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Ecuador genetic mosaic: biological and adaptive variations across Mestizos, Native Amerindians, and Afro-Ecuadorians. Implications for public health and precision medicine [PDF]
Frontiers in GeneticsIntroductionUnderstanding human biological diversity is fundamental to improving health and addressing inequities, yet most genomic and biomedical studies remain focused on European and Asian populations.
Fabricio González-Andrade
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Descriptive Epidemiology and Prognosis of Pediatric Acute Leukemia in the Afro‐Descendant Population of the French West Indies and French Guiana [PDF]
Cancer MedicineIntroduction The epidemiology of acute leukemia (AL) in children in Afro‐descendant (AD) populations is poorly described, and survival is often considered worse in these populations.
Julie Mascle +16 more
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Genetic ancestry and ethnic identity in Ecuador
HGG Advances, 2021 Summary: We investigated the ancestral origins of four Ecuadorian ethnic groups—Afro-Ecuadorian, Mestizo, Montubio, and the Indigenous Tsáchila—in an effort to gain insight on the relationship between ancestry, culture, and the formation of ethnic ...
Shashwat Deepali Nagar +8 more
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Education Sciences, 2023 This article presents the preliminary findings of an ethnographic study about the presence and experiences of students of Latin American origin in Spanish universities. Our aim is to better understand the self-identification and ethnoracial formation processes observed in university-level students.
Antonia Olmos Alcaraz +2 more
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Picturing the River’s Racial Ecologies in Colonial Panamá
Arts, 2021 This article explores the local histories and ecological knowledge embedded within a Spanish print of enslaved, Afro-descendant boatmen charting a wooden vessel up the Chagres River across the Isthmus of Panamá.
Bart Pushaw
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The Dissolution of the Cognitive Empire
Alternautas, 2023 This article discusses the urban art actions implemented during the pandemic in Brazil and their relationship with the decolonial turn in the arts. By examining examples such as the project Voices Against Racism and the CURA (Urban Art Circuit), which ...
Alessandra Simões Paiva
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A Careful Reading of Latin/x American Womens Electronic Literature
Modern Languages Open, 2023 This article focuses on the recurrent narration of caring relationships and attempts to construct communities of care in electronic literature created by Latin/x American self-identified women.
Thea Pitman
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AlternautasSince 2008, there has been a notable increase in studies on processes of inclusion, retention and graduation of indigenous students in higher education in Latin America; a growing interest in research and university extension activities in collaboration
Gloria Mancinelli
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Afro-Brazilian Studies in the 1930s: Intellectual Networks between Brazil and the USA
Brasiliana: Journal for Brazilian Studies, 2019 In this article, I map some of the US-Brazil networks of intellectuals who helped to develop the field of Afro-Brazilian studies in the 1930s. While discussing the emergence and institutionalization of the field, I highlight the role of figures ...
Amurabi Oliveira
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Revista de Estudios Sociales, 2023 This essay presents a complex view of the intercultural thought of Manuel Zapata Olivella. Three central points in his intellectual work are discussed based on fields such as anthropology, philosophy, and literary studies: Muntu philosophy, political ...
William Mina Aragón
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