Etnografia del trabajo.
Dr. Ana P Gutiérrez Garza presenting her Book Care for Sale: An Ethnography of Latin American Domestic and Sex Workers in London at Ciclo Conversaciones Metodológicas FLACSO México. Recording here:…
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Press Release: Peru and Covid-19. CIPCA/CAS
Peru facing rural Covid-19 disaster A disaster is looming in Peru caused by Covid-19 as thousands return to their rural homes where there are limited resources and facilities, according to research carried out at the…
Closure of the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London
At CAS we are deeply concerned about the recently announced plans to close the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICwS), both located within the School of Advanced…
HELP LAST SPEAKERS OF PERUVIAN LANGUAGES, COVID-19
The Peruvian Amazon is being hard-hit by the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. Among the most affected groups are the indigenous peoples, in particular the elderly, who in some cases may be the last speakers of the…
The UK has won the concession to undertake urgent reconstruction work still needed in Peru following the devastating caused by the El Niño Costero in 2017.
El Comercio Newspaper President Martín Vizcarra announced that the United Kingdom was the winner of the contract through which reconstruction works will be carried out in the areas affected by the El Niño Coastal…
NEW BOOK: The Politics of Memory: Urban Cultural Heritage in Brazil”, Andreza De Souza Santos
De Souza Santos, A. A. (October 2019) “The Politics of Memory: Urban Cultural Heritage in Brazil”, London: Rowman & Littlefield International. Who decides which stories about a city are remembered? How do…
WAUJA and COVID19
Covid 19 virus has now reached Xingu in Brazil. FACTUM ARTE in Spain have launched a campaign at the request of the Wauja to try and raise funds for medical supplies and to create quarantine stations across the area.…
Luis Repetto Málaga (1953-2020), Peruvian Principal Investigator on the EU-LAC-MUSEUMS
Photo: Luis Repetto, Karen Brown and Jaime Brown Thoughts and solidarity go to the family and friends of Luis Repetto Málaga, b. 1953 who passed away in Lima, Peru on 9th June 2020. Luis was the Peruvian Principal…
CAS 50th anniversary interdisciplinary networking event
CAS 50th anniversary networking event schedule On April 3rd 2019, fifteen colleagues from across disciplines at St Andrews University took part in the CAS 50th anniversary interdisciplinary networking event, sharing…
On the cover of New Scientist
Professor Sabine Hyland, of the Department of Social Anthropology, is the cover star of the latest issue of the New Scientist, which features her research decoding the ancient writing system of the Incas. Sabine has…