Virginia García-Acosta
Biographic Data
| ID | 73339 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Virginia García-Acosta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Virginia |
| FAMILY NAME | García-Acosta |
| SIGNATURE | GARCÍA-ACOSTA V |
| AFFILIATIONS | CIESAS México. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
La historia del concepto de desnaturalización de desastres
En el transcurso de presentar la historia de la formulación del concepto de desnaturalización, su importancia y relevancia para el momento actual en las ciencias sociales, son consideradas las importantes implicaciones del concepto de desnaturalización con los conceptos de construcción social de prevención y vulnerabilidades sociales asociadas a desastres. En este artículo, entonces, se destaca que las estrategias de adaptación exitosas se constr…
Entangled Roots and Otherwise Possibilities
We develop questions for a COVID-19 research agenda from the anthropology of disasters to study the production of pandemic as a feature of the normatively accepted societal state of affairs. We encourage an applied study of the pandemic that recognizes it as the product of connections between people, with their social systems, nonhumans, and the material world more broadly, with attention to root causes, (post)colonialism and capitalism, multispe…
The Anthropology of Disasters in Latin America
Le risque comme construction sociale et la construction sociale des risques
This article explores the concept of "social construction" as applied to risk, clarifying its various interpretations within disaster studies. It examines how the concept has evolved and been used in different contexts, particularly in relation to perception and vulnerability. The author aims to provide a theoretical framework for scholars to better understand and utilize this concept in their research
Risks and Disasters in the History of the Mexico Basin
Using primary information coming from the two published volumes of Desastres agrícolas en México. Catálogo histórico (Agricultural Disasters in Mexico. Historical Catalogue), this article explores floods that occurred from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries in the Mexican Basin, including Tenochtitlan—later Mexico City—and the Valley of Mexico. Through their description and contextualisation it is possible to confirm the social character of di…
Le risque comme construction sociale et la construction sociale des risques
This article explores the concept of "social construction" as applied to risk, clarifying its various interpretations within disaster studies. It examines how the concept has evolved and been used in different contexts, particularly in relation to perception and vulnerability. The author aims to provide a theoretical framework for scholars to better understand and utilize this concept in their research
Risks and Disasters in the History of the Mexico Basin
Using primary information coming from the two published volumes of Desastres agrícolas en México. Catálogo histórico (Agricultural Disasters in Mexico. Historical Catalogue), this article explores floods that occurred from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries in the Mexican Basin, including Tenochtitlan—later Mexico City—and the Valley of Mexico. Through their description and contextualisation it is possible to confirm the social character of di…
Risks and Disasters in the History of the Mexico Basin
Using primary information coming from the two published volumes of Desastres agrícolas en México. Catálogo histórico (Agricultural Disasters in Mexico. Historical Catalogue), this article explores floods that occurred from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries in the Mexican Basin, including Tenochtitlan—later Mexico City—and the Valley of Mexico. Through their description and contextualisation it is possible to confirm the social character of di…
Le risque comme construction sociale et la construction sociale des risques
This article explores the concept of "social construction" as applied to risk, clarifying its various interpretations within disaster studies. It examines how the concept has evolved and been used in different contexts, particularly in relation to perception and vulnerability. The author aims to provide a theoretical framework for scholars to better understand and utilize this concept in their research
The Anthropology of Disasters in Latin America
Entangled Roots and Otherwise Possibilities
We develop questions for a COVID-19 research agenda from the anthropology of disasters to study the production of pandemic as a feature of the normatively accepted societal state of affairs. We encourage an applied study of the pandemic that recognizes it as the product of connections between people, with their social systems, nonhumans, and the material world more broadly, with attention to root causes, (post)colonialism and capitalism, multispe…
La historia del concepto de desnaturalización de desastres
En el transcurso de presentar la historia de la formulación del concepto de desnaturalización, su importancia y relevancia para el momento actual en las ciencias sociales, son consideradas las importantes implicaciones del concepto de desnaturalización con los conceptos de construcción social de prevención y vulnerabilidades sociales asociadas a desastres. En este artículo, entonces, se destaca que las estrategias de adaptación exitosas se constr…
Geography (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (3 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Natural disaster (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works)