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Views of Vidigal: negotiating opportunities and risks in a gentrifying favela in Rio de Janeiro Favela avec vue : négocier opportunités et risques dans un quartier en voie de gentrification à Rio de Janeiro

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The contested dynamics of slum gentrification in Rio de Janeiro came into focus during the brief period of relative peace brought by the pacification policy leading up to the 2016 Olympics. In this unprecedented moment, Rio's South Zone favela residents experienced a respite from the daily confrontations with police operations and drug trade violence ...
Angela Torresan
wiley   +1 more source

The Foucaultian archaeological method in Giorgo Agamben [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Agamben has claimed to work inside the tradition inaugurated by the archaeological method of Michel Foucault but not to fully coincide with it. “My method is archaeological and paradigmatic in a sense which is very close to that of Foucault, but not ...
Cunha Ribeiro, Luís Antônio
core  

Referencias [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Estas son las referencias bibliográficas de este ...
Skovsmose, Ole, Valero, Paola
core   +1 more source

Archaeometry of ferrous artefacts from Luso-Brazilian archaeological sites near Ipanema River, Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesRem: Revista Escola de Minas, 2015
AbstractThe present investigation analysed iron artefacts collected in two sites around Araçoaiaba Hill. A known methodology was adapted to investigate several samples collected at the Royal Iron Factory of São João do Ipanema and Sardinha sites. EDX microanalysis results of non-metallic inclusions were plotted in bivariate graphs.
Maia, Rafael Rocha   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Yoruba Histories of Marriage and Belonging: Gender, Power and Innovation in Eighteenth‐Century West Africa

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article argues that marriage was central to historical change in the Yoruba‐speaking region of West Africa during the eighteenth century. It draws on ìtàn, a distinct oral source, to show that conjugality shaped Yoruba processes of urbanisation and political centralisation, gendered divisions of labour and social innovation and creativity.
Insa Nolte
wiley   +1 more source

Body Size Regulates Niche Overlap Asymmetry in the Subtropical Andes Rain Shadow: Isotopic Paleoecology of Oligocene South American Ungulates

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study provides the first isotopic analysis of Oligocene mammals from Quebrada Fiera, Mendoza, Argentina, filling a major gap in South American paleontology. It reveals a latitudinal gradient in aridity due to the Andean rain shadow and highlights the role of (semi)permanent water bodies in sustaining diverse herbivore communities. Additionally, it
Dánae Sanz‐Pérez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uncoupling human and climate drivers of late Holocene vegetation change in southern Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In the highlands of southern Brazil an anthropogenitcally driven expansion of forest occurred at the expense of grasslands between 1410 and 900cal BP, coincident with a period of demographic and cultural change in the region.
A Dümig   +34 more
core   +1 more source

‘Missing persons’: Ancient legacies of human–environment interaction in tropical natural properties inscribed under the 1972 World Heritage Convention

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Cultural and natural values form the core of World Heritage designation. Properties displaying both values, however, comprise a fraction of inscriptions (currently c. 3%) to the World Heritage List. In 1992, when that fraction stood at c. 5%, adoption of the popular ‘cultural landscapes’ category of cultural heritage in 1992 was therefore ...
Ryan J. Rabett
wiley   +1 more source

De la Dordogne aux tropiques : les missions archéologiques françaises au Brésil

open access: yesBrésil(s), 2022
This article revisits the history of French archaeological missions in Brazil through a critical examination of institutional, academic and scientific contexts, aiming to deepen the understanding of French influence in the history of Brazilian archeology.
Cristiana Barreto
doaj   +1 more source

Forensic investigation, truth and trust in the context of transitional justice in Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Exhumation may be defined as the legally sanctioned excavation and recovery of the remains of lawfully buried or – occasionally – cremated individuals, as distinct from forensic excavations of clandestinely buried remains conducted as part of a criminal ...
da Silva, Ricardo   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

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