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martes, 29 de enero de 2019

El chopo cabecero, centro de un congreso internacional de árboles trasmochos

El próximo mes de marzo, las localidades turolenses de Aguilar de Alfambra y Galve serán las anfitrionas de un encuentro internacional sobre árboles trasmochos, que se espera sea un primer paso hacia el reconocimiento de estas prácticas campesinas como patrimonio cultural

Sauce trasmocho en Allepuz, dentro del Parque Cultural del del Chopo Cabecero del Alto Alfambra.Chabier de Jaime

Las localidades turolenses de Aguilar de Alfambra y Galve reunirán el 23 y 24 de marzo a representantes de Francia, Bélgica, Bélgica, Inglaterra o Marruecos, además de diversos territorios españoles, en el congreso internacional ‘Árboles trasmochos, un patrimonio cultural’, que organiza la Dirección General de Cultura y Patrimonio del Gobierno de Aragón.
Trasmocho define a un tipo de árboles a los que se aplican podas periódicas con el fin de conseguir determinado aprovechamiento de ellos. En Aragón tenemos un gran ejemplo en los chopos cabeceros de la cordillera Ibérica, a los que durante siglos se cortaban las ramas para usarlas como material de construcción y como combustible o en los 'caxicos' o en los 'fraxinos' del Pirineo, aprovechados también como forraje.
Estas prácticas han dado lugar a un paisaje singular y de gran interés, tanto por sus valores naturales como antropológicos. En 2016 la práctica campesina que ha creado a los chopos cabeceros fue reconocida como bien de Interés Cultural Inmaterial al tiempo que en 2017 fue declarado el Parque Cultural del Chopo Cabecero del Alto Alfambra, en ambos casos por el Departamento de Educación, Cultura y Deporte del Gobierno de Aragón. Es una técnica ancestral que no solo ha proporcionado alimento al ganado o leña para calentarse a las personas, sino que ha creado un paisaje singular que es también “un patrimonio cultural”, afirma Chabier de Jaime, director científico y gerente del citado Parque, quien señala la existencia de tradiciones similares en la poda de los árboles en “el Alto Aragón, en Soria, en Madrid… que también participarán en el congreso".
“Es un desafío traer a pueblos tan pequeños un congreso internacional, pero creemos que todo va a salir muy bien”, afirma De Jaime. Como se explica desde la organización, el congreso se desarrollará en dos jornadas. En la primera, a celebrar el sábado 23 de marzo en Aguilar del Alfambra se presentarán varias ponencias sobre la cultura de los árboles trasmochos en varios países y comunidades autónomas terminando la jornada con la celebración de una mesa de trabajo para elaborar un documento de buenas prácticas en la gestión de estos árboles. En la segunda, el día siguiente en Galve, se conocerá la experiencia de leñadores veteranos en la Vega del río Alfambra, recorriendo la dehesa fluvial y realizando el desmoche de varios ejemplares.
De este encuentro de especialistas en la gestión tradicional del los árboles trasmochos se espera que salga “una mesa de trabajo estable para la generación de un protocolo de buenas prácticas de trasmocho y para sentar las bases para conseguir el reconocimiento de estas prácticas campesinas realizadas en numerosos países como un patrimonio cultural en cuanto que han generado un paisaje rural con una identidad propia y que al mismo tiempo alberga otros valores como los ambientales". 
Un reconocimiento cuya dificultad no radica solo “en convencer a las instituciones, sino sobre todo en que la sociedad sea consciente del valor de este saber popular, en que sea capaz de ver que el también el trabajo del campesino es portador de cultura”, afirma De Jaime. Para la celebración del congreso “primero logramos una pequeña financiación del Ministerio de Cultura y el Gobierno de Aragón ha aportado también su ayuda”, dice De Jaime.
El programa del congreso puede consultarse aquí 


