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  1. 1. Ecosystems Services in swidden agriculture in the Peruvian tropical Andes : the Kechwa-Lamas farm-forestry system

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Författare :Geannine Gisset Chabaneix Portocarrero; [2023]
    Nyckelord :swidden agriculture; ecosystem services; Peru; Amazon;

    Sammanfattning : In the Amazon, life supporting services are importantly associated to forest areas. Nevertheless, the connection of ecosystem services to agricultural systems it is also of great importance, because agriculture is one of the most important causes of degradation and loss of these areas. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Development and evaluation of solar heating solutions for Villages in the highlands of Peru

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Författare :Tom Rupert Göransson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : In the Peruvian highlands, hundreds of thousands of people live in dwellings that are completely unheated. In this climate, nighttime indoor temperatures during the winter could be as low as 0°C. Indoor cold can cause thousands of respiratory diseases and increase winter mortality. LÄS MER

  4. 3. “God Lives in Peru Today” : The israelita religious movement and the transmission of faith across digital and transnational networks

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Författare :Andrea Villa Franco; [2022]
    Nyckelord :AEMINPU; religious transmission; transnationalization; embodied religious practice; modernity; AEMINPU; transmission religieuse; transnationalisation; pratique religieuse; corporalité; modernité; AEMINPU; transmisión religiosa; transnacionalización; práctica religiosa; corporeidad; modernidad;

    Sammanfattning : After emerging from the central Peruvian Andes in the 1950s, the israelita religious movement has expanded across Latin America and beyond, reaching the urban centers of the Global North. The growth of the Peruvian israelitas makes part of a regional trend that has transformed the Latin American religious field. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Anemia in the Andes - Health promotion and Ethnography in the Northern Peruvian highlands

    Magister-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Författare :Max Filip Sundqvist; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Perú; Health Promotion; Applied Anthropology; Development Anthropology; Sociology; Communication for Development; Latin America; South America; Anemia; Ethnography; Qualitative method; Rural Perú; Social Change; Neo Liberalism;

    Sammanfattning : In this study I will present an investigation conducted at two communities in the northernPeruvian highlands during the months of February and March of 2019. I applied an anthropological perspective to Communication for Development and investigated how health promotion concerning anemia was perceived by different groups (health care workers and Patients) at the communities. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Adaptive co-management for local water resilience: the case of community-led ecosystem-based adaptation in the Peruvian Andes

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Författare :Nicole Chabaneix; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Ecosystem-based adaptation EbA ; Peruvian Andes; community-led water sow and harvest WSH ; water ecosystem services;

    Sammanfattning : Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) champions the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services to help people adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. Moreover, EbA presents an exemplary opportunity to confer social-ecological resilience. LÄS MER