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When it comes to nature, fall has a special place in my photography since it both shows the death of nature and its resurrection. The warm colors of autumn landscapes reflect the beauty of nature, emphasizing that it actually is our real home. In my photographs I always add a positive touch of the human presence to natural settings. In the first photograph it can bee seen how beautiful it looks when humans try to work together with nature; and in the second one the things humans leave behind sooner or later turn into nature itself., En lo que respecta a la naturaleza, el otoño ocupa un lugar especial en mi fotografía porque muestra tanto la muerte de la naturaleza como su resurrección. Los cálidos colores de los paisajes otoñales reflejan la belleza de la naturaleza, enfatizando que es en realidad nuestro verdadero hogar. En mis fotografías siempre añado un toque positivo de la presencia human en los entornos naturales. En mi primera fotografía puede verse qué belleza hay cuando los humanos intentan trabajar juntos con la naturaleza; y en la segunda, las cosas que los humanos dejan atrás terminan tarde o temprano convirtiéndose en la propia naturaleza.

En el cuadro “La primera chacra”, a través de una paleta vibrante de colores contrastantes y delicados trazos sobre un fondo monocromático oscuro, Yahuarcani representa el lugar donde las plantas son cultivadas, un espacio lleno de vida y espíritus. Según el conocimiento Amazónico, las plantas tienen distintos espíritus que pueden influenciar el mundo material y los cuerpos humanos, y pueden comunicarse con la gente. Esta perspectiva de la naturaleza cuestiona el punto de vista moderno occidental sobre el cultivo de plantas y el lugar de ellas en la sociedad. Pero “La primera chacra” no es una representación del entorno natural, ni una descripción visual de temas mitológicos. Por el contrario, Yahuarcani pinta un concepto más abstracto: una fuerza natural, productora de vida, un dominio donde lo espiritual y lo material están interconectados. En “La primera chacra”, así como en las pinturas “El río” o “Al caer la noche”, el entorno Amazónico no es explícito. Yahuarcani se inspira en el conocimiento y mitos de la Amazonía para producir un trabajo evocativo sobre ella. A través de pinturas en las que el tratamiento estético de las imágenes predomina sobre la narrativa, Yahuarcani da nueva forma al conocimiento ancestral amazónico, reivindicando su importancia y validez en el mundo contemporáneo., In the first painting “La primera chacra” (The First Little Farm), through a very vibrant palette of contrasting colors and delicate traces over a monochrome dark background, Yahuarcani depicts the place where plants are cultivated, a space full of life and of spirits. According to the Amazonian knowledge, plants have distinct spirits that are able to influence the material world and human bodies, and can communicate with people. This perspective on nature questions modern Western views on farming and the place of plants in society. But “The First Little Farm” is not a depiction of the natural environment, neither a visual description of mythological subjects. Rather, Yahuarcani paints a more abstract concept of it: a natural force, producer of life, a domain where the spiritual and the material are interconnected. In “The First Little Farm” as well as the paintings El río (River) or Al caer la noche (Nightfall), the Amazonian environment is not explicit. Yahuarcani is inspired by the knowledge and myths of the Amazon to produce a work evocative of the Amazonia in his own language. Through paintings in which the aesthetic treatment of the images predominates over the narrative, Yahuarcani reshape the ancient Amazonian knowledge, reassessing his importance and validity in the contemporary world.

Mapes sobre diferents tipus d’impactes en tot el Mar Mediterrani. Dades primàries (mapes) associades a un article acceptat per la revista Scientific Reports (2018). Publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33237-w, Dades primàries (mapes) associades a un article publicat a la revista Scientific Reports, 2018, vol. 8. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33237-w

Dades associades a l'article: Vicente Royuela, Paolo Veneri & Raul Ramos (2018): The short-run relationship between inequality and growth: evidence from OECD regions during the Great Recession, Regional Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1476752, This dataset is the basis of the work titled “The short-run relationship between inequality and growth: evidence from OECD regions during the Great Recession”, published in Regional Studies (DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1476752). This paper provides evidence on the relationship between income inequality and economic growth in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) regions during the decade 2003–13. It combines household survey data and macroeconomic databases, covering over 200 comparable regions in 15 OECD countries. The econometric results, based on two alternative sets of instruments, highlight a general negative association between inequalities and economic growth since the start of the economic crisis. This relationship is sensitive to the type of urban structure. Higher inequalities seem to be more detrimental for growth in regions characterized by medium to large-sized cities, while regions characterized by small cities and rural areas are less affected.