Drawing on extended ethnographic research conducted over the course of more than two
decades, Andrew Canessa explores the multiple identities of a community of people in the …

Recent conflict between indigenous people and a self-styled indigenous state in Bolivia has
brought to the fore some of the paradoxes and contradictions within the concept of …

Abstract In Bolivia and Ecuador the concept of Buen vivir, based on indigenous
cosmologies, has been formulated by indigenous organisations as an alternative paradigm …

The critical study of cultural heritage faces crucial challenges if it is to fully attend to
fundamental shifts in the global political economy and global approaches to heritage …

The election of Evo Morales as Bolivia's president in 2005 made him his nation's first
indigenous head of state, a watershed victory for social activists and Native peoples. El …

Since the Anthropocene era is defined by the widespread human influence on the planet, it
seems only appropriate to start here with people. The purpose of this chapter, however, is …

Since the late 1990s, resource-rich countries in the global South experienced a boom in
extractive activities and their exports of primary commodities, associated with the deepening …

This article charts and tries to reckon with the relationship between anthropology and Native
America. In an older time, most American anthropologists made their living studying Indians …

This paper examines the implications of climate crisis governance for rural communities in
the Amazon of Peru. It draws the attention to the shared political economy behind the …

The Indian Himalayan Region, a climate change hotspot, is witnessing a massive surge in
hydropower development alongside a dramatic rise in natural hazard events. This article …