Description: The publication of the first anthology of Mapuche women poets, Hilando en la memoria (2006) and the successive Hilando en la memoria, Epu rupa (2009), are part of a longstanding and fruitful collaboration among Mapuche women poets and the non-governmental organization ESE:O, launched in November 2006 with the first “Meeting with Mapuche Women Poets” [...]
Description: ESE:O provided strategic consultation to Mexico’s Ministry of Education for its PISA 2009 Evaluation campaign and training manuals used by teachers and students. PISA is the acronym of the International Program of Student Evaluation, an exam given every three years since 1997 by the Organization for Cooperation and Economic Development. The exam, given in [...]
Description: The project was based on a collaborative writing methodology developed by ESE:O, which coordinated and motivated group processes of planning and writing the resulting publication through the systematization of conversations and interchanges occurring online. Methodology: ESE:O designed and implemented the following methodology for this project: Support for the overall planning of the initiative. Conceptual [...]
Description: In collaboration with the Diego Portales University Law School and Chilean Bar Association, ESE:O developed a course to coach lawyers working in English to improve their legal writing skills. Prof. Mary Ray, author and legal writing expert from the University of Wisconsin at Madison Law School, coached the course online, aided in Chile by [...]
Words of Barbara Klugman: Paul (my son) phoned and woke me last night with the news. My immediate response was relief; like a weight off my shoulders, because these last months have been so tough for him and the people around him, and many of us had hoped the time would come soon. This morning [...]
Sebastian Brett, a facilitator of ESE:O’s activities with CARTA, participated in Nairobi, Kenya, in a workshop on scientific writing organized by the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) for its African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellows. The 5-day workshop included academics and researchers from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Swaziland, Senegal y [...]
Humanist conference cycle on the construction of Chile offered during October and November the talks, "Mackenna. A judge of the Republic ", with Manuel Vicuña; "Gabriela Mistral. Passion for Chile "with Soledad Falabella; "Amanda Labarca and male republic" with Alejandra Castillo; and "Jorge Miles and the task of democracy" with Maximiliano Figueroa. Organized by the [...]
Santiago, Chile: Renowned Mapuche-williche poet and artisan, Faumelisa Manquepillán, stars in the documentary television series “Mujeres Fuertes,” which aired on Sunday, March 5 on TVN. The documentary program, which follows the lives of 12 strong women living in Chile, features the life and work of Manquepillán, including her poetry, sculpture and work as a traditional [...]
Soledad Falabella is in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from March 25 until March 29 to participate in the joint advanced seminar of the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA). During the week CARTA doctoral fellows in the public health field will meet with their supervisors and other experts in their disciplines to learn [...]
