Anthropology of Lowland South America
Download The recent article 'Ash salts and bodily affects: Witoto environmental knowledge as sexual education' (Echeverri and Román-Jitdutjaãno 2013 Environ. Res. Lett. 8 015008) considers indigenous people and their distinctive knowledge systems... more
The recent article 'Ash salts and bodily affects: Witoto environmental knowledge as sexual education' (Echeverri and Román-Jitdutjaãno 2013 Environ. Res. Lett. 8 015008) considers indigenous people and their distinctive knowledge systems in the western Amazon. These complex systems provide richly detailed practical knowledge about life in these tropical forests, which today many see as well populated and rich in cultural heritage. Through a careful analysis of ash salts and salt-making and the technologies and bodily affects associated with it, the authors suggest native Amazonian peoples see environmental knowledge not in terms of natural resources but instead how they interact with and produce human bodies in social networks, as a form of sexual education and, by extension, public health. It also highlights the critical importance of social relations as part of research, and the politics of nature, with important implications for contemporary debate and research on biodiversity, sustainability, climate change and human rights, specifically what types of agreements are entailed in scientific research that is not only robust but socially responsible
"Session Abstract: All archaeological information has an intrinsic spatial component, a fact which has been appreciated for as long as the discipline has existed. The significance of this property of our data has greatly increased in... more
"Session Abstract:
All archaeological information has an intrinsic spatial component, a fact which has been appreciated for as long as the discipline has existed. The significance of this property of our data has greatly increased in step with the general availability of powerful computing and specialized software packages in recent decades. In the drive to adopt, adapt, or invent techniques that directly address the spatial dimension of the material record, archaeologists have looked towards other fields as diverse as epidemiology, astronomy and landscape ecology for inspiration. While many commonalities exist in data structure, vocabulary and toolkits, it remains the case that archaeologists mostly employ spatial methods which were not developed with the explicit intention to pursue questions meaningful on a cultural or human scale. As such, this crucial element in the study of past societies can easily be lost in the transition from analysis to interpretation. This is both to the detriment of our objects of study, and to the broader dissemination of spatial analysis within archaeology.
This session aims to bring together scholars who are actively seeking answers to social questions through spatial analysis of archaeological, historical or environmental information. The focus of our interests is how to articulate the relationship between the fabric of space as a culturally-constituted, socially experienced entity, and the exploration of these properties using quantitative analytical methods. Papers may draw from an exhaustive variety of spatial approaches, including spatial statistics, simulation and numerical modelling. Additionally, a paper likely to be accepted would employ a method or range of methods to generate a narrative on a past society. Researchers developing new platforms, environments or techniques are particularly encouraged to present.
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All archaeological information has an intrinsic spatial component, a fact which has been appreciated for as long as the discipline has existed. The significance of this property of our data has greatly increased in step with the general availability of powerful computing and specialized software packages in recent decades. In the drive to adopt, adapt, or invent techniques that directly address the spatial dimension of the material record, archaeologists have looked towards other fields as diverse as epidemiology, astronomy and landscape ecology for inspiration. While many commonalities exist in data structure, vocabulary and toolkits, it remains the case that archaeologists mostly employ spatial methods which were not developed with the explicit intention to pursue questions meaningful on a cultural or human scale. As such, this crucial element in the study of past societies can easily be lost in the transition from analysis to interpretation. This is both to the detriment of our objects of study, and to the broader dissemination of spatial analysis within archaeology.
This session aims to bring together scholars who are actively seeking answers to social questions through spatial analysis of archaeological, historical or environmental information. The focus of our interests is how to articulate the relationship between the fabric of space as a culturally-constituted, socially experienced entity, and the exploration of these properties using quantitative analytical methods. Papers may draw from an exhaustive variety of spatial approaches, including spatial statistics, simulation and numerical modelling. Additionally, a paper likely to be accepted would employ a method or range of methods to generate a narrative on a past society. Researchers developing new platforms, environments or techniques are particularly encouraged to present.
