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  • Hybrid healthscapes : mothers' health care and food practices in the Ecuadorian Andes

    Creator:
    Hammer, Michaela
    Abstract:
    After decades of expert-based modernization efforts that have had profound negative impacts on human and environmental health, Ecuador is currently pursuing a rights-based, participatory development paradigm known as sumak kawsay or "the good life". Despite its promises of inclusion and interculturality, this approach continues to rely on highly trained specialists,...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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  • To grow or to buy : food staples and cultural identity in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes

    Creator:
    Karnes, Daniel A.
    Abstract:
    In this era of free trade and globalization, food is traveling greater and greater distances to its consumers. This is causing small farms and small farmers all over the world to protest as their livelihood is being undercut by cheap agricultural commodities from outside their communities. In the Ecuadorian Andes,...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    , and to Maria the cutest five year old in Ecuador, for endless entertainment