Óscar Fernández-Álvarez
Biographic Data
| ID | 896195 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Óscar Fernández-Álvarez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Óscar |
| FAMILY NAME | Fernández-Álvarez |
| SIGNATURE | FERNÁNDEZ-ÁLVAREZ Ó |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de León |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5254-6908 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Paradox of Neo-Ruralism in Castilla y León, Spain
Sustainability is currently seen as the central unifying idea necessary to mobilize collective responsibility to address the set of serious problems and challenges facing humanity, appealing to cooperation and the defense of the general interest. This article analyzes the social sustainability of the rural environment, in order to enhance its value beyond the traditional agricultural activities of the territory. Methodologically, it is based on e…
From Codex to World Heritage
The work of the Spanish friar Bernardino de Sahagún is widely recognized in the field of anthropology, primarily due to his methodological contributions. The research techniques he employed—such as learning the native language, placing emphasis on linguistic aspects to understand the culture and worldview of “the others”, carefully selecting informants from all social strata, and designing open-ended questionnaires—seem more akin to those of mode…
Disorderly freedom
The period of reform and opening-up that occurred between 1978 and 1991 revolutionised what had been the economic structure of the People’s Republic of China since its foundation, changing the traditional social structure that had endured for thousands of years in rural settings. This change had a significant impact on rural mobility in contemporary China; it brought about a shift in the rural population’s values and led directly to the largest m…
Key considerations in the analysis of the development of social anthropology in Spain
The objective of this article is to present a brief overview of the long history of anthropology in Spain. Of primary importance is positioning this history both within Spain's wider social and political contexts, and also against the development of scientific research throughout the country. Methodologically, this study is based on extensive existing literature concerning the history of the discipline, from the start of the twentieth century to …
Preserving the Memory of Work and Associated Techniques Through Industrial Heritage in Spain
Technological and cultural advances have meant that many once commonplace modes of production and trades have lost their usefulness and raison d’être, giving way to new, more efficiency and productivity. In numerous cases, these trades and their associated knowledge, techniques and ways of life possess high intangible ethnographic values. The aim of this study was to determine and analyze some of the key strategies for keeping these techniques al…
The Dead with No Wake, Grieving with No Closure
Religious Heritage
Religious heritage has a dual cultural and religious meaning and importance in society. It has a cultural value because it symbolises the history and art of a community, and a religious value because it represents a spiritual hub and home for a community of believers. This article analyses the challenges posed by this association between religious heritage -as both an economic and tourism resource- and cultural heritage. Methodologically, an obse…
Religion and Workers’ Associations for Decent Work in Spain
This paper analyzes the role of Catholic religious organizations and worker groups in their commitment to achieve the promotion of decent working conditions. Methodologically, critical discourse analysis (CDA) and the valuation of social anthropology applied to social and political regulations are used. The results show that defending decent work means putting people at the heart of matters and considering work a fundamental right for the dignity…
Relaciones interétnicas en el Chocó colombiano. Indígenas y afrocolombianos en el panorama de la investigación
The Colombian Chocó is one of the richest territories in biodiversity and at the same time less documented and worked by Americanist ethnography.In this environment, black and indigenous communities have created an effective atmosphere to guarantee survival and their own ethnic affirmation.The aims of this article are: first, to examine how inter-ethnic relations have been analyzed in the Colombian Chocó and the sense in which this has been taken…
Commons and councils
In light of the extensive presence and preservation of communal property and resources in territories in mainland Spain, the aim of this paper is to analyse the keys to the use, distribution and retention of such properties and resources, particularly those still in existence, with particular regard to common pasture lands and woodlands. A compilation of council by-laws from past periods, combined with the production of a catalogue of agricultura…
Malinowski and the New Humanism
In this article Bronislaw Malinowski's ideas on humanism are analysed with reference to unpublished texts and drafts, published texts such as A Diary in the Strict Sense of the Term, his personal letters to his wife Elsie Masson and articles in which his ideals were reflected. An attempt will also be made to set Malinowski's proposal for the New Humanism in its scientific and cultural context along with the work of other great thinkers and humani…
Entre la evasión y la nostalgia. Estrategias de la neoruralidad desde la economía social
