Derecho Indígena Colombiano
En este libro se propone un recorrido para la revisión y profundización de prácticas prehispánicas del derecho indígena. Entregar leyes, decretos, sentencias para su aplicación, recurriendo también a …
Der Habitus der brasilianischen Favelas. Ein städtischer Kulturraum?
Abstract Der Beitrag, den die in Favelas lebende Bevölkerung zum brasilianischen Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftssystem leistet, ist immens. Nichtsdestotrotz muss sie sich alltäglichen Diskriminierungen und strukturellen Ausgrenzungen widersetzen, die …
Nachwachsende Rohstoffe als Treibstoff: Brasilien als Vorbild für die Welt?
Abstract Während im Zuge der deutschen Nachhaltigkeitsdebatte kontrovers über den zehnprozentigen Ethanolanteil im E10-Benzin diskutiert wird, fahren brasilianische Fahrzeuge bereits seit Jahrzehnten mit Treibstoffen, die zu 25 bis …
The social nature of urban nature: a qualitative study linking value articulation and contested geographies in Santiago de Cali, Colombia
Abstract: This research applies “The social production of ecosystem services: A framework for studying environmental justice and ecological complexity in urbanized landscapes” (Ernstson, 2013) in the city of Santiago …
Territorio, conflictos ambientales y acción colectiva en las comunidades negras en el pacífico colombiano
Desde finales de los años 80 ́s del siglo XX las comunidades negras del pacífico colombiano emergen como un actor político en busca de la reivindicación como grupo …
O Mestre de Capoeira: fortalecendo filosofias e práticas de (re)existência negra perante desigualdades sociorraciais
Resumo: O reconhecimento da capoeira como Patrimônio Cultural Imaterial da Humanidade pela UNESCO contribui para a valorização e a visibilização dessa prática de resistência negra brasileira a nível mundial, …
(Re-) imaging Blackness in a Hybridized and Racialized Space: The Visual Landscapes of the Peruvian District of El Carmen, Chincha.
The Peruvian public sphere and popular culture constitute spaces where the prejudices and racialist conceptions of “otherness” can be depicted. The public stereotyping is based on the perceptual aftermath of …
Conference Report: Middle Classes, Protest, and Social Change in Africa and Beyond
South Africa is one of the world’s most unequal societies. Social disparities provoke massive social protests, considered to be among the most frequent worldwide. Some of these are class-based, …
Socio-cultural diversity of the African middle class. The case of urban Kenya
With this article we want to show how socio-cultural differentiation within the African middle class can be grasped conceptually and empirically. This analysis of socio-cultural difference adds a further …
Living today or saving for tomorrow? Perspectives of the Future among ‘middle-class’ milieus in Nairobi
This article examines how looking at perspectives of the Future contributes to distinguishing milieus in the “middle-classes” of urban Kenya. The rise of millions of Africans out of poverty …
Creative Inequality in the Mid-sized University City. Socio-spatial Reflections on the Brazilian Rural–Urban Interface: The Case of Cachoeira
This chapter draws attention to the ‘shadow spaces’ of the creativity paradigm: Small and mid-size cities at the fringes of the Global South that are constructed as irrelevant places …