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Selected Works

Jose E. Martinez-Reyes

Selected Works

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Enviromateriality: Exploring The Links Between Political Ecology And Material Culture Studies, Jose E. Martinez-Reyes Dec 2015

Enviromateriality: Exploring The Links Between Political Ecology And Material Culture Studies, Jose E. Martinez-Reyes

Jose E. Martinez-Reyes

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Mahogany Intertwined: Enviromateriality Between Mexico, Fiji, And The Gibson Les Paul, Jose E. Martinez-Reyes Sep 2015

Mahogany Intertwined: Enviromateriality Between Mexico, Fiji, And The Gibson Les Paul, Jose E. Martinez-Reyes

Jose E. Martinez-Reyes

This article builds a theory of enviromateriality through a global ethnography that engages both the material culture and materiality of a tree species, Honduran mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), and the global political ecology of forest conservation. The author seeks to understand what Adorno calls the ‘constellation’ between people and mahogany by tracing human–nature relations through the global commodity chain focusing on one particular artefact, the Gibson Les Paul, an iconic solid wood electric guitar made primarily of mahogany grown in Mexico and Fiji. Enviromateriality considers three phases in which to examine the material and materiality in a variety of processes that …

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Climate Change, Forest Privatization, And Apocalyptic Prophesies In Quintana Roo, Mexico, Jose E. Martinez-Reyes Nov 2012

Climate Change, Forest Privatization, And Apocalyptic Prophesies In Quintana Roo, Mexico, Jose E. Martinez-Reyes

Jose E. Martinez-Reyes

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La Transformación Del Paisaje Puertorriqueño Y La Disciplina Del Cuerpo De Conservación, 1933-1942, Manuel Valdes-Pizzini, Michael Gonzalez-Cruz, Jose E. Martinez-Reyes Dec 2010

La Transformación Del Paisaje Puertorriqueño Y La Disciplina Del Cuerpo De Conservación, 1933-1942, Manuel Valdes-Pizzini, Michael Gonzalez-Cruz, Jose E. Martinez-Reyes

Jose E. Martinez-Reyes

Este libro constituye, sin duda, una valiosa aportación al estudio histórico de la relación entre ecología y política. Combina el análisis de documentos (de fuentes primarias), con historias de vida, entrevistas y una amplia y variada literatura relacionada, puertorriqueña e internacional. Abre campo, en términos de la manera de acercarse teóricamente al estudio de la política pública con los recursos naturales, y enmarca, para Puerto Rico, dichas políticas específicas en procesos más amplios de la política colonial.

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Comunidad, Estado Y Naturaleza: La EcologíA PolíTica Del Manejo Colaborativo De Bosques, Jose E. Martinez-Reyes Dec 2008

Comunidad, Estado Y Naturaleza: La EcologíA PolíTica Del Manejo Colaborativo De Bosques, Jose E. Martinez-Reyes

Jose E. Martinez-Reyes

Collaborative management, or co-management, of forests has increasingly become an alternative to traditional state management. Utilizing a Political Ecology perspective, this article highlights the con ictive dynamic between the state and community grassroots organizations about their perceptions and understandings about the meanings, objectives, goals, and politics of co-management. It is argued that forest co-management is primarily a social relation mediated by power relations and social nature, in which priority is given to scientific knowledge and Western rationality over what it means local groups. The article also analyzes the discursive strategies used by local groups to defend their management views. Finally, …

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