2024
Infrastructural violence and resistance in Namqom: Navigating environmental injustice in Formosa, Argentina
Chaney C, Kubica M, Mansilla L, Valeggia C. Infrastructural violence and resistance in Namqom: Navigating environmental injustice in Formosa, Argentina. Geoforum 2024, 157: 104142. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2024.104142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfrastructural violenceEnvironmental injusticeIndigenous peoplesLocal rationalityHistories of dispossessionPeri-urban villagesDestruction of natural resourcesPolitical actionEveryday actsCapitalist systemQom peopleViolenceSemi-structured interviewsIndigenous healthParticipant observationCultural continuityInjusticeDisconnecting peopleDispossessionWell-beingNatural resourcesPeopleSeasons of fieldworkEngagementCommunity
2009
Body mass index, socio-economic status and socio-behavioral practices among Tz’utujil Maya women
Nagata J, Valeggia C, Barg F, Bream K. Body mass index, socio-economic status and socio-behavioral practices among Tz’utujil Maya women. Economics & Human Biology 2009, 7: 96-106. PMID: 19299213, DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2009.02.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocio-economic statusSemi-structured interviewsMaya womenMeasures of SESSantiago AtitlánCross-sectional anthropometric measurementsMarket visitsPurposive interviewsParticipant observationRelevant themesInterviewsQuota sampleQualitative analysisMarket distanceYears of schoolingSocial influenceThemesPracticeFuture public health interventionsAtitlánIncomeConsumption of foodDietary diversityPublic health interventionsQuantitative methods