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Charles-Edouard de Suremain - Horizontal affinity and survival strategies among "street kids" : The Solitarios Gang in La Paz, Bolivia.
Using ethnographic material collected in La Paz, Bolivia, this article looks at the connections that bind "street kids" together and at the anthropological basis of the gang. The organization of one of these gangs, as well as the strategies used by the "brothers" to survive and to obtain drugs and/or alcohol, are analyzed in terms of horizontal affinity, an original kind of elective relationship. Lastly, how programs intended for children are perceived by them opens up avenues for research on psychological and social rehabilitation as a first step in any meaningful action in this field.

Pierre Janin and Charles-Edouard de Suremain. — The food question in Africa : risk and politisation. Introduction.
Without pretending to a systematic comparison, this study examines the risks involved in the management of food in several African countries. The articles expose the gap between the initial intentions of food policies, their implementation and local situations. They stress the weakening of the State, the growing strength of trading networks and individual citizen initiatives, which constitute the most of the relations between the actors of the food system, while indicating the plurality of their perceptions, usages and normative frameworks. Such are the stages of a reflection which examines the relationships between theoretical frameworks, development models and the game of actors.

Con el objetivo de descubrir los patrimonios de los niños, repensar el patrimonio y su transmisión, así como fomentar la etnografía colaborativa con los niños, esta investigación plantea una perspectiva interdisciplinaria con un enfoque arqueológico y antropológico. Para ello, se establece la distinción entre el patrimonio "vivo" y "muerto", entre imaginación y recreación patrimonial por parte de los niños, y se dilucida la agencia del niño y la visión infantil que tiene sobre él [sobre el patrominio]. Desde una perspectiva horizontal y una perspectiva ascendente, este artículo aborda el trabajo colaborativo inter e intrageneracional, mediante la inversión del paradigma centrado en el adulto, con lo cual los niños son vistos como agentes, y no como receptores pasivos del patrimonio.

L'article se fonde sur des données recueillies au cours d'une recherche socioanthropologique approfondie menée au Pérou et en Bolivie (dans des zones rurales et urbaines). L'objet est de dévoiler les perceptions concernant le rôle des femmes et les relations de genre, les enjeux, les logiques sociales et les processus de microdécision qui surviennent entre la mère et son conjoint lors de l'épisode de la maladie de l'enfant. On y analyse également les conflits, les alliances et les négociations qui apparaissent entre ceux-ci lorsque l'enfant tombe malade. Des actions liées aux projets de santé sont présentées à t i t r e de propositions opérationnelles en conclusion.

During the summer of 2002, thirty-one medieval frescoes went on display at the Museum of Texas Tech University, the only venue in the world for this extraordinary exhibition. This paper summarizes a qualitative research study that focused on the experiences of three visitors to the Medieval Frescoes from the Vatican Museums Collection exhibition. The study applied Gadamers (1993) idea of horizons to both the visitor-participants and the frescoes to illuminate the interpretive event, the meeting of horizons, and to uncover any obstacles that might hinder the fusion of horizons. The findings of the study are presented in a readers theatre format as an alternative to traditional reporting methods so that the voices of the participants, frescoes, and researcher can be portrayed more clearly.