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Maria Eugenia Gonzalez — 2025-12-09

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Marcelo Sapognikoff — 2025-12-05

We estimated the updating of the bibliography included in the course programs of the Psychology degree curriculum at an Argentine university. By “updating”, we mean both the non‑obsolescence of the bibliography and the incorporation of recent approaches to the mind that challenge the cognitivist paradigm. Although there has been a growing increase in scientific publications on these approaches and their incorporation into psychology textbooks in English, this trend is not reflected in the Spanish-language psychology texts. To assess this, we selected a sample of 102 books in four categories: general psychology, social psychology, psychopathology, and psychotherapy. We set the 1990s as the starting point for our searches and conducted a keywords search associated with these approaches. We quantified the frequency of these keywords and compared them by language. In a second stage, we analyzed the course programs of an Argentine university, which we took as a reference and possible predictor of the general situation in the country’s universities. We found poor incorporation of these approaches and outdated bibliography according to bibliometric indicators. We interpret this as an indication of a lack of scientific updating in the training of psychologists.

Gloria, honor y valor.

Marcelo Gabriel Anachuri — 2025-12-05

This article analyzes the composition, social origins, and trajectories of the officer corps of the Army of the North during the battle of Salta (February 20th, 1813), within the framework of the revolutionary processes in the Río de la Plata. Through prosopographical analysis of the officers who participated in this decisive patriotic victory, it examines the role of the army as a space for upward social mobility and as a sphere for the construction of political‑military leaderships that transcended the military context. The research draws on unpublished primary sources from the Historical Archive of Salta, particularly the Treasury Manual Books, as well as documentation from the General Archive of the Nation and testimonies from contemporary actors such as José María Paz. The findings demonstrate the marked social, geographical, and ethnic heterogeneity of the officer corps, which included members of the Buenos Aires elites, caste officers, European veterans of the Napoleonic Wars, and rising urban middle sectors. Analysis of their trajectories after 1813 reveals that many of these officers occupied relevant political and administrative positions in subsequent decades, confirming the hypothesis about the army’s transformation into the revolution’s main body of civil servants. Furthermore, the reconstruction of the role of the Salta Treasury in financing military mobilization constitutes an original contribution that highlights the centrality of local finances in sustaining the war effort and the reconfiguration of regional economic circuits. This work contributes to a more complex understanding of militarization, revolution, and state formation in the Río de la Plata during the early decades of the 19th century.

En “Sweetness in one hand and bitterness in the other.” Systematization of an exchange of knowledge about problematic consumption and IAP processes in working-class neighborhoods.

Maria Paula Guilaberti — 2025-12-05

This article proposes to socialize a training experience from the exchange of academic-popular knowledge on problematic consumption and the current context. It is a workshop from which an exploratory approach was proposed to three intertwined issues: problematic consumption, community strategies of women from popular neighborhoods to face this problem, and the methodological process of Participatory Action Research (PAR). Starting from considering the problem of consumption as a current manifestation of the social issue and a situation of personal and citizen pain, which needs to be understood and addressed from multiple perspectives, and also alerting about the growth and expansion of this problem in the popular neighborhoods that make up the city of Salta, it seemed highly relevant to us to offer from our house of studies -UCASAL- a space and time for the approach, the meeting, the reflection and the enabling of networks around this problem and its approach from a comprehensive and situated perspective. This article aims to systematize and socialize this experience.

Vesuvius, Etna, Stromboli, Vulcano: symbolic dimension of active volcanoes in southern Italy

Constanza Ceruti — 2025-12-09

The altitude, shape, prominence and explosive manifestations of volcanoes in southern Italy have contributed to an elaborated traditional syncretism between pre‑Roman, Roman and Christian beliefs; as well as religious rituals oriented to prevent or appease the destructive forces unleashed during eruptions. Mount Etna in Sicily and Fossa di Vulcano in the Aeolians appear in Classical mythology as the abode of Hephaestus, the Greek god of metalwork, later called Vulcano by the Romans. Constantly active for the last 2000 years, Stromboli is known as “the lighthouse of the Tyrrhenian”. Mount Epomeo and the hot springs on the island of Ischia are also interpreted in connection with the mythology of giants, which accounts for the secondary manifestations of volcanic activity in the Phlegraean Fields of the Gulf of Naples. This paper analyzes the symbolic dimension and religious role of active volcanoes in southern Italy, starting with the world‑renowned Vesuvius and its historic eruption, which covered in ashes and mud the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Additionally, venerated relics of Catholic saints, such as Saint Genaro or Saint Agatha, are also analyzed in connection to their protective role against the potentially destructive eruptions of Italian volcanoes.

