Abstract
For this issue of Vibrant, we bring the contributions of different Latin American anthropologists, or those dedicated to the study of the region, who reflect on the major issues, problems and theoretical methodological approaches that currently occupy our discipline. We start by considering that, although anthropology produced in Latin America and the Caribbean has developed in a diverse way, it has the particularity of being a discipline focused on the analysis of major contemporary problems, be they those related to ethnic-cultural diversity, intercultural relations, counter-hegemonic organizational forms or with the impacts of globalization, difference and inequality. Although we do not pretend to encompass the multiplicity of Latin American anthropologies, we seek to highlight the diversity of studies, themes, dilemmas, and challenges of contemporary anthropological work in the region and contribute to the debate on the discipline to which so many colleagues have been dedicated.
Keywords:
anthropology; Latin America; Caribbean; globalization; culture