Edith Kauffer
Biographic Data
| ID | 1532985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edith Kauffer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edith |
| FAMILY NAME | Kauffer |
| SIGNATURE | KAUFFER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centro de Investigación y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4238-9782 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Les marchés du sable, entre dynamiques globales et locales au Mexique: Extraction, interconnexions et régulations croisées
La demande exponentielle de sable dans le monde au cours des dernières décennies a stimulé son extraction et a favorisé les échanges. À la suite de Wolf, qui analyse les flux et la circulation des marchandises dans le temps et dans l’espace ainsi que la création d’interconnexions dans le contexte de l’essor du capitalisme, je propose d’analyser le sable en tant que pilier actuel du système capitaliste, les dynamiques de son extraction et les marc…
Some food for thought: Can we simultaneously balance food systems and diets
Food systems are seemingly characterized by inherent trade-offs including, but not limited to, (1) the need for sufficient food production vs. conservation of lands, biodiversity, and natural resources (especially water), (2) the protection of economic viability for producers vs. the availability of affordable yet diversified and nutritious food for consumers, (3) the need for technologies to support food exports vs. the negative social and clima…
How can we fix food systems that are “broken” by choice
According to United Nations (UN) Secretary General, António Guterres “Broken food systems are not inevitable. They are the result of choices we have made. There is more than enough food in the world to go around. More than enough money to fund efficient and sustainable food systems to feed the world, while supporting decent work for those who grow the food we eat” (United Nations, n.d.). Somehow, unsustainable food systems have become commonly ac…
Acción colectiva en tiempos de Covid19: Agenciamiento de mujeres chiapanecas migrantes ante la violencia de género
El objetivo del artículo es analizar los distintos procesos de agenciamiento de mujeres migrantes del campo a la ciudad que mediante una estrategia de acción colectiva sentaron las bases de una solidaridad femenina ante situaciones de violencia de género durante la pandemia de COVID 19 en San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México. Mediante una metodología de investigación-acción-participativa, realizamos entrevistas semiestructuradas, acompañam…
Gender and sand extraction in the Usumacinta River basin
Globally, sand and gravel are the second most extracted natural resources by volume after water. Despite that, knowledge about social and gender implications of sand-supply systems is limited. Here we aimed to advance the understanding of practices and gender relations in sand mining at male and female spaces in the Usumacinta River basin in Mexico and Guatemala. Drawing from desk and field research carried out in 79 locations on the riverbanks o…
Five urgent questions related to regional water governance
Between the time when the editors’ note below was written and this issue of Regions & Cohesion went to press, Hurricane Otis battered Acapulco and surrounding villages or communities in Guerrero, Mexico, with sustained winds of 266 km/h — and even stronger gusts hitting up to 330 km/h. Regions & Cohesion has published numerous articles on socioenvironmental sustainability in Acapulco, and a research team from the Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero …
La política climática mexicana en la cuenca del río Usumacinta (1992–2018)
Since 2005, Mexico has developed a national climate policy aligned with internationally defined parameters. In this article, we analyze the vertical and horizontal coherences in the process of institutionalization of climate policy during the period 1992–2018 in the Usumacinta River Basin, based on the review of laws and actions implemented at national scale, as well as by the federal states and municipalities. The analysis shows vertical coheren…
Enhancing challenged integration: Stability, security, and governance
The editorial team at Regions & Cohesion welcomes 2023 with a reflection on the challenges of regional integration at diverse scales, from international relations to very local places and in disparate political arenas. Regional organizations are generally criticized at the moment for a lack of responsiveness to citizen concerns. Our Editors’ Notes over the last two years have highlighted the need for more resilient regionalism that responds to th…
Policy innovation through local, sustainable development evaluation
The global political agenda has included some high-profile environmental summits over the past few months. Three of these events stand out. The 2022 United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, was held from 6–20 November 2022. This was followed from 7–19 December 2022 by the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montréal, Canada, and the UN-Water Summit at UN Headquarters in New York City from 22–24 March 2023. Of these three…
