The Shamanism of Eco-Tourism History and Ontology among the Makushi in Guyana By James Andrew Whitaker Cambridge University Press, 2025 In The Shamanism of Eco-Tourism. the first book in English to focus specifically on the Makushi in Guyana, James Andrew Whitaker examines how shamanism informs Makushi interactions with outsiders in...
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Roberta Queiroz Hesse Universidade de São Paulo Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2024-2025 Políticas indígenas do trabalho: pensando sobre corpos e empregos com famílias guarani, kaingang e xetá do baixo Tibagi Este projeto versa sobre o tema das relações de trabalho de indígenas kaingang, guarani e xetá do...
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Marie-Eve Courtemanche Université Laval Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2024-2025 Cosmopolitics of the body-territory: Huni Kuin women and contemporary Indigenous art in the Brazilian Amazon This research project focuses on the Huni Kuin women of the Terra Indígena Kaxinawá do Rio Jordão (Acre, Brazil), who mobilize art...
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José Gabriel Davila Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Amazonia Campus Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2024-2025 Documentación y apropiación de las trampas tradicionales de pesca murui Esta investigación busca la documentación y apropiación de los saberes ecológicos, técnicos y culturales de las trampas de pesca...
Read MoreElizabeth Swanson Andi Arizona State University Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2024-2025 Creating the Conditions of Possibility for Kichwa Traditional Ecological Knowledge at the Intersection of Sustainability Science in the Ecuadorian Amazon The province of Napo, Ecuador is home to more than 46,000 Kichwa people,...
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Cintia Regina Cruz Pereira University of Helsinki Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2024-2025 Bridging Indigenous Knowledge and Global Food Policies: Indigenous Food Systems in Sustainability and Resilience Grounded in Indigenous epistemologies and decolonising methodologies, the study will focus on how Indigenous food systems contribute to...
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