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22 p, 1.2 MB Changes in adult well-being and economic inequalities : An exploratory observational longitudinal study (2002-2010) of micro-level trends among Tsimane', a small-scale rural society of Indigenous People in the Bolivian Amazon / Godoy, Ricardo (Brandeis University. Heller School for Social Policy and Management) ; Bauchet, Jonathan (Purdue University. Department of Agricultural Economics) ; Behrman, Jere R. (University of Pennsylvania. Departments of Economics and Sociology) ; Huanca, Tomás (Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Socio-Integral (Bolivia)) ; Leonard, William R. (Northwestern University. Department of Anthropology) ; Reyes-García, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Rosinger, Asher (Pennsylvania State University. Department of Anthropology) ; Tanner, Susan (University of Georgia. Department of Anthropology) ; Undurraga, Eduardo A. (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Escuela de Gobierno) ; Zycherman, Ariela (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Knowing what happens over time to the lifeways of people in contemporary small-scale non-industrial societies of the rural Global South matters because it helps assess changes in the quality of life of underrepresented groups. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106518
World development, Vol. 176 (April 2024) , art. 106518  
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11 p, 237.5 KB Moving beyond a snapshot to understand changes in the well-being of native Amazonians : panel evidence (2002-2006) from Bolivia / Godoy, Ricardo (Brandeis University. Heller School for Social Policy and Management) ; Reyes-García, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Gravlee, Clarence C. (University of Florida. Department of Anthropology) ; Huanca L., Tomás (Centro Boliviano de Investigación y de Desarrollo Socio Integral) ; Leonard, William R. (Northwestern University. Department of Anthropology) ; McDade, Thomas W. (Northwestern University. Department of Anthropology) ; Tanner, Susan (University of Georgia. Department of Anthropology) ; TAPS Bolivia Study Team
Forces such as the opening of trade, globalization, multinational corporate resource extraction, urbanization, acculturation, and colonization catalyze economic, ecological, and sociocultural change, which can threaten the well-being and habitat of native Amazonians. [...]
2009 - 10.1086/599983
Current anthropology, Vol. 50, núm. 4 (2009) , p. 563-573  
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9 p, 265.9 KB Evaluating indices of traditional ecological knowledge : a methodological contribution / Reyes-García, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Vadez, Vincent (Brandeis University (Waltham, Estats Units d'Amèrica)) ; Tanner, Susan (Northwestern University. Department of Anthropology (Evanston, Estats Units d'Amèrica)) ; McDade, Thomas (Northwestern University. Department of Anthropology (Evanston, Estats Units d'Amèrica)) ; Huanca, Tomás (Brandeis University (Waltham, Estats Units d'Amèrica)) ; Leonard, William R. (Northwestern University. Department of Anthropology (Evanston, Estats Units d'Amèrica))
Background: New quantitative methods to collect and analyze data have produced novel findings in ethnobiology. A common application of quantitative methods in ethnobiology is to assess the traditional ecological knowledge of individuals. [...]
2006 - 10.1186/1746-4269-2-21
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, Vol. 2, N. 21 (April 2006) , p. 1-9  
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11 p, 298.6 KB Is there a divide between local medicinal knowledge and Western medicine? : A case study among native Amazonians in Bolivia / Calvet Mir, Laura (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Reyes-García, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Tanner, Susan (University of Georgia. Department of Anthropology)
Background: Interest in ethnomedicine has grown in the last decades, with much research focusing on how local medicinal knowledge can contribute to Western medicine. Researchers have emphasized the divide between practices used by local medical practitioners and Western doctors. [...]
