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The magazine Ilustración Uruguaya was published in Montevideo between 1883 and 1885 by the School of Arts and Crafts as a pedagogical tool for the formation of the gaze. The magazine served the modernizing project in Uruguay in the 19th century and highlighted the lack of fine arts education institutions and specialized publications at that time. The School of Arts and Crafts produced military equipment and stationery for the State, in addition to building two war steamers. Ilustración Uruguaya magazine had a pedagogical approach and presented images and allegories explained to educate the population. The lithography workshop of the School of Arts and Crafts, considered the best equipped in the city, is also mentioned. The magazine played an important role in the dissemination of printing techniques and in the construction of a national imaginary through images. Additionally, the magazine featured portraits of political figures and promoted the idea that fine arts contribute to the material and moral progress of a nation. Illustrated press in general was an opportunity to educate the population on various topics. The study of Ilustración Uruguaya magazine allows for new perspectives on historical periods such as militarism and the idea of modernity. [Extracted from the article]

Some of the most recurrent forms in the Afro-descendant press in the Río de la Plata to refer to itself as a collectivity were allusions to the working class. A tour of the publications in the transition from the nineteenth century to the first decades of the twentieth century, during modernization, shows the course that the concept of class was taking, although it has not necessarily been explicitly explained. The idea of class in the nineteenth century was expressed in comments on everything that the socio-economic and cultural situation implied. In the twentieth century, Afro-Uruguayan newspapers began to write some texts with a certain theoretical analysis of class at the same time that the labor movement in Uruguay began to strengthen and anarchist and socialist ideas were gaining diffusion. In one way or another, the conception of class was explained by historical conditions in conjunction with other variables such as "race" or culture. In this sense, the category "intersectionality" raised from black feminism explains how several regimes of oppression are articulated within capitalism at the same time. The article searches in the texts of the Afro-Uruguayan publications of the period 1872-1929, the different perspectives they had on the class. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The national cadastre of Uruguay has been undertaking thorough institutional modernization process, focused, not only on acquiring technology and innovation but also on applying them to the maintenance of cadastre registry routines. Dringu this period, many changes have been mode, emphasizing easy information access while tools and apps were developed towards a digital administration. The concept of multipurpose cadastre was incorporated promoting the expansion of its use for different purposes. One of the main milestones was the creation of the first cadastre virtual office in Latin America. The support of the international cooperation was very valuables as well as the result of being close to reference circles worldwide, to adopt the best practices. In addition, this process also resulted in the strengthening of the organization and in a change management process of institutional culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the 1860s, were processed in the Uruguayan agricultural transformations that facilitated greater involvement of the country with the world market. The receipt of capital and of European immigrants, accelerated the capitalist development. A new landowner class assumed the leadership of these changes from a Corporation (the Associación Rural of the Uruguay) and in alliance with the military governments that pledged to these changes. The first program of the ARU was a strong commitment to agriculture and viticulture made his badge. In this context, farmers and landowners were found forming informal networks where socialized experiences and knowledge, facilitating innovation processes. The crisis of 1890 and the presence of phylloxera in 1893 were a harsh blow for the maintenance of networks and innovation processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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