Communities In Colombia Research Articles

Factors associated with Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis infection among permanent residents of three endemic areas in Colombia.

The natural habitat of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, the aetiologic agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, has not been determined. Consequently, the events leading to the acquisition of infection remain controversial. To identify factors associated with infection in endemic areas we conducted a survey in three rural communities in Colombia where we had previously diagnosed paracoccidioidomycosis in children. Permanent residents were surveyed taking into consideration environmental and occupational variables. Skin tests were used to classify subjects as infected or non-infected. Variables found associated with infection were: (i) community A: previous residence around Porce river and agriculture in vegetable gardens; (ii) community C: frequent use of specific water sources; (iii) community V: housekeeping activities, and (iv) total group: age > 25 years and contact with bats. Residents in communities with higher prevalence of infection were older, had more complex residence history, and referred more contact with armadillos than residents of communities with lower infection.

Glucose Intolerance in Colombia: A population-based survey in an urban community

To determine the prevalence of diabetes and its relationship to age and obesity in an urban community in Colombia. A cluster sample of 670 adults > or = 30 yr of age was selected from the city of Santafé de Bogotá. Classification of diabetes and IGT was according to WHO criteria. Response to the survey, conducted in 1988-1989, was 71% for men and 84% for women. Prevalence of diabetes was 7% in both sexes. Prevalence of IGT was 5% in men and 7% in women. Age-standardized prevalence of diabetes in the 30- to 64-yr age range was comparable with that reported in urban Brazilians and rural Hispanics in the U.S.. Prevalence was higher than in the white population of the U.S. but lower than in several urban U.S. Hispanic communities. Some 40% of men and 30% of women with diabetes were unaware of their condition before the survey, but all those < 50 yr of age were diagnosed previously. Glucose intolerance was associated with high BMI in men and with advancing age in both sexes. Glucose intolerance is common in this community and will likely increase in frequency in Colombians with further urbanization and population aging.

IN SEARCH FOR A COMMON PAST: ROMANCERO AND FESTIVE SONG IN THE COLOMBIAN PACIFIC LOWLANDS: A CASE STUDY: THE MUSIC OF THE FESTIVE SONGS OF BARBACOAS

The presence of romances in the oral tradition of Barbacoas, Nari?o, a predominately black community in Colombia's Pacific Lowlands, marks an unusual contrast with traditional romancero studies, in the sense that this genre has been adapted, not by the direct descendants of a given tradition, but rather, by a human group that has little in common with its original transmitters and apparently even less so with the musical system within which this genre has developed until now. The study of several religious romances that are sung today, the context in which they are sung, and their function, gives rise (as one scholar put it) to a whole new spectrum of research in regard to the diffusion of the romance and to the process of transculturation.

Epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in Colombia.

Epidemiologic studies were conducted during the period 1986-1988 in a small rural community in Colombia (El Callejon) where visceral leishmaniasis is highly endemic. In this community of 185 people, 14 cases of infantile visceral leishmaniasis were diagnosed in the 9 years 1981-1988. Leishmanin skin testing of a sample of the human residents showed that prevalence of Leishmania chagasi infection increased with age; overall, 51.2% of the subjects had a positive reaction. A canine surveillance program was instituted, using introduced sentinel dogs as well as the indigenous dog population. Eleven of 16 sentinel dogs were infected within 8 months of exposure; mean seroconversion time was 4.4 months. Eleven of 25 seronegative local dogs were also infected during the 26 month period; mean seroconversion time was 8 months. Parasites identified by isozyme electrophoresis as L. chagasi were recovered from 18 of 22 seropositive dogs. Collections of wild animals using baited live traps yielded mainly the neotropical opossum, Didelphis marsupialis. Leishmania chagasi was recovered from 12 of 37 (32.4%) opossums. Six of 681 female Lutzomyia longipalpis collected in the community had flagellates in their guts; cultures from 4 were identified as L. chagasi. These data confirmed that active parasite transmission occurred. The relatively high prevalence of L. chagasi infection found among D. marsupialis captured near human dwellings suggests that these animals may be an important peridomestic reservoir.

