Meredith Cristina Castro Rios Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2022-2023 Between smiles and masato: an approach to the values of the Shawi people through laughter Based on the approaches of the anthropology of emotions and the anthropology of humor, this study seeks, through the...
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Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2022-2023 Application deadline: November 30, 2022 The Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund supports pre-project travel grants for master and doctoral students in the early formulation of their field research. This Grant-in-Aid is to initiate contact and collaborative working relationships with...
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Lorena França Reis e Silva Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2017 Diversidade de roça e práticas alimentares entre os Tukano: rede de circulação de práticas e saberes entre o alto Rio Negro e Manaus A proposta global destina-se a compreender como a diversidade de cultivos...
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Victor Amante Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2021 Illegal gold and mercury: the Yanomami people amidst the impacts of mining The following project intends to analyze social relations amongst the Yanomami people in Brazil suffering the impacts of small-scale gold mining in their land...
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Sidney Castillo Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2021 Becoming through plants: Ayahuasca rituals and ethical self-making among the indigenous peoples of northeastern Peru My objective is to study the role of ayahuasca rituals in the formation of ethical subjectivities, i.e., how people learn what to...
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Rui Harayama Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2021 “Dor de cabeça forte”: Estratégias e usos de mediamentos controlados entre os Waiwai da terra indígena Trombetas-Mapuera Esse projeto pretende investigar os itinerários terapêuticos de indígenas waiwai da Terra Indígena Trombetas-Mapuera associado ao uso de...
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