Alberto Rivera
Biographic Data
| ID | 149085 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alberto Rivera |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alberto |
| FAMILY NAME | Rivera |
| SIGNATURE | RIVERA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de San Buenaventura, Bogota |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-8899-5142 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Conversations in Colombia: The Domestic Economy in Life and Text
Reasserting Community: The Social Challenge of Wastewater Management in Panajachel, Guatemala
This article assesses recent efforts in a multiethnic town in the Guatemalan highlands to address wastewater pollution, which threatens public health and tourism, the basis of the town’s economy. Reporting on an ongoing program of action research, the authors trace the erosion of traditional, Mayan civic and religious institutions that were previously responsible for maintenance of a collective waterworks infrastructure, which in recent years has…
From Car to House (Del coche a la casa)
Joint fieldwork has led the authors to question several accepted ideas of ethnographic method and theory. According to traditional wisdom, the fieldworker is a solitary figure who, acting as participant and observer, strives to overcome a gap of knowledge between her world and that of others; ethnographies are compilations, translations, and interpretations of knowable facts. In contrast to this construction, the authors' collaboration suggests t…
The search for sustainable funding systems for community initiatives
The search for sustainable funding systems for community initiatives reports on the discussions and conclusions of a workshop on loan finance for community level initiatives in land acquisition, housing construction or improvement and infrastructure and service provision. The paper also discusses the most appropriate terms and conditions for loan finance and the broader financial and institutional issues involved in its provision; and how NGOs' w…
Conversations in Colombia: The Domestic Economy in Life and Text
Conversations in Colombia: The Domestic Economy in Life and Text
Making Savings
On the first day of our fieldwork, a discussant spoke at length about “making savings” (hacer economías) and “economizing” (economizar). The need to make savings and ways of doing so entered our discussions many times after, but the construct proved difficult to place. “Making savings” applies to a diverse and changing list of practices whose connection is not immediately apparent. It also belongs to two worlds, the house and the market. Since th…
Colombian Conversations: The Strength of the Earth [and Comments and Replies]
From Car to House (Del coche a la casa)
Joint fieldwork has led the authors to question several accepted ideas of ethnographic method and theory. According to traditional wisdom, the fieldworker is a solitary figure who, acting as participant and observer, strives to overcome a gap of knowledge between her world and that of others; ethnographies are compilations, translations, and interpretations of knowable facts. In contrast to this construction, the authors' collaboration suggests t…
Colombian Conversations: The Strength of the Earth [and Comments and Replies]
Conversations in Colombia: The Domestic Economy in Life and Text
Colombian Conversations: The Strength of the Earth [and Comments and Replies]
Making Savings
On the first day of our fieldwork, a discussant spoke at length about “making savings” (hacer economías) and “economizing” (economizar). The need to make savings and ways of doing so entered our discussions many times after, but the construct proved difficult to place. “Making savings” applies to a diverse and changing list of practices whose connection is not immediately apparent. It also belongs to two worlds, the house and the market. Since th…
Conversations in Colombia: The Domestic Economy in Life and Text
Conversations in Colombia: The Domestic Economy in Life and Text
The search for sustainable funding systems for community initiatives
The search for sustainable funding systems for community initiatives reports on the discussions and conclusions of a workshop on loan finance for community level initiatives in land acquisition, housing construction or improvement and infrastructure and service provision. The paper also discusses the most appropriate terms and conditions for loan finance and the broader financial and institutional issues involved in its provision; and how NGOs' w…
From Car to House (Del coche a la casa)
Joint fieldwork has led the authors to question several accepted ideas of ethnographic method and theory. According to traditional wisdom, the fieldworker is a solitary figure who, acting as participant and observer, strives to overcome a gap of knowledge between her world and that of others; ethnographies are compilations, translations, and interpretations of knowable facts. In contrast to this construction, the authors' collaboration suggests t…
Reasserting Community: The Social Challenge of Wastewater Management in Panajachel, Guatemala
This article assesses recent efforts in a multiethnic town in the Guatemalan highlands to address wastewater pollution, which threatens public health and tourism, the basis of the town’s economy. Reporting on an ongoing program of action research, the authors trace the erosion of traditional, Mayan civic and religious institutions that were previously responsible for maintenance of a collective waterworks infrastructure, which in recent years has…
Conversations in Colombia: The Domestic Economy in Life and Text
Sociology (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Conversation (2 works) · Economy (2 works) · Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works)