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Anthropology, Philosophy, Ethnomusicology, Actor Network Theory, Social and Cultural Anthropology, and 12 moreAnthropology Of Religion, Ritual, Cultural Theory, Indigenous Knowledge, Ritual Theory, Animism, Amerindian Perspectivism, Anthropology of Lowland South America, Etnomusicología, Músicas del mundo, Músicas indígenas, Perspectivismo y Ontología indígena, Música del Amazonas, Human-Nonhuman relations, Zoomusicology, and Auditory Anthropologyedit
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Cultural History, Ethnohistory, Cultural Studies, Social Theory, Ethnic Studies, and 96 moreLatin American Studies, Comparative Literature, Anthropology, Anthropological Linguistics, Ethnolinguistics, Literacy, Indigenous Studies, Indigenous or Aboriginal Studies, Social Anthropology, Self and Identity, Translation Studies, Languages and Linguistics, Social Sciences, Social Identity, Literature, Linguistic Anthropology, Indigenous education, Auto-ethnography, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Amerindian Studies, Indigenous Research Methodologies, Amerindian Cosmologies, Brazilian Studies, Orality-Literacy Studies, Anthropological Linguistics (Languages And Linguistics), Cultural Theory, Fieldwork in Anthropology, Identity (Culture), Race and Ethnicity, Autoethnography, Oral history, Culture, Ethnolinguistic, Applied Linguistics, New literacy studies, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Literature, Comparative Linguistics, Brazil, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Amazonia, Ethnology, Peru, Latin American literature, Amazonian Languages, Linguistics, Archaeology of ethnicity, Linguistic ethnography, Indigenous Peoples, Peruvian History, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnicity, Lingüística, Etnohistoria, Colonial Latin American History, Oral History and Memory, Amazonian Studies, Borders and Frontiers, Interethnic Relations, Ciências Sociais, Patrimonio Cultural, Antropología cultural, Oral History and Documentary, Etnologia, South American Indians, Antropología Social, Anthropologie, Antropología, Ciencias Sociales, Etnolinguística, Ethnologie, Amazonian History, Amazonian Ethnology, Anthropology of Lowland South America, História Oral, Cultural and Social Anthropology, Oral histories, Borders and Borderlands, Amazonian indigenous peoples, Historia Oral en ciencias sociales, Etnicidad, Amerindian languages, Indigenous literacy, Amerindian linguistics, Etnología, Relaciones interétnicas, Etnologia Indígena, Historical and Comparative Sociology, Ethnicity and National Identity, Ethnic politics, Pano, Antropologia, Panoan Languages, Cashinahua, Caxinauá, and Huni Kuinedit
Research Interests:
History, Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, Indigenous Studies, Social Anthropology, and 33 moreLatin American and Caribbean History, Colombia, Political Anthropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Economic Anthropology, Indigenous Politics, Amazonia, Ethnology, Peru, Latin American History, Extractive industries (Economic Anthropology), Indigenous Peoples, Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology of Peru, Latin American Economic History, Latin America (esp. Bolivia and Peru), Colonial Latin American History, Amazonian Studies, Interethnic Relations, Antropología cultural, Etnologia, South American Indians, Antropología Social, Antropología, Amazonian History, Amazonian Ethnology, Anthropology of Lowland South America, Etnología, Relaciones interétnicas, Extractive industries, Etnologia Indígena, Rubber boom (caucho), and Antropologiaedit
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History, Ethnohistory, Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, Historical Anthropology, and 77 moreIndigenous Studies, Indigenous or Aboriginal Studies, Social Anthropology, Self and Identity, Social Sciences, Racial and Ethnic Politics, Social Identity, Colonial America, Cosmology (Anthropology), Amerindian Studies, Amerindian Cosmologies, Bolivian studies, Indigenous Politics, Identity (Culture), Race and Ethnicity, Oral history, Indigenous Knowledge, History of Missions, Cultural Identity, Brazil, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Amazonia, Ethnology, Bolivia, Peru, Amazonian Archaeology, Social History, Ethnic Conflict, Archaeology of ethnicity, Anthropology of Borders, Race and ethnicity (Anthropology), Indigenous Peoples, Representation of Others, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnicity, Latin