The adoption of global water norms in Central America: What separates normative coherence from normative hegemony
Is the “new normal” a return to inertia and inequalities
Since 2020, the editorial team at Regions & Cohesion has engaged these editors’ notes as a way to highlight the relevance of the socio-economic research published in the journal for our understanding of current events. We have specifically embraced discussions on the COVID-19 pandemic from the point of view of the social construction of vulnerability and risk. Our editors’ notes have focused on the relationship between development strategies and …
Leadership and development: Inclusiveness, education, and sustainability (Ladies)
Since the Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion-Social Elevation (RISC-RISE) was founded in 2007 (RISC at the time), it has been characterized by two important traits: (1) a commitment to the principle of leadership within discussions of sustainable development; and (2) the presence of strong women leaders in the consortium’s governance structures and scientific initiatives. Neither RISC-RISE nor Regions …
Between colonising waters and extracting forest fronts: Entangled eco-frontiers in the Usumacinta River Basin
The eco-frontier concept has addressed the processes of certain territories that are subject to ecological concern and appropriation of different actors. This study approaches the underexplored interaction with the frontier. The article sharpens the focus on the relations between the eco-frontier and the frontier as both a naturally rich periphery with importance to political centres and as an advancing front. The research discusses empirical res…
Rosa Torras Conangla. Colonización y colonialidad en una selva de frontera. La cuenca campechana del río Candelaria (siglos XIX y XX). Mérida: Unam, 2019: 157 pp
De las selvas de las fronteras a las fronteras de las selvas una historia de ros y de fronteras entrelazadas La obra Colonizacin y colonialidad en una selva de frontera.La cuenca campechana del ro Candelaria (siglos xix y xx), de Rosa Torras Conangla aborda las movilidades, la tenencia de la tierra y las construcciones territoriales en un espacio caracterizado por dos realidades: las selvas y las fronteras mltiples en un entrelazamiento de relaci…
Building resilience beyond the crisis
April 2021 is here, one year and a month after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a state of emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic. The vaccines have arrived, bringing us closer to the end of this crisis, but COVID-19 is not gone; therefore, the call for action remains relevant. We want to take this opportunity to remember and embrace the emphasis that has been put on the need for joint efforts and coordinated strategies, so we can thrive…
Hidroextractivismo en la cuenca del Usumacinta: Entre dinámicas transfronterizas y diferenciaciones fronterizas / Hydroextractivism in the Usumacinta river basin: among transboundary dynamics and bord…
Partiendo de una reflexión teórica sobre el extractivismo, el artículo desarrolla una tipología que evidencia a la vez las características del hidroextractivismo y su profunda diversidad. ¿Qué entendemos por hidroextractivismo y cuáles son sus componentes? ¿Cuáles son las expresiones del hidroextractivismo en la cuenca transfronteriza del río Usumacinta? ¿Cuál es la relación con lo fronterizo y transfronterizo en este escenario? Para contestar a …
The Mexico–Guatemala Border During Covid-19: From Open Border to New Assemblage
The dynamics at the Mexican–Guatemalan border drastically changed from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper deals with these transformations and tries to evidence a new assemblage that has resulted. The rationale that prevailed until the beginning of 2020 between Mexico and Guatemala was a south-north selective open border derived from migratory controls applied to travelers according to their citizenship and their US or Canadian mi…
Dinámicas territoriales en torno a la construcción de la presa Malpaso, Chiapas (1960-2011): Construir, trabajar y permanecer
El presente trabajo muestra cómo la construcción de una presa, en este caso la presa Malpaso en Chiapas, produjo dinámicas territoriales no previstas por la institución que auspició su construcción. A partir de entrevistas realizadas a los habitantes de Raudales Malpaso, y de la consulta de archivos e informes, principalmente de la Comisión del Río Grijalva, observamos que cada uno de los actores involucrados presentó dinámicas de apropiación ter…
Ten years of re-thinking regions from citizens’ perspectives
The year 2020 has been challenging due to the different overlapping crises related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is difficult to celebrate amidst the awareness of the worst global suffering in generations. Nonetheless, we consider ourselves extremely fortunate to commemorate ten years of Regions & Cohesion . It is not lost on us that our commemoration occurs amidst the above-cited crises. The inaugural issue of Regions & Cohesion (2011) was entitl…
