Browsing by Subject "Peru"

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    Climate Change Adaptation policies in Himalayan Region of Nepal. Comparative analysis of INDCs between Nepal, India, and Peru
    (2017) Gurung, Tashi, Wongdi
    The Himalayas are also known as the third pole as they comprise the third largest amount of snow on the earth after the Arctic and Antarctica. They are also known as The Water Towers of Asia. With global climate change, the temperatures on the Tibetan Plateau in the Himalayas are rising substantially compared to other regions. The Himalayan people are far from being the top contributors to this climate change, yet they suffer its hardest consequences. Studies show that communities struggle to adapt to the changing environment because of limited information, poor or no access to services, lack of infrastructure, lack of capacity on the part of the central government, an unfavorable geographical location, lack of external support etc. Hence, rural mountain communities in developing nations such as Mustang in Nepal have very low adaptive capacity. In addition to the many existing problems like poverty, the changing climate has exacerbated the numerous difficulties of day-to-day life of people in the mountains. This is just as much an environmental problem as it is a policy and social justice problem. Mustang, a mountainous district in northern Nepal, is not immune to the impact of climate change. This paper focuses on how different adaptation policies and strategies can help the Himalayan region of Nepal adapt better to the constantly changing environment and assuage the impacts exacerbated by climate change. The challenges in Nepal are not unique: other mountainous regions in developing countries have begun to develop strategies to adapt to a changing climate. India and Peru provide two useful comparative cases. Recommendations and reforms for Nepal are discussed after comparative analysis of INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) prepared by Peru and India.
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    El quipu: escritura andina en las redes informáticas incaicas y coloniales
    (2015-06) Tun, Molly
    In my dissertation I question the conceptions of writing that surfaced during the colonial period in Peru and argue that the quipu operated as a writing system which was central to the Inca civilization but later marginalized through Spanish colonization. This work brings to the forefront the importance of mathematics and counting in the context of conquest and colonization, as well as possible connections between semiotics and power. This research expands colonial studies by presenting new archival sources within an interdisciplinary approach. Such an analysis of the origins of colonial culture has the potential to re-locate Andean thought within the unilateral colonial power structures, thus changing the way in which minority discourse and indigenous agency is recognized and historicized.
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    The Irrationality of Contacting the Police: Crime Reporting in Contexts of Mistrust
    (2021-06) Heimark, Katrina
    Why people turn to weak, corrupt and/or failing criminal justice institutions in the event of victimization is the central question motivating this dissertation. I take a multidisciplinary approach to understanding citizen-initiated contact of the police in the wake of property crime victimization in contexts where not only crime is frequent, but these state actors are highly ineffective, untrustworthy, and corrupt. This dissertation draws upon the literatures from political science, sociology, psychology, and criminology and examines the macro and micro-level determinants of citizen-initiated police contact (crime reporting) in the most violent and crime-ridden region of the world: Latin America. This project also examines the case of Peru—the country in the region with the highest property crime rates, yet stubbornly low reporting rates. Using quantitative methodology, publicly available cross-national and national survey data, as well as two original surveys conducted in Lima, this dissertation finds that state characteristics, particularly democratic state strength and the rule of law, social characteristics, especially social class and concentrated social disadvantage, and psychological characteristics, specifically Justice Sensitivity, play important roles in determining individual behavior in contacting the police.
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    Peru - Sustainable horticulture crop production
    (2010-02-02) Palmquist, Annika
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    Teatro Peruano en el periodo de conflicto armado interno (1980-2000): Estetica Teatral, derechos humanos y expectativas de descolonizacion
    (2011-06) Vargas-Salgado, Carlos
    The historical fact of the Internal war experienced by Peru beginning in 1980 has uncovered historical-cultural problems: inequalities, racism and coloniality, and deficient process of democratization. This Dissertation describes the relationship between internal war and the richness of Popular and Independent theater production in Peru during those years (1980-2000). Approach is multidisciplinary: Cultural Theory, Performance Studies, Literary theory, Transcultural critique, Hermeneutics of Human rights and Postcolonial and Decolonial theories. In Part I, it is discussed the ways in which cultural memory of the Peruvian conflict has been constructed and current debate remains between ideological versions of the historical facts. In Part II, the text proposes eight models of theatrical appropriation of the violent reality seen in the work of urban playwrights (Sara Joffré, Alfonso Santistevan, César De María) popular and independent collectives (Yuyachkani, Barricada), and producers affected directly by internal war (Lieve Delanoy, Movimiento de Teatro Independiente). In the Conclusions, I discuss the validity of terms like postmodernity and political art regarding the experience of Andean performances and independent theatre in Peru during the period of internal war. In this work, I suggest that a living memory of the social catastrophe was better preserved for collectivities that intervened actively in the discussion on violence throughout non-official narratives, such as independent theatre and popular Andean performances.