Global Ecology and Unequal Exchange: Fetishism in a Zero-Sum World By Alf Hornborg Routledge, 2012 In modern society, we tend to have faith in technology. But is our concept of ‘technology’ itself a cultural illusion? Global Ecology and Unequal Exchange challenges the idea that humanity as a whole is...
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Ecology and Power: Struggles Over Land and Material Resources in the Past, Present, and Future Edited by Alf Hornborg, Brett Clark & Kenneth Hermele Routledge, 2012 Power and social inequality shape patterns of land use and resource management. Ecology and Power explores this relationship from different perspectives, illuminating...
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People of Substance: An Ethnography of Morality in the Colombian Amazon By Carlos Londoño Sulkin University of Toronto Press, 2012 People of Substance is a lively, accessible ethnography of a complex indigenous group of people of the Colombian Amazon who call themselves ‘People of the Center. ’ Carlos...
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Spiritual Ecology: The Quiet Revolution Leslie E. Sponsel Praeger, 2012...
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Indigenous Youth in Brazilian Amazonia: Changing Lived Worlds By Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 Indigenous Youth in Brazilian Amazonia wonders about how do Amazonian native young people perceive, question, and negotiate the new kinds of social and cultural situations in which they find themselves? Virtanen looks at how...
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Under a Watchful Eye: Self, Power, and Intimacy in Amazonia By Harry Walker University of California Press, 2012 What does it mean to be accompanied? How can autonomy and a sense of self emerge through one’s involvement with others? Under a Watchful Eye examines the formation of self among...
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