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Cosmology Performed, The World Transformed: Mimesis And The Logical Operations Of Nature And Culture In Myth In Amazonia And Beyond, Deon Liebenberg
Cosmology Performed, The World Transformed: Mimesis And The Logical Operations Of Nature And Culture In Myth In Amazonia And Beyond, Deon Liebenberg
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
By analyzing myths from around the world to build an argument regarding the relation between cosmology and community, Amazonian myths are set within a broader set of mythic imageries. Lévi-Strauss showed how a structural description of myth should fully incorporate the entire set of variant arrangements through which its elements or terms could be related to one another. Despite the criticism to which his approach has been subject, the notion that certain kinds of logical operations could be gleaned in the organization of myth continues to yield valuable insights. In this paper, I contend that the mimetic representation of empirically …
Images Of Public Wealth Or The Anatomy Of Well-Being In Indigenous Amazonia, Michael Chibnik
Images Of Public Wealth Or The Anatomy Of Well-Being In Indigenous Amazonia, Michael Chibnik
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
A Few Days With Bill Vickers: Quietly Advancing Indigenous Rights, Ted Macdonald
A Few Days With Bill Vickers: Quietly Advancing Indigenous Rights, Ted Macdonald
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
William T. Vickers’ Contribution To Secoya Ethnobotany, Pablo Yépez, Stella De La Torre
William T. Vickers’ Contribution To Secoya Ethnobotany, Pablo Yépez, Stella De La Torre
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Introduction: Remembering William T. Vickers (1942–2016), Robert Wasserstrom
Introduction: Remembering William T. Vickers (1942–2016), Robert Wasserstrom
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
“Being Flexible”: Reflections On How An Anthropological Theory Spills Into The Contemporary Political Life Of An Amazonian People, Stine Krøijer
“Being Flexible”: Reflections On How An Anthropological Theory Spills Into The Contemporary Political Life Of An Amazonian People, Stine Krøijer
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
This article examines the work of William T. Vickers and describes how his theory about the flexible adaptation of the Siona-Secoya to their forested environment has spilled into their contemporary political life. Based on recurring fieldwork among the Secoya in Northeastern Ecuador, the article shows that “being flexible” has become a particular way of talking about and managing relations to powerful outsiders such as representatives of oil companies and government officials. The article brings together ethnography on the Secoya’s relationship to Occidental Petroleum Company in 1999–2001 and their turn to oil palm cultivation as subcontractors to a plantation company after …
The Political Man As A Sick Animal: On The “Ideology Of Kisêdjê Political Leadership”, André Drago
The Political Man As A Sick Animal: On The “Ideology Of Kisêdjê Political Leadership”, André Drago
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
Eloquent, wise, generous; in short, “exemplary,” Kisêdjê political leaders are also said to be “animal-like” dangerous beings. For Anthony Seeger, this “ideological ambivalence” expresses the contradiction which constitutes the leader’s position-function, whose “political power” working at the center of the village derives from peripheral kinship affiliations. Moreover, supposed to withhold the group’s “norms”, he is surprisingly entitled to violate them–primarily, he is exempted from uxorilocality. I try to demonstrate that the inflections the leader subjects patterns of kinship-making process alter his body and agency, rendering him more or less human and, therefore, capable of mediating between the Kisêdjê and their …
“Don Guillermo” Or William Vickers Among The Secoya, María Susana Cipolletti
“Don Guillermo” Or William Vickers Among The Secoya, María Susana Cipolletti
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Upper Perené Arawak Narratives Of History, Landscape, And Ritual, Fernando Santos-Granero
Upper Perené Arawak Narratives Of History, Landscape, And Ritual, Fernando Santos-Granero
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Amazonia In The Anthropocene: Peoples, Soils, Plants, Forests, John Ben Soileau
Amazonia In The Anthropocene: Peoples, Soils, Plants, Forests, John Ben Soileau
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Sex Roles And Social Change In Amazonian Ecuador, William T. Vickers
Sex Roles And Social Change In Amazonian Ecuador, William T. Vickers
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
William Vickers And Gender Studies Of The 1970s, E. Jean Langdon
William Vickers And Gender Studies Of The 1970s, E. Jean Langdon
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Bill Vickers’ Modern Political Transformation, Robert Wasserstrom
Bill Vickers’ Modern Political Transformation, Robert Wasserstrom
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Bill Vickers: A Pioneer In Engaged And Dialogic Anthropology, E. Jean Langdon
Bill Vickers: A Pioneer In Engaged And Dialogic Anthropology, E. Jean Langdon
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Remembrances Of Bill Vickers: Early And Late Career Activities, Norman E. Whitten Jr.
Remembrances Of Bill Vickers: Early And Late Career Activities, Norman E. Whitten Jr.
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.