Past and current research

Center for Research and Collaboration in the Indigenous Americas (CRACIA)

The Center for Research and Collaboration in the Indigenous Americas (CRACIA) brings together faculty, researchers, students, practitioners, and indigenous affiliates to expand the knowledge and resources of Amazonian Studies at the University of Maryland and the surrounding region.

Share-Amazonica.org

SHARE-Amazónica is a collective that works with universities, research institutions, government ministries and Indigenous Peoples to promote the interchange of knowledge, ideas and issues about the amazon region of Peru.

Amahuaca Siempre

Maya and Contemporary Conceptions of Cancer (MACOCC), ETH Zurich (2010-2015)

MACOCC Movie - Project Startup

MACOCC Movie - Project Completion

MACOCC Movie - A Maya healer's perspective on intercultural medical cooperation (funded by Cogito Foundation)

News and Newsletters

Links to scientific publications:

Intercultural TD tool

Patient- centered boundary mechanisms

Cancer epistemics in two medical systems

Expanding the concept of therapeutic encounters

Maya phytomedicine in Guatemala–Can cooperative research change ethnopharmacological paradigms?

One Health approaches for Surveillance and Response to Zoonotic Diseases in Maya Communities of Guatemala, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (2016-2019)

Project

Publication

Presentation 1

Presentation 2

Movie on Boundary management tools for intercultural health research