What is it about?

We explore some characteristics of international links between researchers involved in indigenous studies accross the Americas (the study covers, in a comparative manner, academics from countries such as Canada, the United States of America, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Peru)

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Why is it important?

Social studies of science have long acknowledged that several factors such as material conditions, social configurations and the histories of disciplines and fields in different countries and regions, are crucial factors for the development of particular configurations of scientific studies. Is is important to reflect on how research agendas evolve in different regions as regards indigenous peoples studies.

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I am particularly interested in fostering exchanges between scholars in the field of indigenous studies, and knowing how the field is framed and which are the features of the existing links is crucial in my perspective. This paper is part of a wider of a wider project that seeks to analyze up to what extent the selection, formulation and circulation of main lines of research concerning indigenous peoples are influenced by factors such as configurations of national anthropologies and historiographies, the links that relate different research centers, the agendas of native peoples organizations, indigenous participation in academic research (or lack thereof), and priorities in funding allocated by government agencies, private institutions and NGOs.

Dr. Celia Claudia Salomon Tarquini
National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)

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This page is a summary of: Academic knowledge about indigenous peoples in the Americas: a comparative approach about the conditions of its international circulation, Tapuya Latin American Science Technology and Society, May 2019, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/25729861.2019.1582854.
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