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Learning ignorance and illiteracy through education: reflections on highland Bolivia
Literacy is clearly more than an ability to read or write in one language, and today we talk of multiple ‘literacies’. In each case, literacy...
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“Paperwork is so important!”: processes of literacising in bureaucratic contexts in Benin and Bolivia
In both Bolivia and Benin, the state presumes that citizens can navigate its bureaucracy even if it does not provide them with the requisite literacy...
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Eroding Traditional Ecological Knowledge. A Case Study in Bolivia
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) adjusts to changes in its socioecological system (SES). We focus on understanding if and how TEK´s spiritual,...
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Chinese State Capital as a Partner for Resource-Based Structural Transformation? The Belt and Road Initiative and Downstream Linkages in Bolivia and Kazakhstan
Lee argues that outbound Chinese state capital (CSC) is distinct from global private capital in terms of a greater willingness to accommodate...
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Ancient Conflagration: a Reconstruction of a Middle Formative Fire at the Chiripa Mound, Bolivia
In this study, we assess competing interpretations of a burnt ceremonial structure from the terminal Middle Formative period (ca. 300–100 BCE) by...
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Extractive Bargains Reconciling Postcolonial Pluralism? Plural Economies in Bolivia and Ecuador
Indigenous organisations have put forth unique proposals for plural economies in Bolivia and Ecuador that have later been constitutionally recognised...
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Relationships between local soil classification and parametric suitability indexes in a community of colonizers in the Alto Beni region of Bolivia
Alto Beni, a valley of the Andean foothills of Bolivia, is inhabited by farmers who migrated from highlands less than 70 years ago. There is a need...
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Bolivia and the Second Stage of Indigenous Emergence in Latin America: Advances and Challenges
Bolivia has been at the limelight of indigenous studies at least since the National Census of 2001 declared it to be more than 60% indigenous. Built...
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Sociodemographic Differences in COVID-19 Self-Reported Symptoms by Ethnicity and Older Adults in Bolivia
The effects of COVID-19 revealed the fragility of health systems in the LAC region, with greater risk of death in older people than in younger...
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Andino-Catholic Rituals in Automobile Bolivia: Bendiciones, Ch’allas and K’oas Performed by Drivers from Chuquisaca
In the article, I explore different motorcar blessing rituals undertaken by drivers from the Bolivian region of Chuquisaca, while centering primary...
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Isotopic Investigation of Tiwanaku Mobility During the Middle Horizon: Preliminary Data from the Site of Piñami in the Cochabamba Valley of Bolivia
The pre-Incan state of Tiwanaku (ca. AD 500–1100) spanned a large portion of the South American Andes with varying degrees of connection to the...
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The Politics of Universal Health Coverage: Mechanisms in the Process of Healthcare Reform in Bolivia
This chapter explores the mechanisms sha** the progress towards universal health coverage in Bolivia. By investigating this process, unfolding in...
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The Persistence of Indigenous Silver Production in Porco, Bolivia
Technological change has interested archaeologists since the inception of the field, but persistence – particularly in a broader context of social...
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Videoclips of Prestes as New Forms of Ostentation and Exchange in La Paz, Bolivia
This essay centers on audiovisual practices and archives in popular commercial neighborhoods of the City of La Paz, Bolivia. In such neighborhoods,...
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Entrepreneurial Grannies: Migration and ‘Older Left-Behind’ in Cochabamba, Bolivia
Much of the literature on migration, including that on the ‘left-behind’, is embedded in assumptions about the youthfulness of migration. In...
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Declining Use of Totora (Schoenoplectus californicus subsp tatora) in Lake Titicaca
Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) is fast disappearing globally but the drivers of this loss are not fully understood. We present a a case study of...
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How Does Deprivation Affect Early-Age Mortality? Patterns of Socioeconomic Determinants of Neonatal and Postneonatal Mortality in Bolivia
Three mechanisms related to household living standards might affect early-age mortality: the absolute level of deprivation, its level relative to the...
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Gender Parity in Political Representation: Advancing Descriptive Representation and Confronting Challenges Permeated by Gender, Class and Ethnicity. The Case of Mexico and Bolivia
Chapters 4 and 5 address the obstacles to achieve effective political participation for all women in Latin America—a necessary step to implementing...
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Situating “el trato humano”: the role of Cuban medicine for political discussions of value in Potosi, Bolivia
This paper examines the general state of health care provision for small-scale miners in the city of Potosi, Bolivia. Then, I present an overview of...