Still Open During the Covid-19 Lockdown: An Analysis of Online Students’ Engagement with the Virtual Campus

The global pandemic caused by the Covid-19 outbreak and the subsequent mandatory lockdown made university students spend more time at home, changing their daily habits including studying, as a consequence of the forced self-confinement. In this article we describe the changes observed in the connection patterns to the institutional learning management system of the students enrolled in a Spanish online university during the lockdown. Our results show that the students were more likely to connect to the virtual campus, they did so more evenly over the days of the week, and more concentrated in a few hours in the central part of the days. Interestingly, the changes in students’ connection patterns were not associated with their socio-demographic characteristics, although they were affected by their academic trajectory and their academic enrolment.

Psychological Profile of Five Generations of Aspirants to the Nursing Master's Degree Program of the National Autonomous University of Mexico

Background: The nursing master's degree program of the National Autonomous University of Mexico conducted this self-assessment as part of a larger evaluation research project. The results based on the Psychological Evaluation Manual (PEM), which is used since 2010 and which estimates the general characteristics of the psychological profile of the aspirant students, are shown. Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the levels of performance of the aspirants to the nursing master's degree program and simultaneously, identify the related academic trajectory variables, based on the Psychological Assessment Manual, and in line with the nursing master's degree formative self-evaluation frame. Methods: The study was descriptive and transversal. The sample was constituted by 169 aspirants to the nursing master's degree program from 2015 to 2020 generations. Results: Some dimensions of the Psychological Evaluation Manual are significant to predict a successful academic trajectory. From the linear regression, it was observed that the variables Abstract reasoning and Avoidance of challenging work explain 18.9% of the variance in the average of the master's, with Abstract reasoning having a higher positive impact beta = .011) while in Avoidance of challenging work it was -.014. According to the, the expected profile of the aspirants to the nursing master's degree program implies medium-high scores on the scales of Academic aptitude, Adjustment to the reference social norms, as well as with Facilitating aspect, while medium-low scores in the scales of Deviation from the reference social norms and Limiting aspects. Conclusions: The study is that the Psychological Assessment Manual inputs valuable information which contributes to better estimate the profile of the aspirants to the program.

Scientific path of Viktor Borisovich Sochava and his contributions for landscape analysis

This paper is dedicated to the life of the Soviet geographer Viktor Borisovich Sochava (1905-1978), who contributed substantially to the geosystemic theory formation in the field of knowledge of Geography, Ecology, and Geosciences in general. The paper covers his academic trajectory and scientific production, pointing out V. Sochava’s main research and contributions for landscape analysis and evolution and development of these disciplines in theoretical and applied sciences. The main results of V. Sochava’s research are also presented throughout the text.

Thérèse Belleau, pionnière 'fantomatique' de l'archéologie au Québec

(English below) Cette étude présente une biographie de Mme Thérèse Belleau, première professeure d’archéologie à l’Université de Montréal engagée en 1958, débutant par un survol de qu’on sait sur la vie et la formation académique de Mme Belleau. S’en suit une discussion de sa formation en Europe (thèse à l’École d’Anthropologie de Paris, études post-graduées à l’Université de Londres) et de son embauche à l’Université de Montréal. Divers fonds d’archive permettent de retracer son travail au Musée national du Canada (Ottawa), incluant des conférences, publications et fouilles archéologiques au site Hughson, en Ontario. L’engouement suscité par son engagement à l’Université de Montréal est souligné et le texte conclut par un aperçu de ses activités scientifiques aux États-Unis et en Australie après 1959.•This study presents a biography of Mrs. Thérèse Belleau, the first archaeology professor to be hired at the University of Montreal in 1958, beginning with an overview of what can be gleaned from scientific sources about her life and academic trajectory. This is followed by a discussion of her training in Europe (thesis at the École d’Anthropologie de Paris, post-graduate studies at the University of London) and her hiring at the University of Montreal. Various archival sources detail her work at the National Museum of Canada (Ottawa), including conferences and archaeological excavations at the Hughson site, in Ontario. We highlight the excitement that her hiring at the University of Montreal created, and the paper concludes with a summary of her scientific activities in the USA and Australia after 1959.

