Oliver Duarte Herrera Anthropology, social research and international cooperation ES — Español

05 case studies

Research and projects

Five case studies spanning twenty years of work: from the Venezuelan Amazon to Nicaragua's Caribbean Coast, from the La Serena district to the memory of repression.

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  1. 01 La Serena, Extremadura Cultural heritage, territory and communities La Serena, Badajoz (Spain) 2021–2025/26 Doctoral thesis (2025) and article in Virajes (2026)

    What happens when the heritage communities live does not quite match the heritage institutions describe, regulate or promote?

  2. 02 Bluefields, Nicaragua Palo de Mayo: heritage, identity and sacred landscape Bluefields, Caribbean Coast (Nicaragua) Fieldwork: March–May 2022 Article in Ciencia e Interculturalidad and conference paper

    How are heritage, identity, gender and sacred landscape intertwined in the Palo de Mayo celebration?Pending

  3. 03 Venezuelan Amazon Childhood, child-rearing and the Ye'kuana people Alto Ventuari, Amazonas (Venezuela) 2004–2006 Book with UNICEF and the Ministry of Education (2006)

    How is childhood raised, socialised and imagined among the Ye'kuana?Pending

  4. 04 Qué sabe nadie / Voces que no callan Memory, repression and displacement of LGBTIQ+ people Spain and international contexts 2025–2026 Report (2025) and three-episode audio series

    What is specific about the repression LGBTI people face in oppressive states and conflict zones?

  5. 05 Diversity and the workplace Emotional wellbeing of young LGBTIQ+ people in organisations Multinational company (anonymised) Published: 2022Pending Publication (2022)

    What gap is there between what an organisation says about diversity and what its young workers with non-hegemonic identities experience every day?

Method

Documented methods by project

Techniques recorded in each case's documentation. An empty cell means not yet documented, not unused.
01La Serena, Extremadura 02Bluefields, Nicaragua 03Venezuelan Amazon 04Qué sabe nadie / Voces que no callan 05Diversity and the workplace
Ethnographic fieldwork Documented Documented Documented Documented Documented
Participant observation Documented Not documented Not documented Not documented Not documented
Semi-structured interviews Documented Not documented Not documented Not documented Not documented
Focus groups Documented Not documented Not documented Not documented Not documented
Life histories Not documented Not documented Not documented Documented Not documented
Documentary analysis Documented Not documented Not documented Not documented Not documented
Critical discourse analysis Documented Not documented Not documented Documented Not documented
Intersectional perspective Not documented Not documented Not documented Documented Not documented
Intercultural methodology (CCRISAC) Not documented Documented Not documented Not documented Not documented
Organisational ethnography Not documented Not documented Not documented Not documented Documented

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