Grupo de investigación Antropología y Filosofía (SEJ-126). Universidad de Granada. - Área de Antropología Social. Universidad de Jaén. - Laborarorio de Antropología Social y Cultural (HUM-472). Universidad de Almería. - Departamento de Filosofía II. Universidad de Granada
Conexión discursiva en medios de comunicación escrita
Este trabajo analiza los discursos generados por medios de comunicación escrita referidos a noticias deportivas de ámbito nacional entre 2008 y 2010. El objetivo central de la investigación es analizar y explicar cómo las noticias deportivas transmiten valores como esfuerzo y superación, pero también contravalores, como lucha y agresividad que, en principio, podrían ser considerados poco pedagógicos. La metodología empleada parte del análisis crí…
Euro Commentary
Many historical city centres are currently undergoing major transformation thanks to projects financed by a range of institutions. In general, they have suffered a loss of habitability, functionality and social life as they have become seen as museum pieces and places of leisure and culture.They are, then, inhabited by one group, the residents, and used and enjoyed by others for the purposes of leisure and cultural tourism.This article examines t…
Educating for difference in a Romany community in Spain
The marginalization of the Romany community in Spain, as elsewhere in the world, has its roots in a centuries‐old history of ethnic segregation. In response, the Romany community has come to feel intimidated and rejected. This has led to the establishment of communities on the outskirts of cities, generally with very poor living standards. In this paper I shall describe the social integration process of Romanies in one particular state school, pr…
Conrad y Malinowski en el corazón de las tinieblas
Conrad y Malinowski en el corazón de las tinieblas
"El estilo de Malinowski en "Los argonautas del Pacífico Occidental
There are two reasons why there is interest in Malinowski's style. First, Malinowski was a principal inventor of the discipline of modern fieldwork and ethnography. Second, Malinowski is a man of many puzzles and contradictions. Malinowski ventured in the Argonauts of the Western Pacific, what became his characteristic style: a journey through the life cycle of an institution, led by a confident, always-present narrator and ethnologist. Our styli…
Malinowski and the New Humanism
In this article Bronislaw Malinowski's ideas on humanism are analysed with reference to unpublished texts and drafts, published texts such as A Diary in the Strict Sense of the Term, his personal letters to his wife Elsie Masson and articles in which his ideals were reflected. An attempt will also be made to set Malinowski's proposal for the New Humanism in its scientific and cultural context along with the work of other great thinkers and humani…
Commons and councils
In light of the extensive presence and preservation of communal property and resources in territories in mainland Spain, the aim of this paper is to analyse the keys to the use, distribution and retention of such properties and resources, particularly those still in existence, with particular regard to common pasture lands and woodlands. A compilation of council by-laws from past periods, combined with the production of a catalogue of agricultura…
Educating for difference in a Romany community in Spain
The marginalization of the Romany community in Spain, as elsewhere in the world, has its roots in a centuries‐old history of ethnic segregation. In response, the Romany community has come to feel intimidated and rejected. This has led to the establishment of communities on the outskirts of cities, generally with very poor living standards. In this paper I shall describe the social integration process of Romanies in one particular state school, pr…
"El estilo de Malinowski en "Los argonautas del Pacífico Occidental
There are two reasons why there is interest in Malinowski's style. First, Malinowski was a principal inventor of the discipline of modern fieldwork and ethnography. Second, Malinowski is a man of many puzzles and contradictions. Malinowski ventured in the Argonauts of the Western Pacific, what became his characteristic style: a journey through the life cycle of an institution, led by a confident, always-present narrator and ethnologist. Our styli…
Conrad y Malinowski en el corazón de las tinieblas
Conrad y Malinowski en el corazón de las tinieblas
Educating for difference in a Romany community in Spain
The marginalization of the Romany community in Spain, as elsewhere in the world, has its roots in a centuries‐old history of ethnic segregation. In response, the Romany community has come to feel intimidated and rejected. This has led to the establishment of communities on the outskirts of cities, generally with very poor living standards. In this paper I shall describe the social integration process of Romanies in one particular state school, pr…
Euro Commentary
Many historical city centres are currently undergoing major transformation thanks to projects financed by a range of institutions. In general, they have suffered a loss of habitability, functionality and social life as they have become seen as museum pieces and places of leisure and culture.They are, then, inhabited by one group, the residents, and used and enjoyed by others for the purposes of leisure and cultural tourism.This article examines t…
Conexión discursiva en medios de comunicación escrita
Este trabajo analiza los discursos generados por medios de comunicación escrita referidos a noticias deportivas de ámbito nacional entre 2008 y 2010. El objetivo central de la investigación es analizar y explicar cómo las noticias deportivas transmiten valores como esfuerzo y superación, pero también contravalores, como lucha y agresividad que, en principio, podrían ser considerados poco pedagógicos. La metodología empleada parte del análisis crí…
