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CfP: Decolonising Latin Americanist Geographies
Download PDF of the call for proposal.Recent debates in Area Studies have linked the production of academic knowledge to larger paradigms of...
The Geography of Border Militarization: Violence, Death and Health in Mexico and the United States
Abstract Despite proposed increases in spending on personnel and equipment for border enforcement, the complex geography of border militarization and the violence it...
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Impactos Sociales y Ambientales de la Palma de Aceite: Perspectiva de los Campesinos en Campeche, México
The cultivation of palm oil has expanded quickly in Campeche under a model of small-scale peasant landholdings, with the intention of turning the...
Cambio climático y agricultura de pequeña escala en los Andes ecuatorianos: un estudio sobre percepciones locales y estrategias de adaptación
The tropical Andes have been declared one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to climate change. Processes of glacial decline, including...
El concepto de “paisaje” en lengua castellana: Una hipótesis geográfica de sus equivalencias en la Nueva España de los siglos XVI y XVII
The concept of landscape was defined during the 16th century in European languages. However, in Spanish, there is no known use of the...
Dibujando el “Otro Lado”: Mexican Children’s Perceptions of Migration to the United States
Based on research in the Totonacapan region in Veracruz, Mexico, we examine left-behind children’s perceptions of migration to the United States (“el otro...
After-Eden: Narratives of Nature, Degradation, and Poverty in Amazonian Discourse
In this article, I consider the environmental narratives of an Amazonian expedition at the turn of the 21st century, called Amazon Quest, a...
What Drives Downsizing of Protected Areas?: A Case Study of Amazon National Park
Researchers, NGOs, and the Brazilin government have paid significant attention to the preservation of Brazil’s natural landscapes. As a result, more than 25...