Marco Ramírez Colombier Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2022-2023 Migration, construction of place and territoriality from the Kukama perspective. A cross-border study Peru-Colombia-Brazil The research will bring together the perspectives of the Kukama (Tupi-Guarani) people on their link to the...
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Elena Stübinger-Janas Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Amazonia Campus Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2022-2023 "Welcome to the Amazon!" - Effects of English in a multilingual context in the southern Colombian Amazonian Trapezium Puerto Nariño in the southern Colombian Amazon is an area of intense...
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Austin Howard Florida State University Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2023-2024 Exploring Inter-Ethnic Marriage Dynamics: A Study of Family Foundations and ‘ethnic’ entities in Iquitos, Peru My project will investigate the union and diversity of culture and how various Amazonian peoples perceive themselves and others....
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Luis Garcia Falcon Florida International University Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2023-2024 Napo Gold Rush: Perceptions and Responses to Mining in the Ecuadorian Amazon Since 2017, Ecuador has had three consecutive center-right governments who have continued to promote Ecuador's extractive industries as the future of...
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Felix Uhl Philipp University Marburg Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2023-2024 Shaping Worlds through Music: Huni Kuin Music as the Making of Modernities and Belongings My PhD project focuses on how Brazilian Huni Kuin of the Jordão and Tarauacá rivers use music to shape an...
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Lana Gabriela Guimarães Melo Universidade Federal do Pará Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2023-2024 For a present past: archaeology as school content in indigenous basic education In this project, I propose to carry out a bibliographical survey of academic research in archaeology, anthropology and history...
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