The objective of the present investigation was to document and analyze the traditional knowledge of the native fauna in the community of Tetelpa, municipality of Zacatepec, Morelos. Diverse ethnozoological techniques, such as snowball sampling, were applied; 50 semi-structured interviews were carried out as well as guided tours to determine the kno...
Published in Open Cultural Studies
How is it possible to understand a specific cultural determination of human praxis, especially the productive and consumptive one, without falling into ethnologising human subjects in their everyday forms of reproduction, or construct biological fixations? The former senior faculty of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Bolívar Echev...
Background and Aims: The tropical deciduous forest (TDF) stands out for its utilitarian value, although the information related to the use of plants by mestizo communities is limited. This research describes the use value and the ecological importance of native TDF secondary tree species near peasant communities in Villa Allende Forest Reserve, Chi...
This article examines the development of the common property housing cooperatives model in Puerto Rico, and discusses how the cooperative movement promoted a public policy for the transformation of such into a regime based on the individual ownership of the housing units by the cooperative members. By doing that, Puerto Rican cooperative movement s...
The trade in wild birds is an activity that has been practiced since pre-Hispanic times and that still persists today. It has been suggested that this activity has resulted in a decrease in local populations of some species. The aim of this work was to identify the species of wild birds that are commercialized and assess their importance within loc...
Cet article explore un parallèle entre deux innovations fondatrices des épistémès contemporaines, celles de Marx et de Saussure, en constatant l’isomorphisme entre les concepts de valeur d’usage et de signifiant. Après un rapide repérage de l’emploi du terme « valeur d’usage » dans la tradition marxiste, on examine la valeur d’usage comme corps, pl...
The research was carried out in two ejidos, Alta Cima and San José, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, from December 2012 to March 2016. Objectives: a) to determine the wealth of useful plants; b) to calculate the level of preference of inhabitants regarding these; and c) to define priorities for conservation and sustainable exploitation through socioecon...
In questo articolo si intende studiare il processo di formazione delle identità personali dei forzati e degli schiavi delle galere a Napoli alla fine del XVI secolo, confrontadolo con dati relativi al Regno di Valencia al principio del XVII. In quella fase storica Napoli e Valencia erano certamente due tra i principali nodi commerciali e mercati de...
Published in Frontiers in Pharmacology
Medicinal plants are important treasures for the treatment of different types of diseases. Current study provides significant ethnopharmacological information, both qualitative and quantitative on medical plants related to children disorders from district Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province of Pakistan. The information gathered was quantitativ...
Cet article examine le processus d’émergence de la valeur d’usage. Après le rappel de la distinction entre valeur d’échange et valeur d’usage, il montre que cette dernière émerge de la relation interactive entre les possibilités d’action d’un objet et la compétence d’un sujet. Tout objet apparaît comme un médiateur entre le monde naturel et la sens...
