State making, knowledge, and ignorance: Translation and concealment in Mexican forestry institutions

American Anthropologist

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 484-494

  Mathews, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor networks; Forestry; Ignorance; Indigenous communities; Mexico; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 61949178344     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2008.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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