Indian Ocean Imaginaries. The Academic Trajectory of the Ratnakara Research Group

This article outlines the academic trajectory of the Ratnakara Research Group through a description of the research conducted in each of the financed research projects it has been awarded. Ratnakara. Indian Ocean Literatures and Cultures is the only Spanish research group that specializes in the study of the literary and cultural productions of the Indian Ocean area and has contributed to the creation and consolidation of Indian Ocean imaginaries.

The MESA Global Academy: Sustaining Knowledge Production Among MENA Scholars

The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Global Academy is an initiative that sustains research collaborations and knowledge production among regionally-focused scholars from the Middle East and North Africa and their counterparts outside the region. Spearheaded by MESA, the project is an expression of the scholarly field's commitment to scholarship in and from the region. By awarding scholarships to displaced scholars from the MENA region currently located in North America, and thereby enabling them to attend meetings, workshops, and conferences, the project supports individuals whose academic trajectory has been adversely affected by developments in their home countries.

Wilson Cano, interpreter of regional and urban issues in Brazil

This article is a tribute by representatives from four generations of researchers, who were taught and supervised by Professor Wilson Cano (1937-2020). The text follows an academic trajectory that bequeathed a fundamental contribution towards the understanding of regional and urban issues in Brazil. The aim is to highlight the most distinctive aspects of his studies, based on a dynamic-historical and contradictory conception of capitalist development and the regional and urban repercussions that have resulted from such a process. Under the aegis of the historical-structural method, we identify, within his analyses, a rigorous investigation into the formation of regional complexes, of the movements of spatial concentration and deconcentration driven by industrialization, and of the determinations of the land issue for urbanization. He sought to situate the regional and urban debate within the context of the need to push forward a national development project, without which, the regions and cities of Brazil would become subjugated to the determinants of neoliberalism and to the loss of the nation’s sovereignty.

Julia Yezbick, trajectory of a visual anthropologist who mixes cinema and art

This interview brings the academic trajectory of the anthropologist Julia Yezbick that produces an experience that explores the sensibilities, colors, ambience, spaces and social practices in the intersection of cinema and art. It uses the new technologies in the processes of production and edition posing new challenges for the anthropological doing.Key word: visual anthropology, cinema, art, sensoriality, space Resumo: Esta entrevista traz a trajetória acadêmica da antropóloga Julia Yezbick que produz uma experiência que explora as sensibilidades, cores, ambiência, espaços e práticas sociais no entrecruzamento do cinema e da arte. Usa as novas tecnologias nos processos de produção e edição portando novos desafios para o fazer antropológico.Palavras chave: antropologia visual, cinema, arte, sensorialidade, espaço

ETNOGRAFANDO PATRIMÔNIOS: OS REFLEXOS DA FORMAÇÃO EM ANTROPOLOGIA E ARQUEOLOGIA NO PROCESSO DO INVENTÁRIO NACIONAL DE REFERÊNCIAS CULTURAIS /INRC – LIDAS CAMPEIRAS NA REGIÃO DE BAGÉ/RS

Este artigo tem como objetivo refletir sobre a influência da formação em Antropologia Social e Cultural / Arqueologia no processo de produção e elaboração do Inventário Nacional de Referências Culturais (INRC) – Lidas Campeiras na Região de Bagé/RS. Procuramos apresentar essa experiência e apontar as contribuições que a formação acadêmica propiciou na pesquisa deste inventário, especialmente no que tange à categoria patrimônio, bem como a reciprocidade e a repercussão da metodologia INRC na formação que adquirimos e nas pesquisas que desenvolvemos durante a trajetória acadêmica.Abstract: This article aims to reflect about the influence on the formation of Social and Cultural Anthropology/ Archeology in the process of production and writing of the Inventário Nacional de Referências Culturais (INRC) – Lidas Campeiras in the Region of Bagé/RS. We look to present this experience and point out the contributions that the academic trajectory had make in the research of this inventory, especially in relation to the heritage category, as well as the reciprocity and its repercussion of the INRC methodology in the formation we build, and in the researches developed during the academic trajectory.

Goldilocks and journal publication: Finding a fit that’s “just right”

Getting your work published in journals in ways that will help to advance your scholarly record is a complex and multifaceted process. This article is written for early career researchers and graduate and postgraduate students, providing practical advice about what to consider when developing a research and publication profile and establishing yourself within a research community. It explains a range of criteria that are useful to consider when choosing the best journal “fit” for each publication and for your academic trajectory. We hope that considering the elements identified and explained in this article will help you to find a fit that is “just right” for each of your future publications.