An integrated framework for harmonizing definitions of deforestation
Transboundary river basins, their hidden realities
A World Family Portrait is a joint project of the Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion (RISC) and Regions & Cohesion. It aims to promote interdisciplinary and cross-cultural communication through images and essays on the different faces of humanity, including, but not limited to, our similarities and our differences, our strengths and our weaknesses, our hopes and our concerns, our legacies and our aspir…
Cross-border basins today and forever
This note presents an account of transboundary basins on a global and regional scale throughout history. The authors introduce the special section on transboundary basins, presenting their constant increase and profound complexity. Regions & Cohesion has shown a permanent interest in this subject, from its first publications and, in particular, with the 2014 special issue that addressed different theoretical, methodological, and case studies in d…
La gestion partagée des bassins hydrographiques transfrontaliers en Mésoamérique, source d'innovation dans la gouvernance de la coopération
Cet article analyse les dynamiques de conflits et de coopération observables sur les bassins hydrographiques transfrontaliers, à travers des exemples pris dans la région mésoaméricaine (sud du Mexique et Amérique centrale). La gestion partagée de ces bassins constitue un enjeu majeur pour les frontières concernées. Il s'agit ici de questionner la dimension politique et sociale de la gestion des bassins transfrontaliers tant à travers les initiati…
Género, desarrollo y políticas públicas: La doble discrepancia de las aristas del poder
[Full article is in Spanish] English: Presently, international development organizations have adopted gender perspectives in all policy spheres as a transversal approach as a result of a process that has transited through different foci since the 1950s. Nonetheless, different studies have highlighted the fact that implementation is limited beyond the recurring discourses of governments, non-governmental organizations and funding agencies. We can …
Entre conflictos y cooperación
En la actualidad, las cuencas transfronterizas ocupan cada vez más la atención no solamente de políticos, sino de académicos. La llamada crisis del agua se manifi esta por una presión creciente sobre las cantidades de agua disponibles y una paulatina contaminación del recurso, las cuales se traducen en tensiones y confl ictos en diversas escalas, desde lo local hasta lo internacional. En el caso de las cuencas transfronterizas en particular, el h…
Género, desarrollo y políticas públicas: La doble discrepancia de las aristas del poder
[Full article is in Spanish] English: Presently, international development organizations have adopted gender perspectives in all policy spheres as a transversal approach as a result of a process that has transited through different foci since the 1950s. Nonetheless, different studies have highlighted the fact that implementation is limited beyond the recurring discourses of governments, non-governmental organizations and funding agencies. We can …
Cuencas transfronterizas y gestión del agua: Estados y actores sociales, entre conflictos y cooperación. Guest Editors: Edith Kauffer and Lucile Medina
This article explores the apparent paradox of the simultaneity of conflicts and cooperation in transboundary rivers basins in Central America and Southern Mexico. It documents diverse relationships among a plurality of local and national actors as well as reciprocal influences within decision-making processes in the context of events that have taken place in the Lempa and Usumacinta watersheds since 2010. A key point of this reflection is the pas…
Le Mexique et l’eau: De La Disponibilité Naturelle Aux Différents Types De Rareté
Le Mexique peut être considéré comme un pays divisé en deux grands territoires lorsque l’on aborde le thème de l’eau. La Commission Nationale de l’Eau signale que le nord et le centre du pays possèdent une disponibilité d’eau limitée alors que le sud se caractérise par une abondance naturelle d’eau pour une population moins nombreuse. À partir d’une réflexion sur les indicateurs de l’état des ressources hydriques et sur la nécessité de dépasser l…
Hidroextractivismo en la cuenca del Usumacinta: Entre dinámicas transfronterizas y diferenciaciones fronterizas / Hydroextractivism in the Usumacinta river basin: among transboundary dynamics and bord…
Partiendo de una reflexión teórica sobre el extractivismo, el artículo desarrolla una tipología que evidencia a la vez las características del hidroextractivismo y su profunda diversidad. ¿Qué entendemos por hidroextractivismo y cuáles son sus componentes? ¿Cuáles son las expresiones del hidroextractivismo en la cuenca transfronteriza del río Usumacinta? ¿Cuál es la relación con lo fronterizo y transfronterizo en este escenario? Para contestar a …
Entre conflictos y cooperación