American Colonial Literature, Ethnicity & Ethnic Conflicts, Etnohistoria, Identity, Colonial Latin American History, Historia, Representation, Amazonian Studies, Indigenous knowledge systems, Borders and Frontiers, Interethnic Relations, Etnologia, South American Indians, Anthropologie, Ciencias Sociales, Etnicidade, Missions, Antropologia, Etnografia, Etnoecologia, Etnohistoria, Amazonian History, Amazonian Ethnology, Amazonian Cultures, Anthropology of Lowland South America, Alteridade, Borders and Borderlands, Amazonian indigenous peoples, Etnicidad, latinamerican Studies, Antropología histórica, Etnología, Relaciones interétnicas, Etnologia Indígena, Historical and Comparative Sociology, Ethnicity and National Identity, Ethnic politics, Relações interétnicas, Self Representation, Ethnonyms, Bolivian History, Social Classifications, Historia Colonial De América Latina, Interethnic Interaction, and Panoan Languagesedit
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Ethnic Studies, Native American Studies, Gender Studies, Anthropology, Anthropological Linguistics, and 42 moreEthnolinguistics, Indigenous Studies, Indigenous or Aboriginal Studies, Languages and Linguistics, Linguistic Anthropology, Indigenous education, Auto-ethnography, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Amerindian Studies, Indigenous Research Methodologies, Amerindian Cosmologies, Gender and Sexuality, Indigenous Politics, Race and Ethnicity, Autoethnography, Gender, Autobiography, Ethnolinguistic, Oral Traditions, Applied Linguistics, Indigenous Knowledge, Amazonia, Ethnology, Bolivia, Amazonian Languages, Linguistic ethnography, Indigenous Peoples, Ethnicity, Native American Anthropology, Collaborative Autoethnography, Antropología cultural, Etnologia, South American Indians, Antropología Social, Antropología, Anthropology of Lowland South America, Amerindian languages, Amerindian linguistics, Etnología, Etnologia Indígena, Panoan, and Antropologiaedit
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Religion, Comparative Religion, Social Change, Social Theory, Sociology of Religion, and 52 moreEthnic Studies, Gender Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy Of Religion, Indigenous Studies, Indigenous or Aboriginal Studies, Social Anthropology, Self and Identity, Sex and Gender, Women's Studies, Social Sciences, Social Identity, Ethnography, Gender History, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Amerindian Studies, Amerindian Cosmologies, Anthropology Of Religion, Ritual, Gender and Sexuality, Fieldwork in Anthropology, Identity (Culture), Gender, Oral Traditions, Personhood, Indigenous Knowledge, Argentina, Gender Discourse, Ethnology, Ethnic Identity, Symbolic Anthropology (Anthropology), Indigenous Peoples, Cultural Anthropology, Ritual Theory, Ethnographic Methods, Archaeology of Ritual and Magic, Cosmology, Women and Gender Studies, Chaco, Antropología cultural, Etnografía, Etnologia, Antropología Social, Antropología, Amazonian Ethnology, Anthropology of Lowland South America, Gran Chaco (Paraguay), Etnología, Ritual Practices, Gran Chaco Sudamericano, Gran Chaco, and Antropologiaedit
"Dans les sociétés des basses terres d’Amérique du Sud, les rapports entre le guerrier meurtrier et sa victime ont été interprétés principalement comme l’expression d’une logique cannibale d’incorporation du point de vue de l’autre en... more
"Dans les sociétés des basses terres d’Amérique du Sud, les rapports entre le guerrier meurtrier et sa victime ont été interprétés principalement comme l’expression d’une logique cannibale d’incorporation du point de vue de l’autre en tant qu’ennemi. À partir de matériaux yurakaré, complétés par des données provenant du piémont andin, l’article expose une autre interprétation à côté de ce modèle maintenant traditionnel. Associé à une palingénésie de la victime en un oiseau charognard et mobilisant la figure de l’autocannibalisme, le traitement yurakaré de l’homicide implique une dimension circulaire qui renvoie, en dernière instance, à la figure historique d’un souverain andin (en particulier l’Inca) qui exécute ses sujets rebelles. L’analyse met en lumière une transformation du cannibalisme amazonien qui constitue une critique piémontaise de ce type de sacrifice humain et entend ainsi contribuer à une théorie générale de la guerre, du cannibalisme et du sacrifice en Amérique du Sud, au-delà de la division académique entre hautes terres et basses terres. [Mots-clés : guerre, cannibalisme, homicide, sacrifice humain, Yurakaré, Inca.]
