Chiapas

Avances y perspectivas para la conservación de tapir centroamericano en México

by Juan Paulo Carbajal-Borges

Avances y perspectivas para la conservación del tapir centroamericano en México. Revista: Biodiversitas, CONABIO. Noviembre 2011

2009, Una experiencia zapatista : San Pedro Polho, doce años después, Mestries Francis & Pleyers Geoffrey (eds.), Los movimientos sociales. De lo local a lo global, México : UAM/Antropos, pp.231-248

by Sabrina Melenotte

Sabrina Melenotte « Una experiencia zapatista : San Pedro Polhó doce años después », Mestries Francis & Pleyers Geoffrey (eds.), Los movimientos sociales. De lo local a lo global, juin 2009, México : UAM/Antropos, pp.231-248, ISBN 978-84-7658-936-6, 267p.

Ethnography of the zapatista autonomous municipality in the Highlands of Chiapas, San Pedro Polho. Ethnography of the zapatista autonomous municipality in the Highlands of Chiapas, San Pedro Polho.

Orta Doğu ve Kimlik Temelli Çatışmaların Kaynağı Olarak Köktendincilik

by Uluslararası İlişkiler

Dan Tschirgi, "The Middle East and Religious Fundamentalism as a Source of Identity-Based Conflicts", Uluslararası İlişkiler, Cilt 2, Sayı 8 (Kış), 2005-2006

An understanding of religious fundamentalism as a source of conflict in the Middle East is significantly furthered by... more An understanding of religious fundamentalism as a source of conflict in the Middle East is significantly furthered by examining “asymmetrical threats” in other areas. This article suggests that a particular form of asymmetrical conflict (“Marginalized Violent Internal Conflict”[MVIC]) was proliferating well before September 11, 2001, and that examples appeared in Mexico and Egypt, as well as possibly in Nigeria, Chile and the Philippines. Arguing that the “War on Terrorism” may be the result of MVIC having been raised to the level of Marginalized Violent International Conflict, the author examines policy implications raised by the goal of global security.

Structure and Floristic Composition in a Successional Gradient in a Cloud Forest in Chiapas, Southern Mexico.

by Sergio López

Co-authored with: Miguel Ángel Pérez-Farrera, César Tejeda-Cruz, Rubén Martínez-Camilo, Nayely Martínez-Meléndez, Eduardo Espinoza-Medinilla and Tamara Rioja-Paradela and published in: The Dynamical Processes of Biodiversity – Case Studies of Evolution and Spatial Distribution.

Southern Mexico is well known for its high biodiversity. This biodiversity is a result of several factors like its... more Southern Mexico is well known for its high biodiversity. This biodiversity is a result of several factors like its geographic position, geographic diversity, and physiographic richness. In particular, Chiapas, Mexico's southernmost state holds seven physiographic zones, including valleys, mountain chains, plateaus, and coastal plains. Most of this biological richness is to be found in the eastern moist forest, northern mountains, central plateau, and Sierra Madre. The Sierra Madre mountain chain harbors some of the very last patches of Cloud Forest, which is one of the most endangered ecosystems both in Mexico and at a global scale. Fortunately, three existing biosphere reserves namely El Triunfo, La Sepultura and Volcán Tacaná, aim to protect and maintain this highly threatened ecosystem. As elsewhere, natural areas compete for land with human activities such as agriculture and cattle ranching, recently, climate change has added up to the list of threats. Only at El Triunfo reserve between 1983 and 1993 were lost 8,946 ha, including 5,084 ha of Cloud Forest. Our research objective, was thus, to evaluate and analyze the natural successional process in a cloud forest along a successional gradient (20-25 years old, 30-35 years old, and mature forest), and to determine the floristic composition, vegetation structure, and species replacement along this gradient.
We compared our results with several other studies on successional gradients elsewhere in the neotropics. Some Costa Rica mature forest has twice the number of species than El Triunfo. However, secondary forest in Costa Rica showed similar numbers to what we found in El Triunfo. These results suggest that secondary forest at El Triunfo could be more diverse than primary forest. The patterns on species diversity and species replacement along a successional gradient we obtained from this study would be of great help to design sound strategies for Cloud Forest restoration. This is very important since little is known on Cloud Forest dynamics and because this habitat is considered one of the most endangered all over the world.

