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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

Todos los envíos deben cumplir los siguientes requisitos.

  • El envío no ha sido publicado previamente ni se ha sometido a consideración por ninguna otra revista.
  • El archivo de envío está en formato Microsoft Word
  • El texto cumple con los requisitos de la política editorial directrices de envío
  • El texto se adhiere a los requisitos estilísticos y bibliográficos Normas APA – 7ma (séptima) edición
  • Si se utilizaron herramientas de IA generativa en el soporte metodológico o de redacción, esto se declara explícitamente en el texto. Se reconoce que la IA no cumple criterios de autoría
  • Si el trabajo involucra comunidades amazónicas o conocimientos tradicionales, se cuenta con las autorizaciones éticas, licencias y consentimientos informados correspondientes.
  • Tablas editables: Insertadas en el texto en su formato original editable (Word o Excel, nunca como imagen), con su respectivo título/rótulo en la parte superior
  • Figuras e imágenes: Insertadas en el texto con rótulo y fuente en la parte inferior. Adicionalmente, se envían por separado como "Archivos complementarios" en alta resolución (mínimo 300 dpi, formatos JPG, PNG o TIFF)

Author Guidelines

Mundo Amazónico admits for publication original works not published or presented to any other medium. We publish in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

The journal accepts research, revision and reflection articles, brief notes, indigenous texts in their languages, unpublished historical archives and book reviews (see Section Policies).

The manuscripts must be sent through the web page of the journal: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/imanimundo

Or optionally to the address mundoamaz_let@unal.edu.co

In the latter case, a document containing the title of the article, name, electronic and postal address and a biographical summary (not more than 60 words) of each author must be sent separately.

Authors are responsible for all authorizations that publication of their contributions may require.

PRESENTATION OF THE MANUSCRIPTS

The text, digital version Microsoft Word or RTF, should be written at 1.5 spacing (including notes, bibliography, tables and lettering figures).

Title: Do not exceed 15 words. Present the title in the three languages of the magazine (Spanish, Portuguese and English), placing first the language of the text of the article.

Abstract: In the three languages of the journal (Spanish, Portuguese and English), placing first the language of the text of the article. It should mention the central objective of the work, methodology used in data collection, most important results and conclusions. It should not exceed 250 words.

Keywords: In the three languages of the magazine (Spanish, Portuguese and English), placing first the language of the article. Use two to five keywords different from those used in the title, separated by semicolons. The use of specific thesauri is recommended according to the topic of the article. Examples: CAB Thesaurus, HASSET: Humanities and Social Science Electronic Thesaurus, Unesco Thesauri.

Sections: The order and labeling of the sections of the article are at the discretion of each author. The sections are followed, without starting a new page.

Figures: Figures, graphs, drawings, illustrations, maps and photographs should be numbered with Arabic figures, bear a concise label at the bottom and include a reference to its source. Include the figures and images within the manuscript (in low resolution) and send them separately, as image files, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (as "Complementary Files" during the submission process).

Tables: Tables should be sent in their original format (not as images) and included in the manuscript. The labeling of each table should go at the top.

Notes: The notes to the text should go at the end of the manuscript (not as footnotes), in consecutive Arabic numerals.

Acknowledgments: Do not include acknowledgments or statements of sources of funding in the submitted manuscript. This information can be included in the "Comments to the Editor" box or once the manuscript has been accepted for publication.

References: The literature cited in the text should appear at the end under the heading "References". Here should appear all and only the works cited in the text, following the APA conventions for bibliographical references. Examples:

Journal article

Santos, A. A. (2014). La constitución de de naüne (cuerpo) entre los yunatügü (tikuna). Mundo Amazonico, 5, 327–356.

Book

Kopenawa, D., & Albert, B. (2013). The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomani Shaman. (N. Elliott & A. Dundy, Trads.). London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University.

Edited book

Surrallés, A., & García Hierro, P. (Eds.). (2004). Tierra Adentro: Terrritorio indígena y percepción del entorno. Copenhagen: IWGIA.

Book section

Landaburu, J. (1993). Du changement de nom de certains dieux: Péripéties de la reconstruction d’un univers amazonien. En A. Becquelin & A. Molinié (Eds.), Mémoire de la tradition (pp. 145–159). Nanterre: Societé d’Ethnologie.

Thesis

Sánchez, L. (2012). “De totumas y Estantillos”: Procesos migratorios, dinámicas de pertenencia y de diferenciación entre la Gente de Centro (Amazonía colombiana). Tesis de doctorado en Sociología, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3.

Pereira, E. (2005). Nimaira Uruki, Yetara Uriki: “Esa es mi lucha”. Ritual e Política entre os Uitoto-murui, rio Caraparaná, Amazônia Colombiana. Tese de Doutorado, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social, Museu Nacional, da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

Articles with more than seven authors: List the first six authors, followed by ellipse (…) and then the last auhor:

Butchart, S. H. M., Walpole, M., Collen, B., van Strien, A., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Almond, R. E. A., … Watson, R. (2010). Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines. Science, 328(5982), 1164 LP-1168.

Section Policies

Articles

Research articles must be original research reports, with a maximum extension of 7,000 words. They should include: title, abstract and keywords in the three languages of the journal (English, Spanish and Portuguese) and bibliographical references.

