Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
The deployment of 29 wind farms in the indigenous territories of Ikoots and Zapotecs in the Isthmus of Tetuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico is analyzed based on six dimensions: geopolitical; economic and financial inequalities; power, violence, and decision mak…
This is the Capitalocene, an age characterised by death derived from capitalism’s endless accumulation, growth, and resource exploitation. In the Capitalocene, policies dedicated to climate change mitigation are intertwined with a capitalist logic, per…
This is the Capitalocene, an age characterised by death derived from capitalism’s endless accumulation, growth, and resource exploitation. In the Capitalocene, policies dedicated to climate change mitigation are intertwined with a capitalist logic, per…
Debates about energy transition mostly focus on national policies and socioeconomic and environmental benefits; however, these processes occur in particular communities where energy transition projects have material and symbolic consequences. This arti…
Debates about energy transition mostly focus on national policies and socioeconomic and environmental benefits; however, these processes occur in particular communities where energy transition projects have material and symbolic consequences. This arti…
(Con)textos: revista d'antropologia i investigació social
Arran dels comentaris que ens va fer arribar la persona entrevistada, vam detectar que a la versió original de l’article divulgatiu «“Els antropòlegs heu de tornar a comptar calories”. Entrevista a Joan Martínez Alier», publicat al número 14 (març de 2…
El estrés es uno de los fenómenos más notorios en la actualidad y en tanto se torna crónico afecta la salud de las personas en múltiples niveles. El estrés académico afecta a los estudiantes universitarios durante su proceso de formación, repercutiendo…
The following article looks at the ethical considerations of displaying Human Remains in museums, considering both the deceased as well as the museum visitor. Using autoethnographic examples from various museum contexts, I discuss how encounters with H…
Este texto presenta una entrevista a Lelio Mármora, referente central de los estudios migratorios en América del Sur, realizada en 2019, en un contexto regional e internacional marcado por intensos debates sobre gobernanza migratoria. La conversación s…
Este artículo examina la circulación, apropiación y resignificación de la máquina de coser en el norte de Chile, centrándose en territorios salitreros e indígenas Lican Antay entre fines del siglo XIX y mediados del siglo XX. A través de una metodologí…
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This article challenges dominant conservation discourses that frame nature as pristine and separate from humans, critiquing the wilderness paradigm informing Third World environmental planning. While scientific discourses promote holistic planetary vis…
This article challenges dominant conservation discourses that frame nature as pristine and separate from humans, critiquing the wilderness paradigm informing Third World environmental planning. While scientific discourses promote holistic planetary vis…
Scholars have convincingly proposed understanding processes of tidal flooding and subsidence as questions of environmental justice: they form part of a politics of uneven urbanization, with those most responsible for causing subsidence suffering least …
Scholars have convincingly proposed understanding processes of tidal flooding and subsidence as questions of environmental justice: they form part of a politics of uneven urbanization, with those most responsible for causing subsidence suffering least …
Conservation practices in the twenty-first century are facing a critical reckoning as global biodiversity loss, climate disruption and social inequalities expose the limitations of exclusionary, top-down approaches. Nowhere is this more evident than in…
Conservation practices in the twenty-first century are facing a critical reckoning as global biodiversity loss, climate disruption and social inequalities expose the limitations of exclusionary, top-down approaches. Nowhere is this more evident than in…
Cada any, els Estats Units donen feina a gairebé dos milions de treballadors agrícoles temporers, aproximadament la meitat dels quals son migrants (Rothenberg, 1998). Aquest article es basa en un any d’observació participant duta a terme en una finca d…
La lleugeresa del dispositiu fílmic, la versatilitat de l’investigador-cineasta, el principi de no intervenció en la realitat observada i el caràcter experimental de l’enfocament etnofílmic constitueixen, d’una banda, l’expressió d’una enginyositat cie…
Les malalties cròniques representen un dels temes d’estudi prevalents en l’àmbit de l’Antropologia de la Salut, no obstant això sembla no haver-hi cabuda per a la migranya crònica, com a malaltia feminitzada, ja que afecta especialment les dones, i inv…
(Con)textos: revista d'antropologia i investigació social
This article examines the role of plants shaping the political ecology (PE) of the conservation of the Andean páramos in the Sumapaz Region in Colombia. Due to their rich biodiversity and role in the water cycle, páramos have gained major importance in…
This article examines the role of plants shaping the political ecology (PE) of the conservation of the Andean páramos in the Sumapaz Region in Colombia. Due to their rich biodiversity and role in the water cycle, páramos have gained major importance in…