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Construcciones estativas en un relato wayuu

Forma y Función, 2021
Este artículo detalla las formas y funciones de las construcciones estativas del wayuunaiki según su frecuencia de uso en el «Relato de un hombre cuya mujer murió».
Andrés Sabogal Valencia
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International humanitarian narratives of disasters, crises, and Indigeneity. [PDF]

Disasters, 2023
Narratives are a means of making sense of disasters and crises. The humanitarian sector communicates stories widely, encompassing representations of peoples and events. Such communications have been critiqued for misrepresenting and/or silencing the root causes of disasters and crises, depoliticising them.
Mosurska A, Clark-Ginsberg A, Ford J, Sallu SM, Davis K.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

AJAPÜJAWA (DREAM SPIRIT) IN THE WAYUU DEATH AND VENGEANCE RITUALS

Espaço Ameríndio, 2010
The wayuu are an Indian people of the Arawak linguistic family which lives in the Guajira Peninsula, in Northeast Colombia, on the Caribbean Sea, and the Western border of Venezuela.
Fanny Longa Romero
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Evaluating Predictors of Cognitive Impairment: Insights from a Cross‐Sectional Analysis in the Wayuu Indigenous Population [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
Abstract Background Cognitive impairment (CI) encompasses a wide range of symptoms and signs associated with a progressive decline in cognitive functions, which adversely affect the quality of life and autonomy of patients. Indigenous communities have been found to have a higher prevalence of CI and dementia.
Preciado J, Torres W, Vargas A, Pianneta Y, Medina M, Sinisterra M, Vargas J.   +6 more
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Cognitive Disparities in the Wayuu Indigenous Population: Insights from Neuropsychological Assessment [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
Abstract Background The neuropsychological profile within indigenous communities is a complex interplay of cultural, social, and environmental factors that significantly influence cognitive functioning and distinct neuropsychological patterns. The aim of this study was to assess the neuropsychological profile in the Wayuu indigenous population ...
Preciado J, Torres W, Vargas A, Pianneta Y, Medina M, Sinisterra M, Vargas J.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Health Characteristics of the Wayuu Indigenous People [PDF]

Military Medicine, 2019
Abstract Introduction The identified number of isolated populations with unique medical characteristics is growing. These populations are difficult to study. Civil-military humanitarian operations are part of our medical force readiness training, and are also a venue through which unique populations ...
Robert P, Lennon, Kristian Camilo Orduña, Lopez, Javier Andres Moreno, Socha, Fabián Eduardo García, Montealegre, Jerry W, Chandler, Nicholas N, Sweet, Lesley A, Hawley, Dustin K, Smith, Kristian E, Sanchack   +8 more
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Defensa comunitaria y culturas del terror: Crimen organizado y violencia de Estado en comunidades originarias de Guerrero, México

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 564-574, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Rich in raw materials, the state of Guerrero, Mexico, is one of the main enclaves of opium production, mineral extraction, and a focus for the multiplication of armed actors in Latin America, which, together with the overlapping of counterinsurgent violence in the past, post‐colonial violence and the militarization of the policies of the so ...
Inés Giménez Delgado
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Integrating local ecological knowledge, ecological monitoring, and computer simulation to evaluate conservation outcomes

Conservation Letters, Volume 15, Issue 6, November/December 2022., 2022
Abstract Successful conservation of long‐lived species requires reliable understanding of long‐term trends and historical baselines. We present a framework for evaluating abundance trends and conservation outcomes for long‐lived marine species by integrating local ecological knowledge (LEK), ecological monitoring, and computer simulation, tested on a ...
Michelle María Early‐Capistrán, Elena Solana‐Arellano, F. Alberto Abreu‐Grobois, Gerardo Garibay‐Melo, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Andrea Sáenz‐Arroyo, Nemer E. Narchi   +6 more
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Typology of Indigenous health system governance in Canada

Canadian Public Administration, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 561-586, December 2021., 2021
Abstract Originally established as an expression of self‐determination, Indigenous‐governed health systems now play an important role in shaping the delivery of health programs and services in Canada. Operating in very diverse geographic, political and social contexts, these Indigenous health systems are highly heterogeneous. To better understand these
Gregory P. Marchildon, Josée G. Lavoie, H. James Harrold   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

La frontera invisible del territorio Wayúu

Trans-pasando Fronteras, 2011
El territorio del pueblo autóctono Wayúu se sitúa, en la actualidad, en la frontera de Colombia y Venezuela. Las representaciones acerca de “la Gran Nación Wayúu, dónde no existe la frontera” se encuentran en textos de la literatura sociológica y ...
Eduardo Giraldo
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