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Recientemente ha aumentado el interés del gran público por el trabajo forense, un tema apasionante al que el lector se aproxima con frecuencia a través del cine, y que resulta especialmente cercano a

This is a comprehensive introduction to the four fields of general anthropology. It includes a meticulous updating of research and scholarship, especially in the very active fields of physical anthro

A Sociology of Food and Nutrition: The Social Appetite explores the socio-cultural, political, economic and philosophical facts influencing food production, distribution and consumption. This interdisciplinary text encourages students to question, reflect and apply their understanding of health and nutrition. The fourth edition explores current trends in the sociological study of food including alcohol consumption and production, world hunger and food labelling.

Muddying the divide between land and water This interdisciplinary collection delves into the experiences and meanings of life in environments where water levels and availability are in constant flux Amphibious Anthropologies brings together a global set of case studies from Italy s historic marshes to the tidal pools of the Bahamas to show how living with unpredictable wetness has become crucial in the age of climate crisis The book introduces amphibious anthropologies as a framework to challenge the dichotomy of water and land and interrogate spaces marked by rapid and profound environmental change It brings to light the everyday creativity and uncertainty in wet environments like California s Salton Sea and India s North Bihar floodplain Engaging with disciplines like anthropology geography and STS this work offers a timely discourse on environmental change and resilience

When spirits guard forests, conservation becomes revolution - and liberation grows from the soilIn 2011 Myanmar emerged from what was by some counts the longest ongoing war in the world. Amid the flurry of ceasefires and constitutional reforms, Indigenous communities moved to reterritorialize land that was fiercely contested in the preceding decades of conflict. In southeast Myanmar, the Indigenous people of Karen State, activists, and revolutionaries transformed their war-torn land into the Salween Peace Park - a conservation area that is home not only to endangered species like tigers and gibbons but also to territorial spirits and ancestors.Set in the highlands of the Myanmar-Thai border, Possessed Landscapes introduces a world where land is understood as both spiritually inhabited and politically claimed. Pwakanyaw cosmologies blur boundaries between human and more-than-human ownership, presence, and possession. Anthropologist Tomas Cole's concept of more-than-human political ecology captures the nuanced, playful, and often deeply strategic ways in which local communities negotiate power, land, and identity amid civil war and state violence. Through vibrant ethnography and grounded political analysis, Cole illuminates how Indigenous Karen communities and their allies are defining conservation, autonomy, and peace building on their own terms.A case study in reimagining sovereignty through ecological stewardship, Possessed Landscapes is essential reading for scholars and practitioners in anthropology, environmental humanities, and peace and conflict studies, as well as anyone seeking to understand how revolutionary politics and conservation can be inseparably entwined.