Sobre Ricardo López-Pedreros, Makers of Democracy. A Transnational History of Middle Classes in Colombia

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Reseña del libro A Transnational History of the Internet in Central America, 1985–2000: Networks, Integration and Development / Book Review A Transnational History of the Internet in Central America, 1985–2000: Networks, Integration and Development

“In an era in which the need to protect borders has often been defended, remembering a historical moment that sought to overcome them is also, in essence, a political act in itself” (Siles, 2020: 10). Ignacio Siles, catedrático en la Escuela de Ciencias de la Comunicación de la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), nos presenta un acto político hecho libro que contextualiza lo que ocurría en Centroamérica durante los años en que se fue facilitando la conexión a internet en la región. Siles es doctor en Medios, Tecnología y Sociedad por la Universidad de Northwestern, tras una maestría en Comunicación por la Universidad de Montreal, y una licenciatura en Ciencias de la Comunicación por la Universidad de Costa Rica, donde actualmente es profesor.

A. J. Greimas in the world: travels, translations, transmissions

This essay adopts a semiotic perspective focused on practices of communication, movement, and translation to examine the global impact of A. J. Greimas (1917–1992) and his oeuvre. The linguist and semiotician’s lecture trips abroad, the number and provenance of international students in his Paris seminar, and the chronology and linguistic geography of translations of his work help describe, gauge, and explain the dissemination and development of his ideas throughout the world. His project has engendered distinctive appropriations and at times productive institutional structures in a number of cultural and linguistic contexts, notably Romance, Anglo-American, Germanic, Russian, Lithuanian, and Chinese. The broader historical relations between France and other lands, and the extent of each society’s use of the French language have conditioned, fostered, or impeded responses to his proposals. The conclusion’s discussion of the relative importance of personal contacts, socio-historical context, and the sociolinguistic and pedagogical status of French for his international reception aims to contribute to general methodological debates in the history of science and ideas and in transnational history.

Lynn M. Thomas (2020) - Beneath the Surface: A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners

Recensé : Thomas, Lynn M., Beneath the Surface: A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners, Durham, Duke University Press, 2020, 352 p.