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La palabra tecnología tiene una presencia elemental en la vida de la sociedad, a veces de forma imperceptible, porque la integración de algunas de sus aplicaciones están profundamente ligadas a las personas en su rutina cotidiana. Tecnología no se limita a un ordenador o un celular, sino que va más allá, comprendiendo formas a través de las cuales se pretende mejorar la calidad de vida, así como proporcionar solución a diversas problemáticas.

Si nos atenemos a la definición especificada, podemos llegar a la conclusión de que el desarrollo tecnológico ha estado presente desde los comienzos de la humanidad. Está claro que nuestros conocimientos (de la humanidad en general) sobre el mundo y lo que nos rodea, han crecido exponencialmente desde finales del siglo XX, principios del XXI, y que cada vez van aumentando con mayor celeridad. En efecto, si algo ha caracterizado al hombre es la pronta utilización de herramientas para sus actividades cotidianas. Esto provoca que cada vez dominemos más los materiales y sus propiedades, lo que implica que podamos construir aparatos más avanzados utilizando dichas propiedades.

La velocidad del desarrollo de nuevas tecnologías en el campo de los ordenadores y de las telecomunicaciones, biotecnologías, nuevos materiales, espacio, es casi increíble. Estas tecnologías representan progresos significativos para el bienestar de la humanidad, pero no debe despreciarse el impacto negativo de estas nuevas tecnologías en algunos casos. ¿Cuáles serán las consecuencias sobre el gobierno, los valores, la educación, y el comportamiento individual y sobre nuestras sociedades?

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How Science and Technology Affect Our Lives

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Preguntas Esenciales ¿Qué factores impulsan la innovación y los descubrimientos en los campos de la ciencia y la tecnología?¿Qué papel juega la ética en los avances científicos?¿Cuáles son las consecuencias sociales de los avances científicos y tecnológicos? La palabra tecnología tiene una presencia elemental en la vida de la sociedad, a veces de forma imperceptible,...

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Week 05: 1/5 - 1/9 - AP Spanish Language and Culture

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Capítulo 2. Otros modelos para promover la salud y el desarrollo comunitario | Sección 3. Ciudades saludables / Comunidades saludables | PowerPoint | Community Tool Box

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Una presentación en PowerPoint que resume los puntos principales de la sección.

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Chamanes, curanderos y demás en el negocio de la Brujería

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Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm

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Vida Sana con Cecilia: caminar para alargar la vida

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Cecilia Ramírez Harris nos trae los beneficios del jugo verde en 'Vida sana con Cecilia'

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Salud - Vida Sana con Cecilia: ¿Cómo rebajar el abdomen? - Primer Impacto

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Vida Sana con Cecilia: propuestas saludables para el 2015

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Vida sana con Cecilia: ¿Comer antes de dormir hace mal? -- Exclusivo Online

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For four generations, the rich smell of honey and burning wood has filled the quiet street of the Oaxacan town of Teotitlán del Valle where Casa Viviana sits. Behind the modest brick-front building, Doña Viviana Alávez is the matriarch who presides over the crafting of elaborate, ceremonial beeswax candles that the Mexican village is known for. At 74, Doña Viviana is both a trailblazer and the guardian of this timeless artisanal tradition whose origins lie in an ancient wedding ritual.

In the earliest days of this small, Zapotec community, whose founding in the 15th century predates the arrival of the Spanish in Mexico, young couples dated in secret. If a family didn't approve of a match for their daughter, it wasn't uncommon for a groom to "steal away" with his chosen bride, only for the couple to later return in an act of performative contrition. (It is easier to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission.) Armed with presents for the bride's family and accompanied by a town elder willing to broker peace, the young lovers would lead a large procession of family and friends to the doorstep of the bride's parents, with everyone carrying one of these stunning, multicolored candles. Though the practice has faded, the centuries-old ceremonial tradition has persisted. "The great meaning and symbolism of the candles has not been lost," Bibiana Hernández Mendoza, Doña Viviana's granddaughter assured me. The candles are known as " velas tradicionales de concha, " for the seashell-inspired shapes of their ornamentation. "They are part of a great symbol of prosperity and abundance for the new couple," Hernández Mendoza explained.

Doña Viviana created her first vela at the age of eight, using the molds her grandmother had inherited from her mother before her. Orphaned at a young age, Doña Viviana spent her entire childhood at her grandmother's side. Melting and coloring the beeswax, pouring it into the wooden molds, cooling the molds with water, perfecting her craft. Quality was always a driving force for Doña Viviana. In the years to come, she would find herself forging her own, sometimes controversial, path as both an artist and an entrepreneur.

Historically, candle-making families were not fiscally compensated for their work, instead surviving on a barter system where they produced these candles for the Catholic Church in exchange for food. The system left many candlemakers impoverished; some simply abandoned the trade. In the 1970s, Doña Viviana's husband fell ill and she was left to raise her two sons and daughter largely on her own. Necessity prompted her to buck tradition: She would find a market for her stunning candles outside of the Church and beyond the borders of their village, in other parts of Oaxaca. "She was the sole source of income and the only way for our family to get ahead," her son José Hernández Alávez recalled. "In the old days in the candle-making community, the women did the artistic labor, but things were run by the men. For this reason, Doña Viviana was even more marginalized for daring to express her ideas and to commercialize her work."

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This Oaxacan Family Is Breaking the Mold of a Centuries-Old Candle-Making Tradition

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For four generations, the rich smell of honey and burning wood has filled the quiet street of the Oaxacan town of Teotitlán del Valle where Casa Viviana sits. Behind the modest brick-front building, Doña Viviana Alávez is the matriarch who presides over the crafting of elaborate, ceremonial beeswax candles that the Mexican village is known for.