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• Migrant spatiality: Identity, belonging, and a question of diaspora 

  Lule, Liliana (2021-04-30)

  This project seeks to understand the motivations behind long-term movement into and out of the United States (U.S.) by Mexican residents, in particular those who have returned to Mexico despite established professional and ...

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• Sumak kawsay as generative of a new indigenous identity in the Amazonian region of Ecuador 

  Hughes, Mark (2020-05-03)

  The concept of sumak kawsay, a Kichwa phrase roughly translatable into English as “good living,” served multiple functions during the latter half of the twentieth century in Ecuador. It served as a shorthand expression ...

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• Urban cowboys: an examination of gaúcho identity formation in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 

  Sauls, James D (2015-04-30)

  This piece investigates the historical, economic, and social development of South America’s cowboy, the gaúcho. Situated in southern Brazil, it tracks the emergence of a particular rural way of life and the subsequent ...

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• Leveraging bargaining power under patriarchy: the economic development of post-revolutionary Cuban women 

  Ernst, Kathleen M (2015-04-30)

  This socio-historical investigation discusses education as a key contributor to women’s development in Cuba since 1959 all the while operating under a well-entrenched patriarchal backdrop. Economic indicators through labor ...

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• Social sustainability and mobility in Curitiba: bus rapid transit in the "green city" of Brazil 

  Bonicelli, Elena (2015-04-30)

  This project is an analysis of the policies, plans and programs implemented in the city of Curitiba, Brazil, in the field of public transportation and urban planning. My conclusions have instructive relevance for urban ...

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