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The Geographies of Latin American Social Movements Are More Than Just Territories in Resistance
ABSTRACT This article analyses social activism in Latin America in the light of its recent transformations, with an emphasis on the interactions between movements and political institutions. Based on a critical review of geographical literature, the authors argue that although the concept of territory remains relevant, it is not enough to understand ...
Juliana Nunes Rodrigues +1 more
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Indigenous clothing changes in the Andean highlands under Spanish colonialism
This article outlines a material culture approach that combines theoretical perspectives on exchange in value and the gendered body politic. This theoretical framework is applied to three elements of costume changes in the Spanish Colonial period (ca ...
Christine Beaule
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Climate Fiction and the Limits of Representation: Scale, Agency and Futurity
ABSTRACT This special issue examines the limits of representation in climate fiction. Rather than treating such limits as mere narrative failures to be overcome, the essays understand them in two related ways. They concern both the difficulties of rendering climate change apprehensible and intelligible and the limits of representation as the principal ...
Caleb Ferrari, Lenka Filipova
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Past, present and future of local crop evolution
Promoting agrobiodiversity is a promising strategy for mitigating the negative effects of climate change on global food security. We highlight the central role evolutionary processes play in harnessing the potential of local crops by integrating genomics, archaeology, ethnobotany and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).
Nataly Allasi Canales +6 more
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The Bacterial Root Microbiome in Ecuadorian Andean Maize
Elucidating the intricate interplay between microorganisms and crops, mainly maize (Zea mays), holds promise for devising agronomic interventions to augment yield, inducing defense mechanisms against pests and pathogens, and alleviating abiotic stresses.
Manoella A. Sanchez-Garnica +8 more
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Indigenous youth justice programs evaluation [PDF]
In this report, four programs that were already being implemented by states and territories and identified by them under the National Indigenous Law & Justice Framework as promising practice in diversion are examined.
Jacqueline Stewart +9 more
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Indigenous Knowledge for Development Program : Two Years Down the Road
While most African nations adopted economic policies, with a view to modernize society, and transform the productive sectors, indigenous knowledge - that could have supported this process, or offered ...
World Bank
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Social Sustainability in Circular Bioeconomy Business Models: Insights From Argentina
ABSTRACT Research on circular bioeconomy business models (CBEBM) has largely prioritised environmental and economic aspects, leaving out the social pillar. To address this gap, this paper analyses to what extent and in what ways social sustainability is integrated into CBEBM, based on 12 cases from northern Argentina, a region with high potential for ...
Celina N. Amato +2 more
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Reform and resistance: an indigenous perspective on proposed changes to the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (WA) [PDF]
This article provides a critical analysis of some of the seven proposals put forward to regulate and amend the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. Reference is made throughout to Aboriginal heritage legislation in other Australian jurisdictions. We do not
Blaze Kwaymullina +2 more
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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
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