A Systemic Framework to Develop Sustainable Engineering Solutions in Rural Communities in Colombia

Ramírez, María Catalina; Plazas, Jaime; Torres, Camilo; Silva, Juan Camilo; Caicedo, Luis Camilo; González, Miguel Ángel Conde

doi:10.1007/s11213-011-9203-y

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“…Further, the data for this study were collected at a specific time and in a specific context, and the results are not necessarily generalizable. However, the pervasiveness of the ideological pillars of the culture of disengagement in different national and disciplinary engineering education contexts (Allie et al, 2009;Cech, 2014;Lönngren, 2017;Ramírez et al, 2012) suggests that also the articulatory themes identified in this paper may be observable in and relevant for other engineering education contexts.…”

Section: Limitations and Further Researchmentioning

confidence: 86%

Exploring the discursive construction of ethics in an introductory engineering course

Lönngren

2020

J of Engineering Edu

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Background Engineering education must prepare students to assume professional and ethical responsibility for the societal impacts of technology, but most engineering students do not receive adequate ethics teaching. In fact, engineering education has been described as characterized by a “culture of disengagement” in which ethical and societal concerns are constructed as different from and less important than purely technical concerns. Purpose/Hypothesis This study explores how a culture of disengagement is discursively constructed and perpetuated in engineering education by analyzing the discursive construction of ethics and ethical reflection in an introductory engineering course in Sweden. Design/Method The study is based on extensive ethnographic data in the form of field notes, lecture recordings, interview data, and course documents. The data are analyzed using a discourse analytic approach rooted in discourse theory. Results The results illustrate five processes through which ethics and ethical reflection are articulated as not the responsibility of the specific field of engineering, irrelevant for the profession, of low quality and status, and not very important for the engineering degree. Conclusions The results contribute to understanding how a culture of disengagement may be perpetuated in engineering education. The results also point toward pedagogical tools and strategies that instructors and program managers can use to construct ethics and ethical reflection as an advanced skill that is an important and integral part of engineering and engineering education—and thus better prepare future engineers to become responsible professionals.

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Section: Limitations and Further Researchmentioning

confidence: 86%

Exploring the discursive construction of ethics in an introductory engineering course

Lönngren

2020

J of Engineering Edu

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“…With regard to the thinking phase corresponding to data analysis, it was important to take into account the points of view of those directly affected and of the actors who intend to contribute to the generation of knowledge in the territory. Therefore, it was essential to involve the following actors: the community, the TECHO Colombia organization, researchers, and students; from work processes, it would be possible to understand the direct relationship between neighborhood informality and public health in the inhabitant, as without actively involving the community, it is unlikely to generate a long-term sustainable solution, reducing the group's effort to little more than good intentions and paternalism [62].…”

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confidence: 99%

Evaluation of the Impact of Informal Settlements on the Physical and Mental Health of Residents—Case Study Santa Marta—Bogotá, Colombia

Torres Parra,

Saldeño Madero,

González Méndez

et al. 2024

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The growth of the informal city in Latin America has caused its own dynamics related to urban unsustainability due to the disorderly occupation of the territory. The precarious characteristics of informal neighborhoods have increased the mortality processes in their inhabitants, increasing the poverty and marginality indexes in Latin American urban settlements. This work was developed within the international research project “Modeling informality in Latin America based on indicators of sustainable urban development. Case study Yomasa, Bogotá-Colombia”. This work was developed under the mixed research approach which allowed focusing on a nested concurrent design of dominant model (DIAC), which was carried out in the Santa Marta sector of the locality of Ciudad Bolivar, in Bogotá Colombia, with the participation of 20 people from the studied community and supported by 16 students of Civil Engineering of the Catholic University of Colombia. The work resulted in a total of 31 indicators related to neighborhood informality, 17 impacts on the territory, and 8 pathologies, establishing the intrinsic relationship between informality, poverty, and public health of the inhabitant at the urban level.

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“…Según los resultados de campo se evidenció que el sistema de filtración implementado eliminó el 90% de heces y coliformes totales durante el periodo de maduración de la cama de filtrado. Más aún, se mejoraron las condiciones organolépticas del agua después de ser tratada, por lo que se comprobó la disminución de sólidos en suspensión y se permitió el acceso al agua potable para las personas de la comunidad intervenida (Ramírez, et al, 2011). Purificación de agua por medio de filtros lentos de arena en la comunidad de Kuychiro-Cusco, Perú Esta investigación tuvo como objetivo general purificar el agua del rio Kuychiro para consumo humano mediante la filtración lenta de arena. El proceso incluyó la elaboración del filtro con materiales tales como el difusor, la válvula flotadora, geotextil, tubería de drenaje, recipiente y arena de diferentes diámetros.…”

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Recopilación de experiencias en la potabilización del agua por medio del uso de filtros

Parada

Alarcón

Pacheco

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Fecha de recibido: febrero 01 de 2016 | Fecha de aprobado: marzo 27 de 2016Resumen Este documento expone una revisión bibliográfica de casos de estudio que evidencian la importancia e implementación de los filtros como alternativa para la potabilización del agua. Se presentan cinco casos aplicados en Colombia donde se utilizaron filtros potabilizadores de agua -filtros de arena, arcilla, velas de cerámica y ultrafiltración, entre otros-en comunidades vulnerables; y dos casos internacionales que destacan la importancia que cumplen los filtros en las comunidades rurales en donde en ocasiones, el acceso al agua potable es nulo -los filtros utilizados fueron de arena y cerámica con plata coloidal-. Se evidenció que el uso de filtros para la potabilización de agua en las comunidades vulnerables tiene buena aceptación y replicación puesto que el acceso al agua segura, en estos casos, es limitado o no existe.Palabras clave: agua potable, recurso hídrico, filtración, comunidades vulnerables.

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A Systemic Framework to Develop Sustainable Engineering Solutions in Rural Communities in Colombia

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

Exploring the discursive construction of ethics in an introductory engineering course

Exploring the discursive construction of ethics in an introductory engineering course

Evaluation of the Impact of Informal Settlements on the Physical and Mental Health of Residents—Case Study Santa Marta—Bogotá, Colombia

Recopilación de experiencias en la potabilización del agua por medio del uso de filtros

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