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In defense of ecuaros and biodiversity in a Purhépecha community, Michoacán, Mexico
Corpus: Archivos Virtuales de la Alteridad Americana, 2016 This paper focuses on the importance of ecuaros (home gardens) in a Purhépecha community in the western state of Michoacán, Mexico. Despite the loss of tradition in conserving ecuaros, these systems represent a potential economic benefit for community ...
Wendy M. Harvey
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Trade-off Analysis for Sustainability Evaluation: A Case Study of the Purhepecha Region, Mexico
Outlook on Agriculture, 2006 This paper describes the use and role of trade-off analysis as a decisionmaking tool in the implementation of new technologies and sustainability evaluation. As an example, soils in the Purhepecha region in Mexico have been eroding for decades and crop residue retention has been suggested as an effective method to reduce soil loss; but it is not widely
Speelman, E.N. +4 more
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INTERCULTURALIDAD E INDIGENISMO: RETOS DE LAS POLITICAS EDUCATIVAS ANTE LA DIVERSIDAD CULTURAL
Modulema, 2018 En el presente artículo se han abordado las características particulares y distintivas de dos regiones latinoamericanas caracterizadas por ser sociedades multiétnicas y plurinacionales. El objetivo principal ha sido conocer cómo se han ido perfilando las
Sonia García Segura
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Le maïs et la mémoire bioculturelle de Mésoamérique
Revue d'ethnoécologie, 2021 Our contribution focuses on revisiting the theme of maize and the regenerative traditional agricultural system called milpa (corn-beans-squash) in its cosmogonic, cognitive, and practical context within the Mesoamerican agricultural tradition.
Víctor M. Toledo +1 more
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Antropologías del Sur, 2018 El artículo aborda los desafíos metodológicos que implica hacer etnografía de la intelectualidad étnica. Para ello, se contempla la comparación de dos trabajos de campo elaborados en diferentes áreas de estudio.
Jaime González
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Politeness strategies in a Mesoamerican language isolate: The case of P'urhepecha
Liames, 2016 Aunque la cortesía lingüística ha sido un tema de investigación desde hace varios años, todavía existen muchos idiomas que han sido escasamente considerados en esos estudios; uno de ellos es el purépecha, lengua mesoamericana aislada que aún se habla en ...
Martha Mendoza
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La socialización de los valores culturales y el desarrollo de la prosocialidad latinoamericana
Child Development Perspectives, Volume 19, Issue 4, Page 244-252, December 2025.Abstracto Estudiar la socialización infantil en múltiples culturas del mundo es importante para desarrollar teorías integrales y generalizables de la psicología del desarrollo. Investigaciones sugieren que las niñas y los niños latinoamericanos muestran niveles notablemente altos de comportamiento prosocial.
Rodolfo Cortes Barragan +1 more
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Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 671-683, May 2025.ABSTRACT Understanding soil erosion, its history and links to potential drivers such as land use (particularly agriculture and deforestation), different cultural perspectives and climate change are crucial for the development of effective management and conservation strategies.
Jahzeel Aguilera Lara, SARAH E. Metcalfe
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Indigénisme et pragmatisme au Mexique : l’expérience éducative de Carapan par Moisés Sáenz Garza
Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2010 Indigenism and Pragmatism in Mexico : the educative experience of Carapan by Moisés Sáenz Garza. The objective of this article is to shed light on the use and diffusion of certain pragmatist theses concerning the methods of the philosopher John Dewey’s ...
Philippe Schaffhauser
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Mother–child collaboration in an Indigenous community: Changing and enduring across generations
Child Development, Volume 95, Issue 6, Page 1858-1878, November/December 2024.Abstract Changes in family life related to globalization may include reduction in the collaborativeness observed in many Indigenous American communities. The present study examined longitudinal changes and continuities in collaboration in a Guatemalan Maya community experiencing rapid globalization.
Barbara Rogoff, Itzel Aceves‐Azuara
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