Creativity and Control: Property in Guianese Amazonia by Marc Brightman

“…The article begins by showing that the Trio, Wayana and Akuriyo of southern Suriname have a wide range of practices and values which can usefully be understood in terms of property. …”
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New country records for Neotropical Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) by Gino Juárez-Noé, Christoffer Fägerström

“…Based on the examination of Cerambycidae material deposited in the entomological collection of the Biological Museum of Lund University (Sweden), new country records are provided for Pronuba incognita Hovore & Giesbert, 1990 (Colombia), Eriphus bisignatus (Germar, 1824) (Paraguay), Stenolis inclusa (Bates, 1885) (Colombia), Aegomorphus bivittus (White, 1855) (Suriname), Colobothea emarginata (Olivier, 1795) (Paraguay), Colobothea chemsaki Giesbert, 1979 (Colombia), and Colobothea plebeja Aurivillius, 1902 (Brazil). …”
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Un corps en mouvement : parenté, « diffusion de l’influence » et transformations corporelles dans les fêtes de bière tirio, Amazonie du Nord-Est by Vanessa Elisa Grotti

“…This article is an analysis of the social relations established and nurtured between bodies during Trio communal feasts in southern Suriname. The villages in which they live are characterised by growing sedentary and increased population concentration, which, from a Trio point of view, means an increased physical and social interaction with unrelated affines and potential enemies. …”
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Teaching how to critically read Indo-Caribbean bodies in nineteenth-century postcards by Rupa Pillai

“…Starting in 2017, the Kislak Center at the University of Pennsylvania has collected postcards dating from the late nineteenth century that depict Indo-Caribbean life and culture in Trinidad, British Guiana, Suriname and Jamaica. From village scenes to Indo-Caribbean women in studio portraits, the bodies featured in these postcards appear in ethnographic views to promote perceptions of Indo-Caribbeans as being exotic and different. …”
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Análise da atividade neoextrativista da mineração de ouro no estado do Amapá (2000-2020) by Rhuan Muniz Sartore Fernandes, Miguel Patrice Philippe Dhenin

“…Thus, it is observed that the socioenvironmental impacts arising from the neo-extractive activity of minerals favor the deforestation of protected areas and / or indigenous territories, particularly due to the illegal mining that crosses the borders of the state of Amapá (French Guiana and Suriname), the which makes it possible to observe that, despite the legal framework, the neo-extractive mining activity is responsible for favoring a degradation of the Amazonian biome, with the presence of land grabbing, the creation of highways, in addition to affecting the traditional mode.…”
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Population Traits and a Female Perspective for Aglae and Exaerete, Tropical Bee Parasites (Hymenoptera, Apinae: Euglossini) by David W. Roubik

“…Female E. lepeletieri, here described from Amazonian Ecuador, has a range shown to also include French Guiana and Suriname. Female Aglae and Exaerete were larger than males. …”
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Vermicomposting of different organic materials using the epigeic earthworm Eisenia foetida by Yvonne Indrani Ramnarain, Abdullah Adil Ansari, Lydia Ori

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Desigualdades relacionadas à participação em aulas de Educação Física entre adolescentes sul-americanos: uma análise com 173.288 participantes by Raphael Henrique de Oliveira Araujo, André Oliveira Werneck, Thiago Sousa Matias, Rafael Miranda Tassitano, Clarice Maria de Lucena Martins, Nicolas Aguilar-Farias, Gilmar Mercês de Jesus, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez, Se-Sergio Baldew, Cecilia Anza-Ramirez, Mario Germán Álvarez-Álvarez, Javier Brazo-Sayavera, Danilo Rodrigues Pereira da Silva

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Da inconstitucionalidade à inconvencionalidade do projeto para denúncia da convenção n. 169 da oit: análise á luz da jurisprudência da corte IDH by Alex Maciel de Oliveira, Sandra Regina Martini, Antonio Hilario Aguilera Urquiza

“…Brasil e Caso do Povo Saramaka vs. Suriname, os quais formam, regionalmente, verdadeira barreira de contenção contra violações e esgotamentos de direitos humanos. …”
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Presentación del dossier. La Amazonía en la agenda global by Guillaume Fontaine

“…y agrupa a 30 millones de habitantes de nueve países (Brasil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam y la Guyana Francesa). Si bien es cierto que la integración administrativa y económica de la Amazonía no se consolidó hasta la segunda mitad del siglo XX, todo deja pensar que ésta ocupará un lugar central en la geopolítica mundial en las próximas décadas. …”
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Gaan Mawina, le Marouini (haut Maroni) au cœur de l’histoire des Noirs marrons Boni/Aluku et des Amérindiens Wayana by Marie Fleury

“…The purpose of this paper is to trace the history of the Marroons Boni also called Aluku and their journey across the Maroni (boundary river between French Guiana and Surinam) to escape Dutch soldiers sent on their trails. …”
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Una academia comprometida con las necesidades de América Latina by Rafael Correa Delgado

“…Los primeros en sumarse fueron Brasil y Chile y luego se adhirieron Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras Guatemala, México, Nicaragua, Panamá Paraguay, Uruguay, Perú, República Dominicana y Surinam. Se trataba de construir una entidad de ciencias sociales que genere un espacio de reflexión y análisis hasta ese entonces inexistente y que impulse el despliegue de un pensamiento latinoamericano ligado a las necesidades y problemas específicos de nuestra región. …”
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