Effects of extended feeding of decocainized erythroxylon coca leaves on growth and selected organs in rats and rabbits

Colombia's Pacific region is a vast expanse of tropical forest that lies between the borders of Panama and Ecuador -the bulk of which is titled to Afro-descendant and Indigenous communities — increasingly subject to 'the illicit' and 'the illegal'. Coca cultivation, cocaine trafficking and gold mining are the principal activities framed as threats to the nation's security, biodiversity, and economic potential. Employing ethnographic evidence and critical geographic theory this article applies the notion of 'seeing like a state' (Scott, 1998) to the context of coca cultivation in southwest Colombia. It specifically theorizes how this mode of vision impacts Afro-descendant communities seeking legibility, sustainable peace and alternative development. This article argues that the corrective measure for this vision problem is not 'unseeing' illicit crops or other illegal activities but making rural Colombian communities legible in a way that they cannot be unseen. It features the insights of the leader of a comunidad negra (Afro-descendant community) who has managed various alternative developments projects and has witnessed the transformation of his community and others impacted by the recent coca boom in this region of Colombia. It frames these insights as part of the struggle for ethnic territorial rights throughout the Americas.

The Potter's Wheel: An Analysis of Idea and Artifact in Invention

Previous articleNext article No AccessThe Potter's Wheel: An Analysis of Idea and Artifact in InventionGeorge M. FosterGeorge M. Foster Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Volume 15, Number 2Summer, 1959 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/soutjanth.15.2.3628800 Views: 31Total views on this site Citations: 26Citations are reported from Crossref Journal History This article was published in the Southwestern Journal of Anthropology (1945-1972), which is continued by the Journal of Anthropological Research (1973-present). 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The Coyotepec "Molde" and Some Associated Problems of the Potter's Wheel

Previous articleNext article No AccessThe Coyotepec "Molde" and Some Associated Problems of the Potter's WheelGeorge M. FosterGeorge M. Foster Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Volume 15, Number 1Spring, 1959 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/soutjanth.15.1.3629004 Views: 6Total views on this site Citations: 11Citations are reported from Crossref Journal History This article was published in the Southwestern Journal of Anthropology (1945-1972), which is continued by the Journal of Anthropological Research (1973-present). PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Ina Berg The Potter’s Wheel, (Oct 2020): 8830–8843.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30018-0_3443Ina Berg The Potter’s Wheel, (Nov 2019): 1–13.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_3443-1Valentine Roux Description of the Chaînes Opératoires, (Feb 2019): 15–127.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03973-8_2Andrés Marroquín Gramajo Is Joseph Schumpeter's theory of economic development still useful? The case of a semirural community in Colombia, (Jan 2010): 77–98.https://doi.org/10.1108/S0190-1281(2010)0000030007Christopher P. Garraty Attribute-Based Seriation of Postclassic and Early Colonial Sherd Collections from the Basin of Mexico, Journal of Field Archaeology 34, no.22 (Jul 2013): 153–170.https://doi.org/10.1179/009346909791070998Carl Knappett Tradition and innovation in pottery forming technology: wheel-throwing at Middle Minoan Knossos, The Annual of the British School at Athens 94 (Sep 2013): 101–129.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068245400000538Andrew K. Balkansky, Gary M. Feinman, Linda M. Nicholas Pottery Kilns of Ancient Ejutla, Oaxaca, Mexico, Journal of Field Archaeology 24, no.22 (Jul 2013): 139–160.https://doi.org/10.1179/009346997792208258Bryan Byrne Access to Subsistence Resources and the Sexual Division of Labor Among Potters, Cross-Cultural Research 28, no.33 (Jul 2016): 225–250.https://doi.org/10.1177/106939719402800302Gary M. Feinman, Sherman Banker, Reid F. Cooper, Glen B. Cook, Linda M. Nicholas A Technological Perspective on Changes in the Ancient Oaxacan Grayware Ceramic Tradition: Preliminary Results, Journal of Field Archaeology 16, no.33 (Jul 2013): 331–344.https://doi.org/10.1179/jfa.1989.16.3.331Keith Nicklin Stability and innovation in pottery manufacture, World Archaeology 3, no.11 (Jul 2010): 13–98.https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.1971.9979490Kenneth P. Oakley An Early Bronze Age Potter’s Workshop in Crete, Antiquity 43, no.171171 (Jan 2015): 224–227.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00107665