@article{ref1,
title="Afro‐Cuban Religion, Ethnobotany and Healthcare in the Context of Global Political and Economic Change",
journal="Bulletin of Latin American research",
year="2008",
author="Moret, Erica",
volume="27",
number="3",
pages="333-350",
abstract="‘Globalisation’, driven by neoliberal-based policies, can be seen to have significant impacts on ethnobotanical practices, particularly through the commercialisation of traditional knowledge and rise in identity-based social movements. Despite its relative political and economic isolation in comparison to more ‘neoliberalised’ areas of Latin America, local-level shifts occurring in post-Soviet Cuba are similar to those occurring elsewhere in the region. Afro-Cuban ritual activities have proliferated, particularly in Havana, leading to an increased dependence on the rich magico-medicinal pharmacopoeias employed in hybridised religions such as santería and palo monte – suggesting that ‘globalisation’ may have profound, albeit indirect, implications for even the most economically marginalised countries such as Cuba.<p />",
language="",
issn="0261-3050",
doi="10.1111/j.1470-9856.2008.00273.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1470-9856.2008.00273.x"
}