En la actualidad, las cuencas transfronterizas ocupan cada vez más la atención no solamente de políticos, sino de académicos. La llamada crisis del agua se manifi esta por una presión creciente sobre las cantidades de agua disponibles y una paulatina contaminación del recurso, las cuales se traducen en tensiones y confl ictos en diversas escalas, desde lo local hasta lo internacional. En el caso de las cuencas transfronterizas en particular, el h…
La política climática mexicana en la cuenca del río Usumacinta (1992–2018)
Since 2005, Mexico has developed a national climate policy aligned with internationally defined parameters. In this article, we analyze the vertical and horizontal coherences in the process of institutionalization of climate policy during the period 1992–2018 in the Usumacinta River Basin, based on the review of laws and actions implemented at national scale, as well as by the federal states and municipalities. The analysis shows vertical coheren…
Between colonising waters and extracting forest fronts: Entangled eco-frontiers in the Usumacinta River Basin
The eco-frontier concept has addressed the processes of certain territories that are subject to ecological concern and appropriation of different actors. This study approaches the underexplored interaction with the frontier. The article sharpens the focus on the relations between the eco-frontier and the frontier as both a naturally rich periphery with importance to political centres and as an advancing front. The research discusses empirical res…
La gestion partagée des bassins hydrographiques transfrontaliers en Mésoamérique, source d'innovation dans la gouvernance de la coopération
Cet article analyse les dynamiques de conflits et de coopération observables sur les bassins hydrographiques transfrontaliers, à travers des exemples pris dans la région mésoaméricaine (sud du Mexique et Amérique centrale). La gestion partagée de ces bassins constitue un enjeu majeur pour les frontières concernées. Il s'agit ici de questionner la dimension politique et sociale de la gestion des bassins transfrontaliers tant à travers les initiati…
Hidropolítica del Candelaria: Del Análisis De La Cuenca Al Estudio De Las Interacciones Entre El Río Y La Sociedad Ribereña
El artículo propone analizar el Candelaria a la luz del concepto de hidropolítica. La primera parte se centra en la cuenca hidrográfica del río Candelaria, aborda dos dimensiones del concepto y concluye en torno a la irrelevancia de la cuenca en la materia. La segunda parte evoca las interacciones entre el río y la sociedad ribereña durante tres momentos históricos a la luz de una tercera dimensión del concepto de hidropolítica que aporta mayor c…
Le HCR au Mexique auprès des Guatémaltèques: 20 Ans De Présence
As the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), prepares to celebrate twenty years of its presence in Mexico, this paper examines its work there, with special focus on the programs for Guatemalan refugees. Despite restrictions linked to the manner of its initial entry in Mexico as well as to the position adopted by the authorities towards refugees and the Geneva Convention, the UNHCR’s activities were made easy because of its role as …
L’intégration des réfugiés guatémaltèques au Mexique et leur transformation progressive en acteurs autonomes
This article looks at the integration of Guatemalan refugees in Mexico from three different angles: a) Integration is a political decision and has to be put in place as a policy; b) It is also the wish of the refugees themselves to stay for good in the country of asylum; c) Integration also refers to an experience of spontaneous integration, a process that comes about from direct interaction between Guatemalans and Mexicans. The policy of integra…
Le Mexique et l’eau: De La Disponibilité Naturelle Aux Différents Types De Rareté
Le Mexique peut être considéré comme un pays divisé en deux grands territoires lorsque l’on aborde le thème de l’eau. La Commission Nationale de l’Eau signale que le nord et le centre du pays possèdent une disponibilité d’eau limitée alors que le sud se caractérise par une abondance naturelle d’eau pour une population moins nombreuse. À partir d’une réflexion sur les indicateurs de l’état des ressources hydriques et sur la nécessité de dépasser l…
Migraciones y agua en la frontera entre México, Guatemala y Belice: Aproximaciones en torno a una relación multiforme
La frontera sur de México constituye un escenario de complejos flujos migratorios internos e internacionales. Asimismo, el recurso hídrico se caracteriza por su abundancia debido a fuertes precipitaciones concentradas en pocos meses del año que provocan una presencia multiforme de fuentes de agua superficiales y subterráneas. Este trabajo explora las relaciones entre estas dos realidades que se entrecruzan. A partir de varias definiciones del con…
Hidropolítica del Candelaria: Del Análisis De La Cuenca Al Estudio De Las Interacciones Entre El Río Y La Sociedad Ribereña