The Impact of the 'Ni Una Menos' Social Movement on Men's Romantic Choices from the Perspective of Lacanian Psychoanalysis

Victoria Salazar Acosta — 2025-12-05

The aim of this article is to explore the impact that the “Ni una menos” social movement has on men's romantic choices, from the perspective of Lacanian psychoanalysis. To achieve this, a documentary research methodology was employed, involving a review of publications from Virtualia, the digital journal of the Escuela de Orientación Lacaniana (School of Lacanian Orientation), in editions 30 through 43, spanning the period from 2015 to 2023. These publications are based on clinical experience articulated with the conceptual frameworks of psychoanalysis.

The main result of the research shows that men continue to follow a fetishistic logic in their romantic choices, regardless of social discourses aimed at regulating or eliminating it. This finding supports Lacan’s (1971-1972, p. 12) assertion that “there is no sexual relationship,” meaning that sexual nature is subverted within the speaking being despite any attempts at normalization driven by contemporary movements, revealing a tendency toward diversification in relationships and sexual symptoms.

Contemporary movements propose a “democratization of discomforts,” placing men in a terrain where they appear to struggle, having lost reference points from which to narrate and symbolically construct themselves differently. Former symbolic figures no longer function for them, and no new ones have emerged to support social bonds, posing risks of segregation and violence.

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Español Español — 2025-12-05

Social representations are collective constructions that allow individuals to make sense of the reality around them. They are neither static nor immutable; rather, they transform over time, shaped by the cultural, political, and economic changes of each era. Just as the social world is in constant motion, the representations that shape it also adapt, resist, or evolve, influenced by the nuances and tensions of the context in which they emerge. Moscovici (1961) points out that social representations not only organize thought but also prescribe behaviors and attitudes, guiding individuals’ practices within a shared framework of meanings.

Fatherhood does not escape this logic. Social representations of what it means to be a father have undergone multiple transformations throughout history, influenced by models of masculinity, family dynamics, and the dominant social structures of each period. However, this process of change is neither linear nor homogeneous. It manifests in progress and setbacks, in tensions between the old and the new, and in the coexistence of traditional models with emerging ways of practicing fatherhood.

Far from being a universal and homogeneous experience, fatherhood is shaped by specific sociocultural norms that regulate practices and expectations regarding the paternal role. In this sense, it is not only essential to understand how social representations of fatherhood evolve but also to analyze the factors that influence the persistence of certain models and the resistance to incorporating others.

Adolescent fatherhood is a complex phenomenon influenced by multiple factors. This study aimed to analyze how adolescent males construct their social representations of fatherhood in the northern area of the capital city of Salta

El Parkinson's: A living death?

Guillermo Nicolás Dib Ashur Esper — 2025-12-05

El presente escrito propone abordar la temática del Parkinson, articulando las nociones de la ciencia en la comprensión de un caso que se presenta en el consultorio del Sector de Salud Mental del Hospital Dr. Joaquín Castellanos en el ejercicio de mi práctica clínica, que se desarrolla en el marco de la Residencia interdisciplinaria con orientación en atención primaria de la salud. Este artículo adquiere la modalidad de aprendizaje basado en el problema, detallando la viñeta clínica, las preguntas orientadoras, la enunciación de la problemática, la búsqueda bibliográfica, el abordaje clínico y las reflexiones finales. A su vez, revela la complejidad de las problemáticas actuales del consultorio que interpelan la práctica clínica y funciona como objeto causa movilizarme a indagar en la temática del parkinson en este caso, evidenciando la importancia del dispositivo psicológico clínico y de su articulación con otras prácticas.

Representaciones de la locura femenina en la Españade los siglos XVI y XVII

Teresa Ordorika Sacristán — 2025-12-05

This article addresses representations of madness and possession in 16th- and 17th-century Spain, with the Inquisition constantly grappling with the dilemma of distinguishing between real madness, legitimate possession, and feigning to avoid punishment. Based on two inquisitorial trials—the cases against Isabel de los Olivos (1513) and María Ruiz (1678)—the text reflects on how lay witnesses used these notions to explain different degrees of unreasonableness. The testimonies, representative of early modern Spanish society, show that these subjects were thoughtful: they appropriated expert discourses, turning them into common sense knowledge, to classify the accused and act upon them. While madness could explain a lack of judgment, possession was invoked when behaviors were particularly exacerbated, immoral, and violent, endowing women with monstrous traits. Although inquisitors often leaned toward the naturalistic explanation of madness, lay testimonies show that at that time, natural (madness) and supernatural (possession) explanations coexisted as nonantagonistic possibilities.