“I have often wondered how the UNESCO Chair of the World Linguistic Heritage of the UPV/EHU and Basque bilingual/multilingual education come together. In fact, one seems to be a very local thing and the other totally international. The fact is that linguistic diversity in UNESCO has also become a priority in recent years, and that diversity has been linked to multilingual training or education. They have been formulated recently, that is to say at the general congress held last October. In addition to recognizing Palestine, the Congress aims to link the linguistic and cultural diversity of the world with the research and promotion of multilingual educational systems. What is more, this multilingualism indicates the need to integrate the learning of minority languages, not only for the communities of that language, but also for the communities of the large languages. The effort of the speakers of the large languages to learn one or the other of the small languages around them has been seen as an essential condition for the world to be wiser, richer and more peaceful. Therefore, in our environment we are not so diverted.”
This weekend I've been thinking about the word 'aesthetic' in relation to a phrase said by a friend: “This work is aesthetic.” I have studied the etymology of the word aesthetic, it seems that its meaning was originally perceived through the senses, and it was later associated... [+]
Mexikoko bi emakume hauen bizitzak indarkeriak eta desplazamenduak zeharkatzen ditu. Haien familiako edo komunitateko kideak hiltzen ikusi dituzte, eta krimen antolatuak zabaltzen duen terrorea azalean sentitu dute; mehatxuak, jazarpena... ohiko dituzte. Baina horrek guztiak... [+]
The other day in Bilbao, I met a friend at the Bira bar. We were very happy at the Tar and I said: “Of course, since you’re Guipúzcoa, hahahaha.” And he insisted that he was not Guipuzcoan. Without me understanding it, I kept saying, “Ah! Is it not? You were born in New... [+]
Zalantza asko izan ditut, meloia ireki ala ez. Ausartuko naiz, zer demontre! Aspaldian buruan dudan gogoeta jarri nahi dut mahai gainean: ez da justua erditu den emakumearen eta beste gurasoaren baimen-iraupena bera izatea. Hobeto esanda, baimen-denbora bera izanda ere, ez... [+]
We are in the midst of a world imperialist offensive led by the Western bourgeoisie. The form that the imperialist offensive has taken is that of war, with all its variants: economic war, cognitive and cultural war, lawfarr; and, of course, military war. Western imperialism has... [+]
In recent years, the concept of industrial policy has reappeared strongly at various levels. The organization that was the hammer of neoliberalism, the International Monetary Fund, today insists that markets have been pressured to allocate resources efficiently and solve these... [+]