Review Articles

Document resulting from a completed research where research results, whether published or not, are analyzed, systematized and integrated into a field of knowledge, in order to account for its advances and trends. It is characterized by a careful bibliographic review. It should include: title, abstract and key words in the three languages of the journal (English, Spanish and Portuguese) and bibliographical references. With a maximum extension of 7,000 words.

Reflection article

Document that presents results of finished research from an analytical, interpretative or critical perspective of the author on a specific topic, using original sources. It should include: title, abstract and key words in the three languages of the journal (English, Spanish and Portuguese) and bibliographical references.

Brief notes and Research advances

Contributions of no more than 2,500 words that report advances or new research findings and that do not constitute a complete article. They should include: title, abstract and key words in the three languages of the journal (English, Spanish and Portuguese) and bibliographical references.

Texts in indigenous languages

Texts in indigenous languages, with a maximum extension of 7,000 words and with translation into one of the three languages of the journal. They should be accompanied by an introduction that identifies the language, the sources and importance of the text and the conventions used for its transcription. In the case of transcriptions of oral narratives, the audio file, in mp3 format, may be published in the electronic edition of the journal. They should include: title, abstract and keywords in the three languages of the journal (English, Spanish and Portuguese), identification of the language according to ISO 639, identification of the original oral source, transcriber and translator, Notes, and bibliographical references.

Reviews

 

 

Of a maximum of 1,500 words, they must present a critical and objective discussion of works related to the Panamazonia or of topics that may be of interest to the scope of the journal. They should include the complete bibliographical reference of the work reviewed.

Interviews and testimonies

Interviews and testimonies should not be larger than 3.000 words

Iconographic and visual contributions

Iconographic and visual contributions must be preceded by a brief introductions and contain a maximum of 10 images in black and white or color. Color images will be reproduced in the electronic editions and optionally in the print edition.

Special Issue: Defending the commons: community strategies for territorial resistance in the Amazon

In the face of expanding extractive activities, land grabbing, and the implementation of large-scale infrastructure projects across Pan-Amazonian territories, indigenous peoples and traditional communities have strengthened their own strategies for territorial surveillance and protection. Built upon territorially situated knowledge, community-led inspections, autonomous monitoring and self-demarcation, these practices express collective forms of territorial defense that challenge the selectivity of state policies and the corporate dynamics of economic appropriation.

Anchored in specific cosmologies, ways of life, and forms of political organization, these actions have often utilized new technologies and research methodologies, articulating traditional and technical-scientific knowledge. These processes are marked by pragmatic encounters between knowledge regimes (Carneiro da Cunha, 2017; Almeida, 2018) and by entangled cosmopolitical relations (Stengers, 2005; Marras, 2018; Viveiros de Castro, 2015).

Although these initiatives have gained greater visibility in recent years, they also face mounting challenges and contradictions. Notable among these are the intensification of violence against leaders and communities, the increased risks associated with territorial defense, and the limits imposed by the lack of recognition—and, in many cases, the criminalization—of these actions by the State and economic agents linked to the advancement of extractive frontiers.

In this context, it is fundamental to understand the multiple ways in which indigenous peoples and traditional communities are constructing autonomous mechanisms for the protection of their territory (Zibechi, 2022), the production of the common (Dardot & Laval, 2017), and the reproduction of life (Fraser, 2023; Varella, 2023) in response to the commodification of nature and the different forms of territorial dispossession in the Amazon.

We are also interested in investigating how territorial monitoring and defense practices led by indigenous peoples and traditional communities differ from the ‘participatory’ research, monitoring, or surveillance practices that have been gaining momentum in certain academic niches in state-led territorial protection strategies across Amazonian nations and within the third-sector agenda (Duke, 2020). While there are overlaps and shared concerns between these two sets of practices, it is essential to highlight how they fundamentally differ in the role assumed by local peoples: as protagonists of territorial defense actions in one case, or as ‘participants’ in activities led by others (researchers, partner organizations, government agencies, etc.) in the other.

Within this framework, this dossier proposes a gathering of dialogues, research, and reflections on community experiences of territorial defense, considering both their political and organizational dimensions, in addition to the challenges, tensions, and possibilities that permeate these practices.

Under an interdisciplinary approach, the dossier welcomes essays, articles, field reports, interviews, and other contributions dedicated to topics such as:

  • Autonomous strategies for territorial monitoring, community surveillance, and self-demarcation developed by indigenous peoples and traditional communities in the face of advancing extractive activities on collective territories.
  • Articulations between traditional knowledge, digital technologies, and technical-scientific instruments in the construction of community-based territorial protection practices.
  • Contradictions, tensions, and interfaces between autonomous territorial defense actions and state policies of control, inspection, and territorial management.
  • The impacts of territorial violence, criminalization, and institutional vulnerabilities on communities involved in surveillance and protection processes.
  • The leading role of women, youth, and community leaders in organizing practices related to care, surveillance, and the reproduction of collective life.
  • Interdisciplinary studies on self-managed forms of (cosmo)political and territorial organization that strengthen processes of autonomy in the Amazon.

Works produced in dialogue with indigenous peoples and traditional communities are especially welcome, as are texts authored by researchers, indigenous leaders, and individuals directly involved in the experiences addressed.

For more information on author guidelines, please click on the following link: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/imanimundo/about/submissions#authorGuidelines

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