Anna Marie Larsen Masaryk University Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2025-2026 Leadership, Gender, and Well-being Among Indigenous People in Brazil Abstract: This research project aims to comparatively examine how leadership both shapes and is shaped by gender dynamics within Indigenous communities, and how these interrelated...
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Jhonatan Erik Rodriguez Macuyama FLACSO, Ecuador Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2025-2026 Migración y etnicidad Kukama-kukamiria en el eje carretero Iquitos-Nauta Resumen: Esta investigación analiza las dinámicas migratorias y los fenómenos de etnicidad del pueblo kukama-kukamiria asentado en el eje carretero Iquitos-Nauta en el nororiente...
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Narciso Abras Turco FLACSO, Ecuador Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2025-2026 Impacto del Canon Gasífero de Camisea: Poder, Violencia Estructural y Resistencia en la Comunidad Nativa Carpintero Kirigueti, Cusco, Perú Resumen: Esta investigación analiza el impacto del canon gasífero proveniente del Proyecto Camisea sobre la...
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Ilona Ciganiková Masaryk University Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2025-2026 Continuity and innovation of Indigenous music in Lowland South America Abstract: This research project focuses on how Indigenous people perceive and experience music between tradition and innovation as a part of the interfaces between Indigenous...
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Laura Botero University of Texas at Austin Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2025-2026 (En)gendering Extraction: Bodies, Territories, and Dispossession in the Making of a Mining Frontier in Indigenous Amazonia Abstract: This project investigates how an emerging mining frontier is taking shape in Uwottüja (Piaroa) territories...
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Whitten Research Fund Winners of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2025-2026 Happy New Year Salserxs! I am so pleased to begin the year sharing with you (below) the winners of the 2025-26 Norm & Sibby Whitten Research Award. Many thanks to the Whitten Research Award Selection...
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