Social Movements and Government Actions in Ecuador
Resource Radicals provides ethnographic detail that contextualizes broad, and often confusing, social and political movements common in Latin America. The book focuses largely on
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Theme: Science and the Environment
Buenos Aires, Wasteland
English + Español
Walking down Avenida Juan de Garay last week, I passed a giant black trash bag that had ballooned and burst. Orange peels, tomatoes, candy wrappers…
Water of Life
As I was conducting fieldwork in Brazil in 2014 for my recent book, about half the country was in the first year of a drought that would last through 2017. I was living in Juiz de Fora, a medium-sized city in the state of Minas Gerais, about three-hours inland from Rio…
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Landmines and Hearing Health: Overlooked Injuries in Colombia
English + Español
I was born and raised in Medellín, Colombia, at the end of the 1980s. At the time, my hometown was considered one of the most dangerous cities in the world due to widespread drug trafficking. In addition to this, my country experienced one of the largest and painful armed…
Horror of Horrors
English + Español
The keychain he gave me was a bit odd with its two decorations: the dried tail of a rabbit or some other creature and a plastic heart that read, “I Love NY.” I took the keys, thanked him for his generosity (especially considering that he thought the imminent threat of the…