Campos R.,Institute Historia
Historia, Ciencias, Saude - Manguinhos | Year: 2016
This paper examines some of the main elements that shaped eugenic discourse and practices during the first decades
Campos R.,Institute Historia
Historia, Ciencias, Saude - Manguinhos | Year: 2016
This paper examines some of the main elements that shaped eugenic discourse and practices during the first decades of the Franco regime. It primarily addresses the ideological basis of racial hygiene stemming from Francoist medicine and psychiatry, examining its relationship with the concept of Spanishness (Hispanidad). It shows that Francoist eugenics had punitive and coercive aspects and outlines the role it played in the brutal repression unleashed against the regime’s political enemies, constructing its anti-Spanish identity. The paper also explores how the Catholic Church accepted eugenics as long as it was not linked to neo-Malthusianism and did not propagate sterilization, contraception, and abortion. In this respect, the paper examines the Catholic Church’s position on the premarital certificate and counseling. © 2016, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. All rights reserved.
Kaal J.,Institute Estudios Gallegos Padre Sarmiento |
Kaal J.,University of Santiago de Compostela |
Lopez-Saez J.A.,Institute Historia |
Lopez-Merino L.,Institute Historia |
Cortizas A.,University of Santiago de Compostela
Holocene | Year: 2010
Macroscopic charcoal, pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs were isolated from a colluvial soil located on a small hill in Campo Lameiro (NW Spain) in order to elucidate the vegetation history of the area and its relation to fire and human activities. The presence of macroscopic charcoal throughout the 2.10 m thick soil (42 samples) is evidence of frequent fires during the last c. 6300 years. The charcoal record was dominated by Quercus (probably Q. robur), Ericaceae (probably Arbutus unedo and Erica arborea) and Fabaceae (mainly Genista type). Abrupt changes in the charcoal assemblage are less explicit in the pollen sequence, probably as a result of pollen inflow from the downhill surroundings of the study site. Combined results indicated that the original oak woodland was gradually replaced by pyrophytic shrubs (Ericaceae and Fabaceae) as a result of fire recurrence. Non-pollen palynomorphs strongly suggested that vegetation was deliberately ignited by past human societies to facilitate grazing. No evidence of local agricultural practices was found. Episodes of accelerated shrubland expansion occurred c. 6000-5500 cal. BP, c. 4000-3500 cal. BP and c. 1700 cal. BP, the latter of which caused the definitive settlement of shrublands dominated by Ericaceae and Fabaceae which are nowadays widespread in NW Iberia. © The Author(s), 2009.
Serrano O.,CSIC - Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes |
Mateo M.A.,CSIC - Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes |
Duenas-Bohorquez A.,University Utrecht |
Renom P.,CSIC - Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes |
Lopez-Saez J.A.,Institute Historia
Science of the Total Environment | Year: 2011
The study of a Posidonia oceanica mat (a peat-like marine sediment) core has provided a record of changes in heavy metal abundances (Fe, Mn, Ni, Cr, Cu