Neotropical ornithology: Reckoning with historical assumptions, removing systemic barriers, and reimagining the future

L Soares, KL Cockle, E Ruelas Inzunza… - Ornithological …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Una barrera importante para el avance de la ornitología es la exclusión sistémica de los
profesionales del Sur Global. Una colección especial de artículos publicada recientemente …

Challenges and directions in analytical paleobiology

EM Dillon, EM Dunne, TM Womack, M Kouvari… - Paleobiology, 2023‏ - cambridge.org
Over the last 50 years, access to new data and analytical tools has expanded the study of
analytical paleobiology, contributing to innovative analyses of biodiversity dynamics over …

How to include and recognize the work of ornithologists based in the Neotropics: Fourteen actions for Ornithological Applications, Ornithology, and other global …

E Ruelas Inzunza, KL Cockle… - Ornithological …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Global-scope scientific journals have played an important role in upholding a colonial
legacy of north-south inequities in ornithology, and they now have a key role to play in …

[PDF][PDF] Pace and space in the practice of aDNA research: Concerns from the periphery

B Yáñez, A Fuentes, CP Silva, G Figueiro… - American Journal of …, 2023‏ - researchgate.net
Ancient DNA (aDNA) research is characterized by asymmetric relationships between
disciplines, institutions, and countries—“coreperipheral”(Argüelles et al., 2022) or Global …

[HTML][HTML] A reappraisal of the cranial and mandibular osteology of the spinosaurid Irritator challengeri (Dinosauria: Theropoda)

M Schade, OWM Rauhut, C Foth, O Moleman… - 2023‏ - palaeo-electronica.org
Although originally described almost three decades ago, the holotype of Irritator challengeri
from the Lower Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of Brazil still represents the most complete …

[PDF][PDF] Promises of mass digitisation and the colonial realities of natural history collections

K Kaiser, I Heumann, T Nadim, H Keysar… - Journal of Natural …, 2023‏ - natsca.org
Recent debates have highlighted the colonial roots and legacies of museums, prompting
intense discussions about these institutions within the museums themselves. Amidst the …

[HTML][HTML] When Are Fossils Data?

A Watkins - Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in …, 2024‏ - journals.publishing.umich.edu
Existing accounts of data are unclear about whether the epistemic role objects play makes
them data, or whether data have to be produced by human interaction with the world–these …

From parachuting to partnership: Fostering collaborative research in protected areas

IPJ Smit, RJ Fernández, MF Menvielle… - Journal of Applied …, 2025‏ - Wiley Online Library
Research in protected areas (PAs) is often dominated by scientists from outside the
conservation agencies managing them. This can potentially lead to misalignment with local …

History of Native American land and natural resource policy in the United States: impacts on the field of paleontology

HL Kempf, HC Olson, PM Monarrez, L Bradley… - Paleobiology, 2023‏ - cambridge.org
We highlight the historical and contemporary policies that govern paleontological research
on federally recognized Native American lands. The United States has a long history of fossil …

[HTML][HTML] Geology uprooted! Decolonising the curriculum for geologists

SL Rogers, L Lau, N Dowey, H Sheikh… - Geoscience …, 2022‏ - gc.copernicus.org
Geology is colonial. It has a colonial past and a colonial present. Most of the knowledge that
we accept as the modern discipline of geology was founded during the height of the post …