2008 - 10.1186/1746-4269-4-18
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, Vol. 4, N. 18 (August 2008) , p. 1-11  
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10 p, 141.2 KB Human's cognitive ability to assess facial cues from photographs : a study of sexual selection in the Bolivian Amazon / Undurraga, Eduardo A. (Brandeis University (Waltham, Estats Units d'Amèrica). Heller School for Social Policy and Management) ; Eisenberg, Dan T. A. (Northwestern University (Evanston, Estats Units d'Amèrica). Department of Anthropology) ; Magvanjav, Oyunbileg (Brandeis University (Waltham, Estats Units d'Amèrica). Heller School for Social Policy and Management) ; Wang, Ruoxue (Brandeis University (Waltham, Estats Units d'Amèrica). Department of Psychology) ; Leonard, William R. (Northwestern University (Evanston, Estats Units d'Amèrica). Department of Anthropology) ; McDade, Thomas W. (Northwestern University (Evanston, Estats Units d'Amèrica). Department of Anthropology) ; Reyes-García, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Nyberg, Colleen (Northwestern University (Evanston, Estats Units d'Amèrica). Department of Anthropology) ; Tanner, Susan (University of Georgia (Athens, Estats Units d'Amèrica). Department of Anthropology) ; Huanca, Tomás (Centro Boliviano de Investigación y de Desarrollo Socio Integral (San Borja, Bolívia)) ; Godoy, Ricardo A. (Brandeis University (Waltham, Estats Units d'Amèrica). Heller School for Social Policy and Management) ; Tsimane' Amazonian Panel Study (TAPS). Bolivia Study Team
Background: Evolutionary theory suggests that natural selection favors the evolution of cognitive abilities which allow humans to use facial cues to assess traits of others. The use of facial and somatic cues by humans has been studied mainly in western industrialized countries, leaving unanswered whether results are valid across cultures. [...]
2010 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0011027
PloS one, Vol. 5, Issue 6 (June 2010) , p. e11027  
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2 p, 177.0 KB Jove i participatiu : requisits del nou model de transmissió cultural / Reyes-García, Victoria (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats) ; Molina, José Luis (Molina González) (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Antropologia Social i Cultural) ; Broesch, James ; Calvet Liñan, Laura (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Antropologia Social i Cultural) ; Huanca, Tomás (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Antropologia Social i Cultural) ; Saus, Judith (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Antropologia Social i Cultural) ; Tanner, Susan ; Leonard, William R ; McDade, Thomas W.
La imitació com a mètode d'aprenentatge humà mai ha estat un procés simple. L'evolució cultural de l'espècie humana que d'ella es deriva segueix arrelada a una actitud selectiva -els models escollits es caracteritzen per ser individus amb prestigi-, però sembla ser que aquesta reputació ja no recau en els mateixos de sempre. [...]
La imitación como método de aprendizaje humano nunca ha sido un proceso simple. La evolución cultural de la especie humana que de ella se deriva sigue arraigada a una actitud selectiva -los modelos escogidos se caracterizan por ser individuos con prestigio-, pero parece ser que esa reputación ya no recae en los mismos de siempre. [...]
Imitation as a method of human learning has never been a simple process. The cultural evolution of the human species based on this method continues to be established in a selective attitude - the selected models are characterized for being prestigious individuals. [...]

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UAB divulga, Novembre 2008, p. 1-2
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27 p, 114.0 KB Maternal ethnobotanical knowledge is associated with multiple measures of child health in the Bolivian Amazon / McDade, T. W. (Northwestern University. Institute for Policy Research. The Center on Social Disparities) ; Reyes-García, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Blackinton, P. (Northwestern University. Department of Anthropology) ; Tanner, Susan (University of Georgia. Department of Anthropology) ; Huanca, T. (Brandeis University. Sustainable International Development Program. Heller School for Social Policy and Management) ; Leonard, William R (Northwestern University. Department of Anthropology)
Culture is a critical determinant of human behavior and health, and the intergenerational transmission of knowledge regarding the use of available plant resources has historically been an essential function of culture. [...]
2007 - 10.1073/pnas.0609123104
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America (PNAS), Vol. 104, Núm. 15 (2007) , p. 6134-6139  

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