El artículo propone analizar el Candelaria a la luz del concepto de hidropolítica. La primera parte se centra en la cuenca hidrográfica del río Candelaria, aborda dos dimensiones del concepto y concluye en torno a la irrelevancia de la cuenca en la materia. La segunda parte evoca las interacciones entre el río y la sociedad ribereña durante tres momentos históricos a la luz de una tercera dimensión del concepto de hidropolítica que aporta mayor c…
Entre conflictos y cooperación
En la actualidad, las cuencas transfronterizas ocupan cada vez más la atención no solamente de políticos, sino de académicos. La llamada crisis del agua se manifi esta por una presión creciente sobre las cantidades de agua disponibles y una paulatina contaminación del recurso, las cuales se traducen en tensiones y confl ictos en diversas escalas, desde lo local hasta lo internacional. En el caso de las cuencas transfronterizas en particular, el h…
Cuencas transfronterizas y gestión del agua: Estados y actores sociales, entre conflictos y cooperación. Guest Editors: Edith Kauffer and Lucile Medina
This article explores the apparent paradox of the simultaneity of conflicts and cooperation in transboundary rivers basins in Central America and Southern Mexico. It documents diverse relationships among a plurality of local and national actors as well as reciprocal influences within decision-making processes in the context of events that have taken place in the Lempa and Usumacinta watersheds since 2010. A key point of this reflection is the pas…
Género, desarrollo y políticas públicas: La doble discrepancia de las aristas del poder
[Full article is in Spanish] English: Presently, international development organizations have adopted gender perspectives in all policy spheres as a transversal approach as a result of a process that has transited through different foci since the 1950s. Nonetheless, different studies have highlighted the fact that implementation is limited beyond the recurring discourses of governments, non-governmental organizations and funding agencies. We can …
La gestion partagée des bassins hydrographiques transfrontaliers en Mésoamérique, source d'innovation dans la gouvernance de la coopération
Cet article analyse les dynamiques de conflits et de coopération observables sur les bassins hydrographiques transfrontaliers, à travers des exemples pris dans la région mésoaméricaine (sud du Mexique et Amérique centrale). La gestion partagée de ces bassins constitue un enjeu majeur pour les frontières concernées. Il s'agit ici de questionner la dimension politique et sociale de la gestion des bassins transfrontaliers tant à travers les initiati…
Transboundary river basins, their hidden realities
A World Family Portrait is a joint project of the Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion (RISC) and Regions & Cohesion. It aims to promote interdisciplinary and cross-cultural communication through images and essays on the different faces of humanity, including, but not limited to, our similarities and our differences, our strengths and our weaknesses, our hopes and our concerns, our legacies and our aspir…
Cross-border basins today and forever
This note presents an account of transboundary basins on a global and regional scale throughout history. The authors introduce the special section on transboundary basins, presenting their constant increase and profound complexity. Regions & Cohesion has shown a permanent interest in this subject, from its first publications and, in particular, with the 2014 special issue that addressed different theoretical, methodological, and case studies in d…
The Mexico–Guatemala Border During Covid-19: From Open Border to New Assemblage
The dynamics at the Mexican–Guatemalan border drastically changed from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper deals with these transformations and tries to evidence a new assemblage that has resulted. The rationale that prevailed until the beginning of 2020 between Mexico and Guatemala was a south-north selective open border derived from migratory controls applied to travelers according to their citizenship and their US or Canadian mi…
Dinámicas territoriales en torno a la construcción de la presa Malpaso, Chiapas (1960-2011): Construir, trabajar y permanecer
El presente trabajo muestra cómo la construcción de una presa, en este caso la presa Malpaso en Chiapas, produjo dinámicas territoriales no previstas por la institución que auspició su construcción. A partir de entrevistas realizadas a los habitantes de Raudales Malpaso, y de la consulta de archivos e informes, principalmente de la Comisión del Río Grijalva, observamos que cada uno de los actores involucrados presentó dinámicas de apropiación ter…
Ten years of re-thinking regions from citizens’ perspectives
The year 2020 has been challenging due to the different overlapping crises related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is difficult to celebrate amidst the awareness of the worst global suffering in generations. Nonetheless, we consider ourselves extremely fortunate to commemorate ten years of Regions & Cohesion . It is not lost on us that our commemoration occurs amidst the above-cited crises. The inaugural issue of Regions & Cohesion (2011) was entitl…
An integrated framework for harmonizing definitions of deforestation