Commons and councils
In light of the extensive presence and preservation of communal property and resources in territories in mainland Spain, the aim of this paper is to analyse the keys to the use, distribution and retention of such properties and resources, particularly those still in existence, with particular regard to common pasture lands and woodlands. A compilation of council by-laws from past periods, combined with the production of a catalogue of agricultura…
Malinowski and the New Humanism
In this article Bronislaw Malinowski's ideas on humanism are analysed with reference to unpublished texts and drafts, published texts such as A Diary in the Strict Sense of the Term, his personal letters to his wife Elsie Masson and articles in which his ideals were reflected. An attempt will also be made to set Malinowski's proposal for the New Humanism in its scientific and cultural context along with the work of other great thinkers and humani…
Entre la evasión y la nostalgia. Estrategias de la neoruralidad desde la economía social
Grupo de investigación Antropología y Filosofía (SEJ-126). Universidad de Granada. - Área de Antropología Social. Universidad de Jaén. - Laborarorio de Antropología Social y Cultural (HUM-472). Universidad de Almería. - Departamento de Filosofía II. Universidad de Granada
Relaciones interétnicas en el Chocó colombiano. Indígenas y afrocolombianos en el panorama de la investigación
The Colombian Chocó is one of the richest territories in biodiversity and at the same time less documented and worked by Americanist ethnography.In this environment, black and indigenous communities have created an effective atmosphere to guarantee survival and their own ethnic affirmation.The aims of this article are: first, to examine how inter-ethnic relations have been analyzed in the Colombian Chocó and the sense in which this has been taken…
Religion and Workers’ Associations for Decent Work in Spain
This paper analyzes the role of Catholic religious organizations and worker groups in their commitment to achieve the promotion of decent working conditions. Methodologically, critical discourse analysis (CDA) and the valuation of social anthropology applied to social and political regulations are used. The results show that defending decent work means putting people at the heart of matters and considering work a fundamental right for the dignity…
Preserving the Memory of Work and Associated Techniques Through Industrial Heritage in Spain
Technological and cultural advances have meant that many once commonplace modes of production and trades have lost their usefulness and raison d’être, giving way to new, more efficiency and productivity. In numerous cases, these trades and their associated knowledge, techniques and ways of life possess high intangible ethnographic values. The aim of this study was to determine and analyze some of the key strategies for keeping these techniques al…
The Dead with No Wake, Grieving with No Closure
Religious Heritage
Religious heritage has a dual cultural and religious meaning and importance in society. It has a cultural value because it symbolises the history and art of a community, and a religious value because it represents a spiritual hub and home for a community of believers. This article analyses the challenges posed by this association between religious heritage -as both an economic and tourism resource- and cultural heritage. Methodologically, an obse…
Disorderly freedom
The period of reform and opening-up that occurred between 1978 and 1991 revolutionised what had been the economic structure of the People’s Republic of China since its foundation, changing the traditional social structure that had endured for thousands of years in rural settings. This change had a significant impact on rural mobility in contemporary China; it brought about a shift in the rural population’s values and led directly to the largest m…
Key considerations in the analysis of the development of social anthropology in Spain
The objective of this article is to present a brief overview of the long history of anthropology in Spain. Of primary importance is positioning this history both within Spain's wider social and political contexts, and also against the development of scientific research throughout the country. Methodologically, this study is based on extensive existing literature concerning the history of the discipline, from the start of the twentieth century to …
From Codex to World Heritage
The work of the Spanish friar Bernardino de Sahagún is widely recognized in the field of anthropology, primarily due to his methodological contributions. The research techniques he employed—such as learning the native language, placing emphasis on linguistic aspects to understand the culture and worldview of “the others”, carefully selecting informants from all social strata, and designing open-ended questionnaires—seem more akin to those of mode…
The Paradox of Neo-Ruralism in Castilla y León, Spain
Sustainability is currently seen as the central unifying idea necessary to mobilize collective responsibility to address the set of serious problems and challenges facing humanity, appealing to cooperation and the defense of the general interest. This article analyzes the social sustainability of the rural environment, in order to enhance its value beyond the traditional agricultural activities of the territory. Methodologically, it is based on e…
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