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El modelo Educativo de la BICU: el caso de los estudiantes afrodescendientes e indígenas en la década 2007-2016 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Este estudio describe la Educación Superior de estudiantes de origen indígenas y afro descendientes en la BICU. Se realizó análisis documental y entrevista no estructurada a informantes claves dentro y fuera de esta institución educativa.
Cassells Martínez, René Alfonso
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Las voces de Baha‐blantes: An analysis of the language learning investment of intermediate students of Spanish at the tertiary level

open access: yesForeign Language Annals, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the language learning investment of five intermediate learners of Spanish at a tertiary institution in The Bahamas. It draws on participants’ language learning journeys to consider how their previous experiences and access to language learning opportunities contributed to their investment.
Valentino Rahming
wiley   +1 more source

Rights, Inequality, and Afro-Descendant Heritage in Brazil

open access: yesCultural Anthropology, 2019
For the past thirty years, the Brazilian government has recognized dozens of sites and cultural practices of Afro-descendant groups as national heritage, including the historical maroon site Quilombo dos Palmares. As this site has gained international notoriety, academic research has focused on the value of this historical landmark for commemorating ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Neurodiversity and intersectionality in the workplace: A narrative review and research agenda

open access: yesInternational Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.
Abstract Neurodiversity has important implications for individuals and organizations as an increasingly salient but under‐researched dimension of diversity in the workplace. In this article, we provide an interdisciplinary review of neurodiversity research through the lens of intersectionality, with a particular focus on the potential ways ...
Thomas Calvard   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The paradox of the autonomy of Afro-descendants in the Colombian Pacific

open access: yesSustentabilidade em Debate, 2019
Claudia Leal. Landscapes of Freedom – Building a Postemancipation Society in the Rainforests of Western Colombia. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press. 2018. 336 p. ISBN – 13: 978-0-8165-3674-0 (cloth). US$55.00. Figures, maps, graphs, tables, bibliography and index.
openaire   +4 more sources

Racial Inequality in the Uruguayan Labor Market:An analysis of wage differentials between Afrodescendants and whites. [PDF]

open access: yes
Latin America is a region of sharp inequalities that are far from ethnically blind. In particular, there exists a significant socioeconomic gap between Latin Americans of European and the Afrodescendant and Indigenouos populations.
Marisa Bucheli, Rafael Porzecanski
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The Boom of cohabitation in Colombia and in the Andean Region : social and spatial patterns [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In this chapter we use census microdata to document the rise in cohabitation in Colombia and in the Andean countries of Ecuador, Bolivia, Perú and Venezuela over the last four decades. We use multilevel logistic regression models to examine the effect of
A Esteve   +20 more
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Life Course Changes in the Geographical Distance Between Adult Children of Immigrants and Their Parents: The Role of Partnership Formation and Dissolution

open access: yesJournal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study explores how geographical distance between adult children of immigrants and their parents changes in response to partnership formation and partnership dissolution. Background Geographical distance between generations is a key factor in intergenerational support.
Alon Pertzikovitz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiological and clinical factors of breast cancer in a population of mostly Afro-descendant women

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Breast cancer is the most frequent neoplasm and has the highest mortality rate among women. In the Afro-descendant population, these tumors may appear earlier and assume a more aggressive behavior.
J.C.B. Neiva   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Seat at the Table: Five Steps to Making Latin American Politics More Diverse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The story of political representation is not unlike many narratives in Latin America. Progress has been made, with some notable success cases, but the region is still home to stark contrasts and there is much work to be done.
Andrew Downie
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