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Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Bolivia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide.
Sharma, Bhavna
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Fiscal grievance politics: wealth taxation and master‐race democracy in post‐coup Bolivia Politique des griefs fiscaux : impôt sur la fortune et démocratie de la race maîtresse en Bolivie post‐coup d’État

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article analyses a new wealth tax (the IGF) in Bolivia against the backdrop of the 2019 ousting of former president Evo Morales. In doing so, it engages calls for ‘a return to politics’ in anthropology by proposing the notion of a ‘fiscal grievance politics’ as animating elite opposition to the tax in lowland Santa Cruz department. I show that the
Charles Dolph
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of epilepsy in the rural area of the Bolivian Gran Chaco: Usefulness of telemedicine and impact of awareness campaigns

open access: yesEpilepsia Open, 2023
Objective The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of epilepsy with Tonic–Clonic (TC) seizures in rural areas of the Bolivian Gran Chaco and to evaluate the usefulness of telemedicine in this context. Methods The study was carried out in
Valeria Todaro   +10 more
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Amidst (waste) abundance: world‐making and struggles in hosting a municipal landfill in the Bolivian lowlands Au milieu de l'abondance (de déchets) : fabrication du monde et luttes liées à la gestion d'une décharge municipale dans les basses terres de Bolivie

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In recent decades, solid waste has proliferated worldwide, becoming a pressing global issue. This article explores the role of Indigenous people dwelling within and upon emerging waste scenarios, with a specific focus on involved forms of sociality and ontological contestation. Drawing on the case of a municipal landfill sited on a Guarani community in
Vanesa Martín Galán
wiley   +1 more source

Las lenguas indígenas y la historiografía de América Latina

open access: yesAllpanchis, 2013
La historiografía de América Latina está cada vez más consciente del hecho de que el desarrollo de las lenguas indígenas después de la conquista no se puede entender como un proceso lineal de declive, y que en ellas existen fuentes valiosas provenientes ...
Alan Durston
doaj   +1 more source

The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
wiley   +1 more source

La ley de lenguas en el Paraguay: ¿un paso decisivo en la oficialización de facto del guaraní?

open access: yesSigno y Seña, 2016
Los esfuerzos para estandarizar el guaraní, tanto desde el punto de vista social como del corpus, llevan un siglo sin que se haya logrado lo deseado: su oficialización de facto.
Hedy Penner
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Strategies of Interaction between Ñuflo de Chaves and the Guaraní Indians in the Conquest of Santa Cruz de la Sierra [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Desde su llegada a América en 1541, Ñuflo de Chaves participó en expediciones hacia el noroeste del Paraguay en las que acumuló experiencias de interacción con los nativos a partir de las cuales forjó una forma particular de relacionarse con ellos que ...
Martínez, Cecilia Gabriela
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A new South American darter (Crenuchidae: Characidium) from rivers draining the Northeastern Mata Atlantica Freshwater Ecoregion, Brazil: morphological and molecular evidence

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Characidium tupi, a new species from rivers draining the southern portion of the Northeastern Mata Atlantica Freshwater Ecoregion, is described. The new species can be distinguished from all congeners by its colour pattern, including 7–14 dark bars enlarged and more conspicuous on their ventralmost portion, resulting in a longitudinal series ...
Angela M. Zanata   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

“El fin de un enigma”, una nueva subtribu y novedades nomenclaturales en Asclepiadeae (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Se propone Topea H. A. Keller como nuevo nombre para el género Aenigma H. A. Keller (Apocynaceae) por prexistir un homónimo fonético. Además, sobre la base de estudios de filogenia molecular se describe dentro de la tribu Asclepiadeae a la nueva subtribu
Keller, Hector Alejandro   +1 more
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