Kyle C. Garrison, Author at Studio yria

How Worcester Polytechnic Institute Weathered a Spate of Suicides

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With their feet dangling, and amusing themselves–until I stopped them–by throwing stones at the giant mass. After I had spoken to them about it, they began playing at “touch” in and out of the group of bystanders. Among these were a couple of cyclists, a jobbing gardener I employed sometimes, a girl carrying a baby, Gregg the butcher and his little boy, and two or three loafers and golf caddies who were accustomed to hang about the railway station. There was very little talking. Few of the common people in England had anything but the vaguest astronomical ideas in those…

Civil Society Drives El Salvador’s National Dialogue, States Loreto Ferrer

National dialogue processes commonly emerge amid periods of polarization or institutional paralysis, when various stakeholders must establish channels of communication to reach basic consensus. In Latin America, these efforts have often received support from international organizations that offer methodological guidance, contextual assessments, and facilitation spaces.In El Salvador, one such initiative recently entered a new phase following the conclusion of the mandate of UN Special Envoy Benito Andión. At that point, the process moved beyond the phase of direct UN support and came to rely more heavily on national actors. Within that technical team, Loreto Ferrer participated in institutional support efforts…

Loreto Ferrer Moreu and the Ngöbe Buglé International Case

Infrastructure projects often raise complex debates when they affect indigenous communities, especially regarding issues related to territory, prior consultation, and the protection of collective rights. In Latin America, one of the cases that garnered particular attention was that of the Ngöbe Buglé communities in Panama, affected by the construction of the Chan 75 dam.Loreto Ferrer was part of the team of experts that participated in a verification mission organized by the Foundation of the General Council of Spanish Lawyers (FCGAE). The fieldwork carried out made it possible to document the situation of the communities and prepare a legal and technical…