This research aims to analyze the role of the U.S. program of Alliance for Progress in Chile and Venezuela, between 1961 1963. Starting with a review of the Chilean and Venezuelan foreign policy toward the United States during the administrations of Jorge Alessandri and Romulo Betancourt, respectively. The idea of President John F. Kennedy’s p…[Read more]

The period from 1948 to 1958, relating to the so called ” military decade ” in Venezuela, has been portrayed by the traditional historiography, as the big works of ” I make concrete armed “, of pursuit and political violence. Slightly certain. But staying of side, several emptinesses, lagoons, for explaining and to understand in his just…[Read more]

This paper analyses the study and discussion of the concept of “unconventional warfare” in different Chilean military reviews between 1960 and 1970, with a view to clarifying the military thought of this period in Chile. Research has shown that the Chilean military discussed variants of this type of conflict, such as “revolutionary war” at the str…[Read more]

This paper analyzes the military action response of the Chilean Army during and after the Earthquake of Valdivia of May 21th, 1960 and their impact on the armed institution and civil-military relations. After the strong earthquake, the government of Jorge Alessandri decreed “Emergency Zone” and authorizing the direct deployment of the army, und…[Read more]

This book is an historical research about the Portuguese migration in Venezuela during the 20th Century.

The ARCHIVER project (Angus & Robertson Collection for Humanities and Education Research), based at Western Sydney University, is developing a model for curating digitally accessible versions of print‐based manuscript collections that has the potential to transform humanities research. Using structured, linked metadata concepts, “Linked Arc…[Read more]

The early twentieth-century Tasman world (Australia and New Zealand) was a site of literary collaboration and cross-pollination, which has been under-appreciated. As well as there being little scholarship on the subject, histories of publishing and the book trade have largely been written within national frameworks, and even the documentary…[Read more]

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In her paper on “Invasion, Infection, Invisibility: An Iconology of Illegalized
Immigration”, FRANCESCA FALK contrasts in a paradigmatic way
two photos of boat people: Either immigration is depicted as an invasion,
or an individual refugee is portrayed as a victim, following the tradition of
the Christian Iconography. Yet both discussed pic…[Read more]

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Ein Streifzug durch die Szene der Aktivistinnen und Aktivisten in
Tunesien zeigt neben anhaltender Repression und Ernüchterung eine
starke Politisierung der Gesellschaft, viel Selbstbewusstsein und Mut.
DieWahlen waren für sie nur ein kleiner Schritt, den einige boykottiert
haben. Ihre Botschaft: Die Revolution hat erst begonnen, in T…[Read more]

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Auf welche Weise verschwistern sich in der Moderne Sichtbarkeit und Wirtschaftlichkeit? Welchen Gesetzen gehorcht die Visualität des Kapitals, welchen Logiken die Visualität als Kapital? Das sind einige der Fragen, auf die dieser Band Antworten zu geben versucht.

Un attroupement de personnes, scandant parfois des slogans, équipées souvent de pancartes
ou de banderoles : il suffit de peu de signes pour identifier une manifestation comme telle.
Dans la manifestation, la procession s’accompagne d’une protestation physique, elle oscille
entre émeute et rassemblement festif, révolution et réforme, menace e…[Read more]

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