Raúl Acosta
Biographic Data
| ID | 3640835 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raúl Acosta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raúl |
| FAMILY NAME | Acosta |
| SIGNATURE | ACOSTA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de Barcelona |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0923-8237 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reading rivers from libraries
Public libraries can serve as a key starting point for initiating citizen participation projects related to the local environment. To illustrate this, we implemented the Llegim el riu project, a citizen participatory initiative aimed at engaging citizens in the assessment and management of rivers close to urban municipalities in the province of Barcelona. After a training exercise led by researchers, citizens and stakeholders were involved in bot…
Ecosystems are Filters
Raúl Acosta asks what happens when infrastructure is designed as a living thing. He describes Mexican environmental project Ecoducto, which restores a degraded urban river while performing beneficial filtering effects
Urban Bioinfrastructures
Raúl Acosta and Lukas Ley advance the concept of urban bioinfrastructures in relation to human and non-human city dwellers. They position the ambivalent politics of these bioinfrastructures vis-à-vis ‘nature-based’ solutions
Responses
Chapter 9 “We Are Plumbers of Democracy” a Study of Aspirations to Inclusive Public Dialogues in Mexico and Its Repercussions
Discreet Diversification in Latin America
In contrast to the various hubs where superdiversity is commonly studied, Latin America experiences a discreet form of diversification. This is due partly the subcontinent’s slower globalization speed, but also, crucially, to the resistance to acknowledging such processes by locals and migrants. Such disinclination to openly accept an increasing number of outsiders and their influence can be historically linked to a regional preference for mestiz…
Responses
Toward Engaged Anthropology
By working with underserved communities, anthropologists may play a larger role in democratizing society. The growth of disparities challenges anthropology to be used for social justice. This engaged stance moves the application of anthropological theory, methods, and practice toward action and activism. However, this engagement also moves anthropologists away from traditional roles of observation toward participatory roles that become increasing…
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Rationalities in history
Still life
Advocacy Networks Through a Multidisciplinary Lens
Advocacy networks are coalitions of movements and organizations that in recent years have gained unprecedented levels of influence through their soft power strategies. They have become key political actors in local, national and international arenas. Research on their performance and role within today’s information society has been developed by academics from different disciplines. Some of these analyses, however, seem to portray them as a new ac…
Mapping Solidarity
Current transnational networks of non-governmental organizations and social movements have challenged nation-states' policy designs. Their increasing political legitimacy, however, is matched by cultural friction and misunderstandings among their members and stakeholders. This paper argues that anthropological insights may provide maps that can help shape advocacy networks' guidelines for action. Just as social analysts of past centuries provided…
Advocacy Networks Through a Multidisciplinary Lens
Advocacy networks are coalitions of movements and organizations that in recent years have gained unprecedented levels of influence through their soft power strategies. They have become key political actors in local, national and international arenas. Research on their performance and role within today’s information society has been developed by academics from different disciplines. Some of these analyses, however, seem to portray them as a new ac…
Mapping Solidarity
Current transnational networks of non-governmental organizations and social movements have challenged nation-states' policy designs. Their increasing political legitimacy, however, is matched by cultural friction and misunderstandings among their members and stakeholders. This paper argues that anthropological insights may provide maps that can help shape advocacy networks' guidelines for action. Just as social analysts of past centuries provided…
Advocacy Networks Through a Multidisciplinary Lens
Advocacy networks are coalitions of movements and organizations that in recent years have gained unprecedented levels of influence through their soft power strategies. They have become key political actors in local, national and international arenas. Research on their performance and role within today’s information society has been developed by academics from different disciplines. Some of these analyses, however, seem to portray them as a new ac…
Rationalities in history
Still life
Chapter 9 “We Are Plumbers of Democracy” a Study of Aspirations to Inclusive Public Dialogues in Mexico and Its Repercussions
Discreet Diversification in Latin America
In contrast to the various hubs where superdiversity is commonly studied, Latin America experiences a discreet form of diversification. This is due partly the subcontinent’s slower globalization speed, but also, crucially, to the resistance to acknowledging such processes by locals and migrants. Such disinclination to openly accept an increasing number of outsiders and their influence can be historically linked to a regional preference for mestiz…
Responses
Toward Engaged Anthropology
By working with underserved communities, anthropologists may play a larger role in democratizing society. The growth of disparities challenges anthropology to be used for social justice. This engaged stance moves the application of anthropological theory, methods, and practice toward action and activism. However, this engagement also moves anthropologists away from traditional roles of observation toward participatory roles that become increasing…
Lektüren
Ecosystems are Filters
Raúl Acosta asks what happens when infrastructure is designed as a living thing. He describes Mexican environmental project Ecoducto, which restores a degraded urban river while performing beneficial filtering effects
Urban Bioinfrastructures
Raúl Acosta and Lukas Ley advance the concept of urban bioinfrastructures in relation to human and non-human city dwellers. They position the ambivalent politics of these bioinfrastructures vis-à-vis ‘nature-based’ solutions
Responses
Reading rivers from libraries
Public libraries can serve as a key starting point for initiating citizen participation projects related to the local environment. To illustrate this, we implemented the Llegim el riu project, a citizen participatory initiative aimed at engaging citizens in the assessment and management of rivers close to urban municipalities in the province of Barcelona. After a training exercise led by researchers, citizens and stakeholders were involved in bot…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Environmental Science (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Action (physics (2 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (2 works)