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El Espíritu Revolucionario: El Movimiento Obrero En Los Sindicatos De Siglo Xx Y Catavi, Will Brunnquell Apr 2009

El Espíritu Revolucionario: El Movimiento Obrero En Los Sindicatos De Siglo Xx Y Catavi, Will Brunnquell

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The labor syndicates of Siglo XX and Catavi in Llallagua Bolivia served as a beacon for labor movements throughout Bolivia through the tweentieth century. Known as one of the revolucionary centers of Bolivia, the history of the labor movments holds great importance in historicaly as well as in our day. The goal of this project was not only to research and document this history in an academic manner, but also to create a kids book which would weave this essential history into a story for children. In order to compile the history which provided the basis for the story I …


La Historia Y La Educación: El Fomento De Una Identidad Nacional, Mira Kohl Apr 2009

La Historia Y La Educación: El Fomento De Una Identidad Nacional, Mira Kohl

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This project focuses on how history classes in a public highschool in Quillacollo, Bolivia, affects imaginaries of the nation and the student’s national identity. The work addresses both content of the current history curriculum, as well as methodology and pedagogy as a theory and its practice in the classroom. The questions addressed come together to shed light on the current reality of the school as influencing student’s understanding of their relation to the world and the underlying problems of the educational system. Furthermore this work hopes to enlighten future attempts at reworking the educational system, as well as political intentions …