Amazonia's Cassava and Manioc Through Historical Times
ABSTRACT This provocation calls readers to think more deeply about the role anthropology could play in radically disrupting plant blindness. Thanks to Environmental Humanities, the natural world is no longer apprehended as a mere backdrop to human activity.
Laura Rival
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What About Well‐Being? Measuring What We Really Care About in Sexual and Reproductive Health
Abstract The well‐being of individuals and communities is increasingly recognized as a core objective of economic and global development policies and programs. However, existing measures of well‐being neglect sexual and reproductive experiences, which are core dimensions of people's lives.
Christine Dehlendorf +16 more
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The Buen Vivir: A Policy to Survive the Anthropocene? [PDF]
AbstractThis article examines the ideology and the politics of buen vivir as the government of Rafael Correa in Ecuador has implemented them from 2007 to 2013. The analysis focuses on the implications of this model, which is based on a traditional Andean world view.
Calisto Friant, Martin, Langmore, John
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On Babushkas and Postcapitalism: Theorising Diverse Economies from the Global East
Abstract As transformative visions for more just and sustainable societies multiply around the globe, the Diverse and Community Economies approach presents one of the most influential strategies to advance postcapitalist visions. In this paper, we contribute to this project based on our research and activism in the Global East, intended here as Central
Lucie Sovová +10 more
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Sumak Kawsay/Buen Vivir, a Flying River : A Decolonial Approach to Tinkuy and Social Justice [PDF]
This chapter explores the Indigenous moral-philosophical conceptualization of Buen Vivir (Vivir Bien/ Sumak Kawsay/Suma Qamaña) as a decolonial framework for social justice and ecological harmony, rooted in Indigenous epistemologies from the Andes and ...
Lalander, Rickard +3 more
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El O desenvolvimento perdido: uma análise crítica do buen vivir sob a ótica da experiência boliviana
Desde a formação da Cepal, o conceito de desenvolvimento foi se transformando. Não obstante, a partir do fim do século xx, surge outra corrente multifacetada de pensamento que se propõe, ao menos parcialmente, a negar o conceito de desenvolvimento, este ...
Vinicius Rezende Carretoni Vaz +1 more
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Escribir en comunidad: Construcción de relaciones y responsabilidad en la producción de conocimiento
ABSTRACT As anthropology reckons with its past, present, and future, anthropologists increasingly seek to challenge inequities within the discipline and academia more broadly. Anthropology, regardless of subdiscipline, is a social endeavor. Yet research often remains an isolating (though not necessarily solitary) process, even within research teams and
Jordi Armani Rivera Prince +16 more
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Quito, patrimoine culturel de l’humanité ou ville du Buen Vivir ?
This paper explores the evolution and modes of urban gouvernance concerning heritage and culture in Quito under the mandate of Mayor Augusto Barrera (2009-2014), who promoted the construction of the city of «Buen Vivir», in line with the national ...
Diana Burgos-Vigna
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Indudablemente la sociedad cambia todo el tiempo y se transforma a su propio ritmo, no es la Ley o las Políticas Públicas las que pueden –por más que se pretenda- lograr cambios substanciales para mejorar la sociedad, entendemos perfectamente que éstas ayudan, pero hay que ir más allá para lograr involucrar a la gente, a esos ciudadanos de “a pie”, y ...
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Stories of ‘successful’ readers: Matristic ontologies of emotioning, reciprocating and (de)growing
Abstract This article responds to debates about what affects/effects reading in the primary school years, with a focus on tracing examples of matristic ontologies that foster success. We offer matristic ontologies, which are ‘an entirely different concept of life, one based not on domination and hierarchies but on the relational web of life’, as ...
Danielle H. Heinrichs +3 more
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