Klaus Töpfer Sustainability Fellowship — Building Bridges Between Science and Policymaking

Distinct Facial Expressions Represent Pain and Pleasure Across Cultures

Using complementary analyses, we show that representations of pain and orgasm are distinct in each culture. We also show that pain is represented with similar face movements across cultures, whereas orgasm shows differences. Our findings therefore inform understanding of the possible communicative role of facial expressions of pain and orgasm, and how culture could shape their representation.