Rosa Torras Conangla. Colonización y colonialidad en una selva de frontera. La cuenca campechana del río Candelaria (siglos XIX y XX). Mérida: Unam, 2019: 157 pp
De las selvas de las fronteras a las fronteras de las selvas una historia de ros y de fronteras entrelazadas La obra Colonizacin y colonialidad en una selva de frontera.La cuenca campechana del ro Candelaria (siglos xix y xx), de Rosa Torras Conangla aborda las movilidades, la tenencia de la tierra y las construcciones territoriales en un espacio caracterizado por dos realidades: las selvas y las fronteras mltiples en un entrelazamiento de relaci…
Building resilience beyond the crisis
April 2021 is here, one year and a month after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a state of emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic. The vaccines have arrived, bringing us closer to the end of this crisis, but COVID-19 is not gone; therefore, the call for action remains relevant. We want to take this opportunity to remember and embrace the emphasis that has been put on the need for joint efforts and coordinated strategies, so we can thrive…
Hidroextractivismo en la cuenca del Usumacinta: Entre dinámicas transfronterizas y diferenciaciones fronterizas / Hydroextractivism in the Usumacinta river basin: among transboundary dynamics and bord…
Partiendo de una reflexión teórica sobre el extractivismo, el artículo desarrolla una tipología que evidencia a la vez las características del hidroextractivismo y su profunda diversidad. ¿Qué entendemos por hidroextractivismo y cuáles son sus componentes? ¿Cuáles son las expresiones del hidroextractivismo en la cuenca transfronteriza del río Usumacinta? ¿Cuál es la relación con lo fronterizo y transfronterizo en este escenario? Para contestar a …
The adoption of global water norms in Central America: What separates normative coherence from normative hegemony
Is the “new normal” a return to inertia and inequalities
Since 2020, the editorial team at Regions & Cohesion has engaged these editors’ notes as a way to highlight the relevance of the socio-economic research published in the journal for our understanding of current events. We have specifically embraced discussions on the COVID-19 pandemic from the point of view of the social construction of vulnerability and risk. Our editors’ notes have focused on the relationship between development strategies and …
Leadership and development: Inclusiveness, education, and sustainability (Ladies)
Since the Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion-Social Elevation (RISC-RISE) was founded in 2007 (RISC at the time), it has been characterized by two important traits: (1) a commitment to the principle of leadership within discussions of sustainable development; and (2) the presence of strong women leaders in the consortium’s governance structures and scientific initiatives. Neither RISC-RISE nor Regions …
Between colonising waters and extracting forest fronts: Entangled eco-frontiers in the Usumacinta River Basin
The eco-frontier concept has addressed the processes of certain territories that are subject to ecological concern and appropriation of different actors. This study approaches the underexplored interaction with the frontier. The article sharpens the focus on the relations between the eco-frontier and the frontier as both a naturally rich periphery with importance to political centres and as an advancing front. The research discusses empirical res…
Acción colectiva en tiempos de Covid19: Agenciamiento de mujeres chiapanecas migrantes ante la violencia de género
El objetivo del artículo es analizar los distintos procesos de agenciamiento de mujeres migrantes del campo a la ciudad que mediante una estrategia de acción colectiva sentaron las bases de una solidaridad femenina ante situaciones de violencia de género durante la pandemia de COVID 19 en San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México. Mediante una metodología de investigación-acción-participativa, realizamos entrevistas semiestructuradas, acompañam…
Gender and sand extraction in the Usumacinta River basin
Globally, sand and gravel are the second most extracted natural resources by volume after water. Despite that, knowledge about social and gender implications of sand-supply systems is limited. Here we aimed to advance the understanding of practices and gender relations in sand mining at male and female spaces in the Usumacinta River basin in Mexico and Guatemala. Drawing from desk and field research carried out in 79 locations on the riverbanks o…
Five urgent questions related to regional water governance
Between the time when the editors’ note below was written and this issue of Regions & Cohesion went to press, Hurricane Otis battered Acapulco and surrounding villages or communities in Guerrero, Mexico, with sustained winds of 266 km/h — and even stronger gusts hitting up to 330 km/h. Regions & Cohesion has published numerous articles on socioenvironmental sustainability in Acapulco, and a research team from the Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero …
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