Comparative Parasitology of Wild and Domestic Ungulates in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico

by Sergio López

We surveyed gastrointestinal and ectoparasites in wild and domestic ungulates in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico,... more We surveyed gastrointestinal and ectoparasites in wild and domestic ungulates in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, including Baird’s tapir (Tapirus bairdii), collared peccary (Pecari tajacu), white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), red brocket deer (Mazama americana), horses (Equus caballus), cattle (Bos taurus), and pigs (Sus scrofa). We collected 97 fresh fecal samples from the domestic species and 46 from the wild species and examined digestive tracts of 21 wild specimens. We identified 18 species of nematodes and 7 species of protozoans in feces and 3 nematode species, 2 trematode species, and 1 cestode species during postmortem examination. Paramphistomid infections in peccaries and deer were both prevalent and intense, representing a potential risk to populations of these ungulates. Ectoparasites included 14 species of Ixodidae and a hippoboscid. Of the endoparasites, 10 are new host records and 15 are new geographic records for Mexico. Ectoparasites included 7 new host records and 14 new geographic records for Mexico. Morisita’s similarity index revealed the greatest similarity between the 2 deer species and between the 2 peccary
species, while the greatest similarity between wild and domestic species was between B. taurus and O. virginianus. We discuss possible routes of interspecific transmission as well as the potential of the ectoparasites identified as disease vectors.

Vocabulario de Lengua Chol (México). Un Vocabulario de Marcos E. Becerra anotado por Heinrich Berlin

by Sebastian Matteo

publicado en 2008 en Wayeb.org http://www.wayeb.org/download/resources/berlin01.pdf

Flexible Looms: Weavers' Organizations in Chiapas, Mexico

by Gabriela Vargas-Cetina

1999 Urban Anthropology 28 (3-4):299-325

This paper looks at the way in which the flexibilization of the Mexican economy has been accompanied by neoliberalism... more This paper looks at the way in which the flexibilization of the Mexican economy has been accompanied by neoliberalism as its mode of regulation, and the importance macroeconomic changes have had for indigenous weavers in the state of Chiapas.  Under the new regime of flexible accumulation, old forms of work are making a comeback.  With the help of non-indigenous advisors, indigenous organizations are adapting to the new times. Using examples from the field, this paper examines the opportunities and constraints weavers' cooperatives are facing in Chiapas, under flexible accumulation capitalism.

Melodías Híbridas: Música y Músicos en San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas

by Gabriela Vargas-Cetina

2000, Nueva Antropología 57:69-87

Utilizando ideas sugeridas por Donna Haraway sobre cyborgs y mundos posibles como objetos e instrumentos de poder, y... more Utilizando ideas sugeridas por Donna Haraway sobre cyborgs y mundos posibles como objetos e instrumentos de poder, y basándome en el interface windows como herramienta heurística, presento aquí una etnografía de la actividad musical en San Cristóbal enmedio de las tensiones étnicas prevalentes en la ciudad.  Los músicos aparecen así como circunscritos a ventanas que, sin embargo, pueden abrirse, cerrarse y combinarse de múltiples maneras.  A través del meloborg, un híbrido conceptual entre el cyborg y la música, muestro las circunstancias en las que los bordes de las ventanas se rigidizan, según las tensiones étnicas en la ciudad, o se flexibilizan, cuando estas tensiones se relajan.

Postcolonial Sites and Markets: Indigenous Organizations in Chiapas, Mexico

by Gabriela Vargas-Cetina

Published in 'Tamara: Journal of Critical Postmodern Organization Science', Vol 1(3), 2001:68-79.

This article discusses different forms of misrecognition regarding indigenous people in Chiapas.  it is based on... more This article discusses different forms of misrecognition regarding indigenous people in Chiapas.  it is based on the author's extensive fieldwork with Chiapas organizations between 1995 and 1999, and questions the idea that postcolonials' participation in the geography (the writing of the world) could transform current power structures.  Indigenous organizations have to adjust their everyday operations to those perceptions from which indigenous people are 'others' who live in a realm different from non-indigenous everyday life.  The paper calls attention to the ways in which misrecognition affects the markets and the long-term viability of indigenous organizations in Chiapas.

Anthropology and Cooperatives. From the Community Paradigm to the Ephemeral Association in Chiapas, Mexico

by Gabriela Vargas-Cetina

2005 Critique of Anthropology, Vol. 25, No. 3, 229-251

This article, inspired by June Nash’s provocative vision of postmodern times in Chiapas, looks at how anthropologists... more This article, inspired by June Nash’s provocative vision of postmodern times in Chiapas, looks at how anthropologists have traced the changing nature of  grassroots organizations to suggest that we need to see cooperatives and other local organizations in a new way, as ephemeral associations. Through the example of how the cooperative imaginary has informed different development programs in Mexico’s recent history, from the early cooperative movement in the 19th  century to the 21st century, it explores the idea that the institutional arrangements of the recent past have given way to a state of constant flux. A new  volatility is at the heart of both the organizations and their surrounding environment, so that local organizations now have to re-invent themselves  constantly, to keep up with global and local changes. Through a case study of weavers’ cooperatives in Chiapas, the article points at their internal  flexibility and fragility in the current climate of little support for the projects and activities of rural producers and the urban poor.