Problèmes de structure dans les Andes. De la parenté, de la polygynie et des moitiés à Cuzco

Problèmes de structure dans les Andes. De la parenté, de la polygynie et des moitiés à Cuzco. Lévi-Strauss, dans des articles de 1983, pose le problème des choix multiples, avec des avantages différents, dans les relations de parenté unissant un chef et ses sujets. Il prend pour premier exemple d’analyse la cour d’Heian dans le Japon du xie siècle. Un exemple comparable avait été donné par van Wouden (1956) concernant la région de Kodi, dans l’île de Sumba (Indonésie) et Lévi-Strauss (1958 [1956]) lui-même avait auparavant traité le cas des Bororo. Sur trois des aspects de la question discutée par Lévi-Strauss on montrera leur importance dans l’empire inca à partir de cas concrets.Problems of structure in the Andes. Kinship, polygyny and moieties in Cuzco. Lévi-Strauss, in articles written in 1983, poses the problem of multiple choices, with different advantages, of kin relationships between a ruler and his subjects. He takes as a first example of analysis the Heian court in Japan of the eleventh century. A comparable example had been given by van Wouden in 1956 from the landscape of Kodi on the island of Sumba, Indonesia, and Lévi-Strauss (1958 [1956]) himself had referred before to that of the Bororo, South America. Taking three aspects of the problem as discussed by Lévi-Strauss, I demonstrate the importance of these in the case of the Inca empire, Peru, and illustrate them with examples taken from here.Problemas de estructuras en los Andes. Parentesco, poliginia y mitades en Cuzco. En artículos de 1983, Lévi-Strauss plantea el problema de las opciones múltiples – con distintas ventajas – ligadas a las relaciones de parentesco entre un dirigente y sus sujetos. Como primer ejemplo analiza la corte de Heian en el Japón del siglo xi. Un ejemplo semejante estudiado por van Wouden (1956) concierne la región de Kodi en la isla de Sumba (Indonesia) y el mismo Lévi-Strauss (1958 [1956]) había tratado con anterioridad el caso de los bororos. Sobre tres aspectos del problema discutido por Lévi-Strauss, se mostrará aquí su importancia para el imperio inca, partiendo de datos concretos

Per Bocca d'altri. Indios, gesuiti e spagnoli in due documenti segreti sul Perů del XVII secolo

Il volume contiene una serie di testi concernenti lo studio dei Documenti Miccinelli, una serie di manoscritti relativi alla storia del Perù coloniale e alla figura del gesuita Blas Valera

Early recognition and treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms to improve quality of life in early Alzheimer's disease

__Background:__ Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are very common in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia and are associated with various disadvantageous clinical outcomes including a negative impact on quality of life, caregiver burden, and accelerated disease progression. Despite growing evidence of the efficacy of (non)pharmacological interventions to reduce these symptoms, NPS remain underrecognized and undertreated in memory clinics. The BEhavioural symptoms in Alzheimer's disease Towards early Identification and Treatment (BEAT-IT) study is developed to (1) investigate the neurobiological etiology of NPS in AD and (2) study the effectiveness of the Describe, Investigate, Create, Evaluate (DICE) approach to structure and standardize the current care of NPS in AD. By means of the DICE method, we aim to improve the quality of life of AD patients with NPS and their caregivers who visit the memory clinic. This paper describes the protocol for the intervention study that incorporates the latter aim. __Methods:__ We aim to enroll a total of 150 community-dwelling patients with MCI or AD and their caregivers in two waves. First, we will recruit a control group who will receive care as usual. Next, the second wave of participants will undergo the DICE method. This approach consists of the following steps: (1) describe the context in which NPS occur, (2) investigate the possible causes, (3) create and implement a treatment pl

Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests

The sensitivity of tropical forest carbon to climate is a key uncertainty in predicting global climate change. Although short-term drying and warming are known to affect forests, it is unknown if such effects translate into long-term responses. Here, we analyze 590 permanent plots measured across the tropics to derive the equilibrium climate controls on forest carbon. Maximum temperature is the most important predictor of aboveground biomass (−9.1 megagrams of carbon per hectare per degree Celsius), primarily by reducing woody productivity, and has a greater impact per °C in the hottest forests (>32.2°C). Our results nevertheless reveal greater thermal resilience than observations of short-term variation imply. To realize the long-term climate adaptation potential of tropical forests requires both protecting them and stabilizing Earth’s climate

La organización religiosa del sistema de panacas y memoria en el Cuzco incaico

Las primeras menciones específicas sobre las diez panacas y sus nombres en el Cuzco datan de 1560, casi treinta años después de la entrada española a esta ciudad. Por eso la condición de las panacas en el tiempo colonial, su organización social, política, de parentesco y dinástica ha recibido gran atención de la investigación moderna, no así la reconstrucción de su rol en la ciudad inca. En este ensayo me centraré en la cuestión de la organización de las panacas durante la época prehispánica,..