Some hunter-gatherer societies are undergoing a dietary transition because, due to the integration of market economy and its effects, processed foods are being introduced into their diets causing an increase of their oil, fats...
The mechanisms of transmission of knowledge are important to understand societies and different cultures. In this article, the current mechanisms of transmission of traditional knowledge is analyzed via the study of...
The lawyer and journalist Caddy Adzuba has stood out as an international speaker of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), especially with regard to the situation of women, victims of gender violence related to DRC war. She is a founding member of the network "A loudspeaker for silence" and is...
UAB anthropologist Diana Marre, in collaboration with Brown University anthropologist Jessaca Leinaweaver and independent scholar Susan Frekko, has published a study on how Spanish adoptive families prepare their homes for the home study associated with international adoption,...
Lecturer in Educational Policy Studies in the School of Education at University of Wisconsin - Madison. Out-standing anthropologist scholar, her main areas of interest are literacy studies, migration and educator professional development. One of her more relevant and recent contributions are the formalization of...
The Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, and the AFIN Research Group, Autonomous University of Barcelona, have analysed the semantic resonance of words related to leadership (leader,...
Multiple alternative initiatives in the market appear in Catalonia, taking as reference the social and solidarity economy as models and seeking in exchange and social currencies an alternative lifen. A study carried out by UAB researchers is reflected the new model of...
Speaking about adoption in Spain, where until 2008 it was one of the countries with the lowest birth rate and an extremely high adoption rate,is difficult for parents, professionals, and researchers alike. Qualitative research has revealed that two competing, co-existing ideals about the relationship...
Pioneering research conducted by the INMIX Research Group at the UAB sheds light on one of the topics that has preoccupied social scientists for over a century: the relationship between...
How many times have we heard about the difficulty of reconciling work and family life? Ethnographic research (funded by the EOI) carried out before and during the economic crisis of 2008 in 20 Spanish SMEs in the new economy sector analyses...
