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The Americas - Research at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Research

The research projects listed below are examples of the various regional foci and represent only a selection. Further research can be found in the archive.

North America

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  • Negotiating Air in the Great Bear Rainforest. A Carbon Saving Project between Resource Extraction, Environmental Protection and Decolonization (here)
  • The vigilance of those mistaken for migrants in the U.S.-Mexican border area (here)
  • Mobility and sense making: Migration of North American retirees to Mexico (here)

Mesoamerica

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  • Mexico City: Ethical Conjunctures, Globalized Environmental Discourses, and the Pursuit of a Better City (2018-2021) (here)
  • The Mero Ikojts and the Wind. Energy Assemblages and Indigeneity in Mexico (here)
  • Slum Tourism in the Americas: Commodifying Urban Poverty and Violence (here)
  • Transformation of indigenous relations with nature: Ecological discourses, ecotourism and gender in Mexico (here)

 South America

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  • Visions for the Amazon: innovative solutions in the rainforest (here)
  • Geothermal futures: exploring environmental knowledge through scientist and indigenous people engagement with geothermal energy potentials of Andes mountains (here)
  • Bolivian Traders and the Market for Consumer Electronics in the Regional and Global Context (here)

Student Research Projects (only German version available)

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  • Die Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingung chinesischer Migrant*innen und ihr „Struggle“ in Los Angeles, USA (Die Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingung chinesischer Migrant*innen und ihr „Struggle“ in Los Angeles, USA (here)
  • Verständnis und Ausprägungen von Feminismus der kreativen Frauen aus La Pitaya, Veracruz Mexiko (here)
  • Lehrforschung in Mexiko mit verschiedenen Teilforschungen in Mexiko-Stadt und Oaxaca (here)