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Ka'aguy Mba'apo: Indigenous Illicit Work and Strategic Opacity in the Interstices of the Paraguay–Brazil Border

open access: yesPoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Volume 49, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how Indigenous Paĩ Tavyterã/Kaiowa communities along the Paraguay–Brazil border navigate illicit economies that have proliferated amid the expansion of soybean agribusiness and the withdrawal of the state. Drawing on long‐term ethnographic fieldwork in several communities on both sides of the border, it explores how ...
Paul Fabié
wiley   +1 more source

Implementation of Metafounders in the Genomic Prediction for the Polled Trait in Brahman Cattle Using a Multi‐Breed Population

open access: yesAnimal Genetics, Volume 57, Issue 5, October 2026.
ABSTRACT The absence of horns (polled trait) in cattle is associated with better animal welfare by reducing the need for dehorning. In Brahman cattle, population size and the scarcity of phenotypic records challenge the accuracy of genomic predictions for this trait.
Lanna Maryana Costa Pereira   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Did Eve Emerge From Evo's Rib? Gendered Complexities Over the Period of MAS Rule in Bolivia

open access: yesBulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT The MAS governments in Bolivia (2006–2019) sought to overturn neoliberalism through a decolonial and post‐neoliberal political project informed by indigenous movements, feminist thought, and social movement participation. However, feminist activists and scholars soon argued that MAS discourse and policy increasingly essentialised gender and ...
Kate Maclean
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
doaj   +1 more source

A new combination in Strophopappus (Asteraceae, Vernonieae, Lepidaploinae)

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2026, Issue 9, September 2026.
Revisions of herbarium collections reveal a new combination in Strophopappus (Asteraceae, Vernonieae, Lepidaploinae). Strophopappus comprises nine species occurring in South America, eight of which are endemic to Brazil. Currently, Vernonia riedeliana is treated as a synonym of Strophopappus bicolor.
Danielle Remor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reduplication in Paraguayan Guaraní: a descriptive account [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This thesis presents a primarily descriptive account of the structural and meaning properties of verb and numeral reduplication in Paraguayan Guaraní, a Tupí-Guaraní language spoken by about four million people mainly in Paraguay.
Hamidzadeh, Khashayar
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Appreciating Guaraní Words: New Directions in Guaraní Studies

open access: yes, 2023
In this talk, Austin will discuss underappreciated sources in the historical scholarship that shine a light on the experiences of Guaraní in the colonial Río de la Plata and Paraguay. He will discuss insights from the socio-historical records that served
Latin American and Iberian Institute
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EL GRAFEMA ‘G̃’ EN EL ALFABETO GUARANÍ, SU PERMANENCIA O SU ELIMINACIÓN

open access: yes, 2015
Este trabajo de investigación se realizó con el propósito de colaborar con la toma de decisiones acerca del grafema <g̃> del guaraní, su permanencia o eliminación en el alfabeto guaraní.
Fleitas Lecoski, Dionisio
core   +1 more source

The Case for Quantitative Frameworks in Assessing Racial and Ethnic Representation in ELT Materials

open access: yesTESOL Journal, Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This position paper addresses a critical methodological gap in research on racial and ethnic representation in English Language Teaching (ELT) materials. Despite decades of criticism regarding diversity in textbooks, researchers have largely relied on qualitative assessments without establishing quantitative frameworks for measuring ...
Derek Hopper
wiley   +1 more source

Phylogenetic classification supports a Northeastern Amazonian Proto-Tupí-Guaraní Homeland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
The question of where Proto-Tupí-Guaraní (PTG) was spoken has been a point of considerable debate. Both northeastern and southwestern Amazonian homelands having been proposed, with evidence from both archaeology and linguistic classification playing key ...
O’Hagan, Zachary   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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