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November
Behold the Black Caiman by L. Bessire
November 1, 2014
Behold the Black Caiman By Lucas Bessire University of Chicago Press, 2014 ...
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11
September
ETHNICITY IN ANCIENT AMAZONIA ed. by A. Hornborg & J. Hill (2013)
September 11, 2014
Ethnicity in Ancient Amazonia: Reconstructing Past Identities from Archaeology, Linguistics, and Ethnohistory Edited by Alf Hornborg & Jonathan Hill University Press of Colorado, 2013 A transdisciplinary collaboration among ethnologists, linguists, and archaeologists, Ethnicity in Ancient Amazonia traces the emergence, expansion, and decline of cultural identities in indigenous Amazonia. Hornborg...
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September
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND UNEQUAL EXCHANGE by A. Hornborg (2012)
September 10, 2014
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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09
September
ECOLOGY AND POWER ed. by A. Hornborg, B. Clark & K. Hermele (2013)
September 9, 2014
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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September
PEOPLE OF SUBSTANCE by C. Londoño Sulkin (2012)
September 8, 2014
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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September
THE OCCULT LIFE OF THINGS ed. by F. Santos-Granero (2013)
September 7, 2014
The Occult Life of Things: Native Amazonian Theories of Materiality and Personhood Edited by Fernando Santos-Granero University of Arizona Press, 2013 Native peoples of the Amazon view objects, especially human artifacts, as the first cosmic creations and the building blocks from which the natural world has been shaped....
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