Los funerales carroñeros. Homicidio, canibalismo y sacrificio para los yurakaré (Amazonia boliviana). En las sociedades de tierras bajas de Sur América, los vínculos entre el guerrero homicida y su víctima han sido interpretados como la expresión de una lógica caníbal de absorción del punto de vista del otro como enemigo. A partir de material yurakaré, y otras informaciones procedentes del piedemonte andino, este artículo presenta otra interpretación al lado de este modelo ya tradicional. Asociado a una palingenesia de la víctima en un ave carroñera, y convocando la figura del auto-canibalismo, el tratamiento yurakaré del homicidio implica una dimensión circular que remite últimamente a la figura histórica de un soberano andino (en particular el Inca) quien ejecuta sus sujetos rebeldes. El análisis desvela una transformación del canibalismo amazónico que constituye una crítica de este tipo de sacrificio humano y procura contribuir así a la elaboración de una teoría general de las relaciones entre guerra, canibalismo y sacrificio en América del Sur, más allá de la división académica entre tierras altas y tierras bajas. [Palabras-claves : guerra, canibalismo, homicidio, sacrificio humano, yurakaré, Inca.]
Vulture funerals. Homicide, cannibalism and sacrifice for the Yurakaré (Bolivian Amazonia). In the indigenous societies of the South American Lowlands, the relationship between the homicidal warrior and his victim has been interpreted mainly as an expression of a « cannibalistic logic » of incorporation of the enemy’s point of view. On the basis of Yurakaré materials and other data from the Andean foothills, this article offers an alternative to this now traditional model. The Yurakaré approach to homicide focuses on the palingenesis of the victim as a carrion bird that eats its own corpse, a circularity which can be linked in the last resort to a historically grounded representation of a powerful Andean sovereign (particularly the Inca) executing his rebellious subjects. This study reveals a transformation of the Amazonian cannibalism which is also a Foothill critique of this kind of human sacrifice and is intended to contribute to a general theory of war, cannibalism and sacrifice in South America, beyond the academic frontier dividing highlands and lowlands. [Keywords : war, cannibalism, homicide, human sacrifice, Yurakaré, Inca.]""""
Los funerales carroñeros. Homicidio, canibalismo y sacrificio para los yurakaré (Amazonia boliviana). En las sociedades de tierras bajas de Sur América, los vínculos entre el guerrero homicida y su víctima han sido interpretados como la expresión de una lógica caníbal de absorción del punto de vista del otro como enemigo. A partir de material yurakaré, y otras informaciones procedentes del piedemonte andino, este artículo presenta otra interpretación al lado de este modelo ya tradicional. Asociado a una palingenesia de la víctima en un ave carroñera, y convocando la figura del auto-canibalismo, el tratamiento yurakaré del homicidio implica una dimensión circular que remite últimamente a la figura histórica de un soberano andino (en particular el Inca) quien ejecuta sus sujetos rebeldes. El análisis desvela una transformación del canibalismo amazónico que constituye una crítica de este tipo de sacrificio humano y procura contribuir así a la elaboración de una teoría general de las relaciones entre guerra, canibalismo y sacrificio en América del Sur, más allá de la división académica entre tierras altas y tierras bajas. [Palabras-claves : guerra, canibalismo, homicidio, sacrificio humano, yurakaré, Inca.]
Vulture funerals. Homicide, cannibalism and sacrifice for the Yurakaré (Bolivian Amazonia). In the indigenous societies of the South American Lowlands, the relationship between the homicidal warrior and his victim has been interpreted mainly as an expression of a « cannibalistic logic » of incorporation of the enemy’s point of view. On the basis of Yurakaré materials and other data from the Andean foothills, this article offers an alternative to this now traditional model. The Yurakaré approach to homicide focuses on the palingenesis of the victim as a carrion bird that eats its own corpse, a circularity which can be linked in the last resort to a historically grounded representation of a powerful Andean sovereign (particularly the Inca) executing his rebellious subjects. This study reveals a transformation of the Amazonian cannibalism which is also a Foothill critique of this kind of human sacrifice and is intended to contribute to a general theory of war, cannibalism and sacrifice in South America, beyond the academic frontier dividing highlands and lowlands. [Keywords : war, cannibalism, homicide, human sacrifice, Yurakaré, Inca.]""""