Journal ArticleHau Journal of Ethnographic Theory · September 1, 2024
This article celebrates Katherine Verdery’s impact on the discipline of cultural anthropology through an exploration of the intersection of suspicion, empathy, and the archival imagination in ethnographic research, drawing on Verdery’s experiences during h ...
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Book · January 1, 2024
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Brewed from the dried leaves and tender shoots of an evergreen tree native to South America, yerba mate gives its drinkers the jolt of liquid effervescence many of us get from coffee or tea. In Argentina, southern “gaúcho” Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, ma ...
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Journal ArticleWiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change · March 1, 2022
Renewable sources of electricity, such as solar and wind, need to be paired with sources of reliable baseload. Hydropower is a renewable, low-emission source of electricity baseload available throughout much of the world as an alternative to electricity co ...
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Journal ArticleComparative Studies in Society and History · April 1, 2021
Yaupon (the unfortunately named Ilex vomitoria) is a holly commonly used as yard décor in the southeast United States, but many North Americans will be surprised to learn that it is the source of a stimulant tea that has been in continuous use for nearly a ...
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Chapter · January 1, 2019
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Hydropolitics is a groundbreaking investigation of the world's largest power plant and the ways the energy we use shapes politics and economics. Itaipu Binational Hydroelectric Dam straddles the Paraná River border that divides the two countries that equal ...
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Journal ArticleCurrent Anthropology · October 1, 2016
Leftist former Bishop Fernando Lugo came to power in Paraguay in 2008 with the pledge to “recover Paraguay’s hydroelectric sovereignty” from Brazil by demanding greater control of the energy and finances of Itaipú Binational Hydroelectric Dam. This article ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology · January 1, 2015
Although Paraguay produces (and exports) more hydroelectric energy per capita than any other country in the region, these resources are situated on the border with Argentina and Brazil, inflecting national energy matters with transnational complexities. Po ...
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Journal ArticleComparative Studies in Society and History · January 1, 2010
Before Najla passes me the gourd brimming with yerba mate, she makes sure to wipe the end of the metal drinking straw with the fragrant leaves of a local herbfor the flavor and to clean it she explains in her Venezuela-accented Spanish. We sit under the we ...
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