lunes, 28 de enero de 2019

jesus ferrero publica una novela apocalíiptica

Jesús Ferrero publica "Las abismales", una reflexión sobre el miedo

El escritor y guionista zamorano Jesús Ferrero ha presentado su última novela, "Las abismales", con la que obtuvo el premio Novela Café Gijón 2018 en septiembre pasado, un libro en el que aborda las diferentes formas del miedo, el amor o el deseo en "un Madrid contemporáneo y apocalíptico".
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"Si al final de la lectura consigo que el lector se haga algunas preguntas sobre el miedo, sobre qué tipo de miedo es el peor, a través de su propia experiencia de lectura, me doy por satisfecho", ha afirmado el autor en una rueda de prensa celebrada en el legendario café que da nombre al premio.
Para Ferrero, el miedo a lo desconocido está influyendo "poderosamente" en la sociedad, un territorio de lo desconocido simbolizado por "el futuro", al que ve como "un enigma" y al que suma "el miedo a repetir problemas del pasado".
Plantea una atmósfera enigmática
La novela coral, publicada por la editorial Siruela, con tintes fantásticos, plantea una atmósfera enigmática, mediante la muerte de la novia del protagonista, un profesor amante de los mitos llamado David, que provoca una serie de extraños acontecimientos que se suceden sin relación aparente en distintos puntos de la capital.
Ferrero ha insistido en la importancia del concepto de extrañeza en su novela argumentando que "lo extraño es lo exterior a ti pero, al mismo tiempo, está en tu misma intimidad porque a veces, para nosotros mismos, nada es más extraño que nuestra propia intimidad".
"En varias ocasiones dije que mi lema era 'hacer extraño lo familiar, hacer lo familiar extraño'. Aunque la dimensión de la extrañeza está en todas mis novelas, en este caso se hace todavía más intensa y clara con la sombra de un mal que se va apoderando de la ciudad", ha precisado el autor de títulos como "Belber Yin" u "Opio".
En cuanto al objetivo, el autor ha insistido en el hecho de que su intención es provocar un viaje emocional en el lector, a través del cual pueda "acceder" a una experiencia que si bien "no ha ocurrido, podría ocurrir".
"Yo confío mucho en Europa (...) Confío profundamente en ella y, aunque la novela es bastante apocalíptica, confío en que en un futuro próximo no nos sumerjamos en situaciones abismales", ha concluido con anhelo y esperanza.

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Mother-of-three tells of her stalker hell with echoes of hit Netflix drama YOU as stranger who followed her for 10 years, bombarded her with 40 calls an HOUR and 'decapitated her cat' is to be freed from prison

