Este libro presenta estudios paradigmaticos sobre los pueblos kolla, omaguaca, aymara, guarani, diaguita, calchaqui, toba-qom y mapuche, que habitan en la Argentina en comunidades rurales o bien como originarios urbanos en la metropoli de Buenos Aires y las comunidades originarias de Chiapas (Mexico).
Este libro examina criticamente las principales teorias de la cultura de los ultimos anos del siglo XX y las que se estan elaborando: la etnografia multisituada neo-posmoderna, las multiples encarnaciones del evolucionismo y el retorno insolito de la etnografia boasiana, puesta al dia por las epistemes de Foucault y por un espeso sentimiento de correccion politica.
The Human Skeleton: The Basics provides an accessible overview of the basic characteristics of the human skeleton that can be used to understand the life and (sometimes) death of persons represented only by their skeletons.
Ruinas jesuiticas, paisajes de la memoria explora el derrotero seguido por las misiones jesuiticas de guaranies desde su fundacion, en los siglos XVII y XVIII, hasta la actualidad.
Consuming Ocean Island tells the story of the land and people of Banaba, a small Pacific island, which, from 1900 to 1980, was heavily mined for phosphate, an essential ingredient in fertilizer.
Networks of Belonging examines how digitally networked communication technologies create spaces of belonging for people of refugee and migrant backgrounds in resettlement contexts, focusing on Australia.
Consuming Ocean Island tells the story of the land and people of Banaba, a small Pacific island, which, from 1900 to 1980, was heavily mined for phosphate, an essential ingredient in fertilizer.
Binational cities play a pivotal role in situations of long-term conflict, and few places have been more marked by the tension between intimate proximity and visceral hostility than Jaffa, one of the "e;mixed towns"e; of Israel/Palestine.
"e;A traves de un primoroso analisis etnografico ingresamos de lleno al 'mundo cana', un entramado de actores, actividades y saberes que conforman el trabajo cotidiano del canero y lo desbordan en lazos familiares y practicas comunitarias, territorios existenciales y modos -tan subalternos como soberanos- de ganarse la vida rural en el Mexico contemporaneo.
Miskwabik, Metal of Ritual examines the thousands of beautiful and intricate ritual works of art-from ceremonial weaponry to delicate copper pendants and ear ornaments-created in eastern North America before the arrival of Europeans.
Unravels the complexity of pervasive mistrust across the primary medical sectors of Niger Negotiating Mistrust examines a wide diversity of patients and healers-and interactions between them-in Niamey, Niger through the analytical prism of mistrust.
This charming account of life in Appalachia at the turn of the century is one of the three most important books from the early twentieth century that, as Dwight Billings writes in his foreword, have "e;had a profound and lasting impact on how we think about Appalachia and, indeed, on the fact that we commonly believe that such a place and people can be readily identified.
Greek vases and Peruvian bottles, Chinese bronzes and African masks, Tel Brak idols and Egyptian tomb paintings-artifacts ancient and modern reveal man's universal fascination with the eye and his awe before its mysterious powers.
This fully revised seventh edition of Kinship and Gender: An Introduction explores kinship in today's globalized, increasingly mobile world, and how family structures continue to influence the varied roles that men and women play in different cultures.
This edited volume explores the ways in which the object biography or object itinerary approach could be adapted to frame research on animate objects, such as plants and gardens in transcultural contexts.
A Visual Atlas of Skeletal Growth and Development provides professionals, practitioners, and students with a single resource that visually illustrates the skeletal growth and development of individual human bones from birth until skeletal maturity.
Exploring Anthropology through Folklore and Mythology is a comprehensive textbook which examines how people around the world express themselves culturally, and how these practices provide a window into the diversity of human culture.
Bei Hitze, Hagel, Kälte oder Trockenheit, als Mittel zur Brandbekämpfung und Abwendung von Wassergefahren hielt man Hostien für allgegenwärtig und allmächtig.
Nutraceuticals and bioactive compounds are gaining increased attention from scientists, industry professionals, and consumers for their significant biological functions and health benefits beyond basic nutrition.
In Land of Famished Beings, Sophie Chao examines how Indigenous Marind communities understand and theorize hunger in lowland West Papua, a place where industrial plantation expansion and settler-colonial violence are radically reconfiguring ecologies, socialities, and identities.
Long recognized as a classic account of the early Spanish efforts to convert the Indians of Peru, Father De Arriaga's book, originally published in 1621, has become comparatively rare even in its Spanish editions.
Exploring the role of food in enabling people with convictions to live a "e;good life"e;, this book examines the tangible ways in which growing food, cooking, and eating together has the potential to be both transformative and small steps incremental in facilitating desistance journeys for people with convictions.
Presenting a rich collection of insights into investment by foreign corporations into different types of cities around the world, Foreign Direct Investment and Cities uses original and revelatory case studies to help readers to turn theory into practice.
Esta publicación contiene investigaciones de campo que se desarrolló principalmente en Madrid – España, donde durante dos años – 2004 y 2005 – se siguió el rastro y se estableció contacto con varias personas de la comunidad kichwa-otavaleña de Madrid.
En el marco del "Año internacional de los Afrodescendientes", el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio e Integración (MRECI), la Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (OEI) y la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (UPS), organizaron el Encuentro Internacional de Reflexión y Participación AL OTRO LA'O DE LA RAYA (Quito, 12 – 13 de diciembre de 2011) cuyo objetivo fue la recuperación de la memoria y fortalecimiento de la identidad de los pueblos afrodescendientes en zonas de frontera.
La comuna Montañita – conocida internacionalmente por sus playas donde se practica el surf, y por su fama "fiestera" que atrae grandes flujos turísticos todo el año –, ha tenido grandes cambios durante las últimas cinco décadas.
