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COVID 19 PLACES: ECUADOR

This essay supports an upcoming discussion of how COVID-19 is unfolding in Ecuador and a broader discussion within the Transnational STS COVID-19 project.

Shuar Testimony

This audio was sent by Manuel Maiche, community leader of Kuamar, part of the Shuar territory in Ecuador.

Ecuador Place Essay Image

Image created with the use of a free image by Crystal Mirallegro (Unsplash website) for Ecuador's covid19 place essay

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Kaleidos - Center for Interdisciplinary Ethnography

A research Center at the University of Cuenca with the collaboration of FLACSO-Ecuador

Institutional and State-Sanctioned Risks

The United States has pride itself in their progressive turn to address racism, however, they have done so without directly addressing the root cause in fundamental issues of race, gender, and sexu

Found image: 50 shades of Latinx

The United States adopted the term Latino in the 2000 U.S. Census. The term Latino means Latin and was created to refer to people who are from Latin America.

Created Image Artifact: Foregrounding technologies of control in Schools

Police in Government (1974) sought to teach black youths how to behave under the façade of U.S.

Created Image Artifact: Lynching of Mexicans in California

This image is was taken from Los Angeles Star, the first newspaper in Los Angeles, that covered the lynching of Pancho Daniel.

Professionals can use this data to place an emphasis on the need to solve blood lead issues in children. This study concluded that a higher proportion of black students had higher blood lead levels; professionals can use this information to decrease the experience gap by working on solving blood lead issues.

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Interactive Map: Kids In Every County in New Jersey at Risk for Lead Poisoning

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What social processes are creating vulnerability? What is their history?

Newark school's reported that their almost half of buildings have lead in their water. This is creating immense vulnerability in Essex County, and the issue in Newark dates back to about four years ago. This problem also stems from the history of lead-based paint, which was outlawed in 1978, but still can be found in many homes, and poisons children.