  • Lorraine Mitchell, 54 was stalked by Sherzad Salih over a ten-year period 
  • Salih told her that he knew everything about her just like the stalker from YOU 
  • During her ordeal Lorraine found her cat decapitated outside of her home 
  • He was jailed for four years but the 38-year-old is set to be released this year 
A mother-of-three has told of her fears for her and her children as she relives terrifying stalker ordeal ahead of his release from prison. 
Lorraine Mitchell, 54, was first approached by Sherzad Salih in a car park as she left her office in St Leonards, Sussex.
Salih asked her for a date,  told her he knew everything about her and said he had been 'watching her for two years'  - exactly like stalker Joe Goldberg in the Netflix smash hit programme YOU.
Lorraine Mitchell, 54, was first approached by Sherzad Salih in a car park as she left her office in St Leonards, Sussex
Over the next decade Salih followed Lorraine everywhere, calling her up to 40 times an hour and sent her inappropriate messages.
Lorraine claims she was forced to stop wearing her beloved high heels so she could run away from him if she needed to. 
She even stopped leaving her house to go shopping or walk her dog as her stalker was always sitting in his car outside her home.
Salih was jailed for four years at Hove Crown Court in October 2017 after he pleaded guilty to stalking Lorraine but is now set to be released this year. 
Lorraine is frightened he will begin his reign of terror again.
Lorraine, from East Sussex, said: 'I had finished work and I was in the car park, I had just got into my car when somebody knocked on my window.
'I thought he might need directions, but he asked me on a date.
'I thought it was a joke, I was 42 at the time and he looked in his mid-twenties.
'He gave me a rose, and told me 'please give me a chance, I think you are gorgeous,'
'He then said he had been watching me for two years - he knew my name, where I lived, and my kids' names.
'At that moment it became from irritating to something serious.'
It was only when Salih, originally from Iran, was convicted in October 2017 Lorraine found out he had 23 previous convictions
Over a decade, Salih (pictured) began following Lorraine everywhere, calling her up to 40 times an hour and sending her inappropriate messages.
It was only when Salih (right), originally from Iran, was convicted in October 2017 Lorraine found out he had 23 previous convictions
Terrified Lorraine ran home to call the police but despite them turning up quickly they were not able to do much as she only had a brief description of Salih.
They advised her to keep a diary but she claims over the next several years stalking escalated - leaving her terrified.
Lorraine, who even discovered her cat decapitated outside her house, gave her kids her passwords to all her online accounts, in case something happened to show the evidence to the police.
Despite reporting incidents to the police, eventually Lorraine took a picture of her stalker's number plate and took it to the police but claims she was still told nothing could be done.
It was only when Salih, originally from Iran, was convicted in October 2017 Lorraine found out he had 23 previous convictions.
Conversations between Lorraine Mitchell, 54, and her stalker Sherzad Salih
Conversations between Lorraine Mitchell, 54, and her stalker Sherzad Salih
She also received an apology from Sussex Police after complaining about the way her case was dealt with.
She said: 'He was calling me saying he was watching me getting ready and asking about my underwear.
'When I hung up he would keep calling, calling me 30 to 40 times an hour.
'At one point, my cat was killed and placed underneath my neighbour's car tires.
'He was sending me inappropriate messages all the time, he was following me at the supermarket, he would sit in his car outside my house.
'I was terrified. I was carrying a red alarm with me at all times and I became afraid to go out - I stopped wearing high heels and I was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
'I couldn't sleep, I would get up in the middle of the night and check if the doors were locked.
'One of the main things I stopped doing was taking my dog for walks on my own.
'I avoided walking on the seafront, as that is where he chased me in his car - I love walking my dog on the seafront now.
'I also avoided shopping in the supermarkets, where he would be waiting for me.
'Every time I rejected him I worried something bad was going to happen, that he would harm me.'
Since Salih's conviction, Lorraine has found peace through support group Veritas and has been helping with police training about stalking - with changes to the law made last year.
But she is worried when the Iranian, who has a lifetime restraining order against her but a history of breaching them, is released from prison later this year the stalking may start again.
She said: 'The thing with stalking is that it's not one big thing - the police were looking at each incident as isolated events.
'But with stalking its about the bigger picture - on their own each event may seem unremarkable, but when you put them all together it's a totally different picture.
'I am not a drama queen, I wasn't overreacting as many people told me, this man turned my life upside down.
'Even though he is in prison, the memory of being stalked never leaves you and I stay vigilant.
'Right now I have a restraining order but I am worried he might go after my daughter.
'I don't want to move because I know he will go after my kids.'
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: 'After the case we asked Lorraine to help this force and others to better understand stalking behaviours from a victim's perspective.
'She had a valuable input, with many people and groups, in delivering some multi agency training to police and the CPS in 2018.
'Our training in this area of work is continuing.'
PC Jenna Boyd, from the force, added: 'This woman has endured a gradually escalating campaign of systematic stalking by Salih.
'The experience left her terrified for the safety of both herself and her family.
'Although Salih did not overtly threaten her or attempt any physical attack, his actions have had a significant emotional impact on her, and we are glad that the court has reflected this in the sentence.
'We hope that the sentence and the Restraining Order will give Salih a dose of reality, and that the victim will now be able to move on with her life without fear of his presence in it.'

Mother-of-three, 54, tells of terrifying stalker ordeal as stranger who followed her for 10 years