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January

AMAZONIAN COSMOPOLITANS, by S. Oakdale (2022)

January 26, 2022

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Amazonian Cosmopolitans Navigating a Shamanic Cosmos, Shifting Indigenous Policies, and Other Modern Projects By Suzanne Oakdale University of Nebraska Press, 2022 Amazonian Cosmopolitans focuses on the autobiographical accounts of two Brazilian Indigenous leaders, Prepori and Sabino, Kawaiwete men whose lives spanned the twentieth century, when Amazonia increasingly became the...

January

Lorena França Reis e Silva Whitten Research Fund 2017

January 25, 2022

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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...

January

COUBÓIS DA FLORESTA, by J. Hoelle (2021)

January 24, 2022

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Caubóis da floresta O crescimento da pecuária e a cultura de gado na Amazônia brasileira By Jeffrey Hoelle Editora da Universidade Federal do Acre - Edufac, 2021 I am happy to announce that my book, Rainforest Cowboys (UT Press, 2015) has been translated to Portuguese and is available for...

January

Victor Amante – Whitten Research Fund 2021

January 18, 2022

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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...

January

Sidney Castillo – Whitten Research Fund 2021

January 18, 2022

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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...

January

Rui Harayama – Whitten Research Fund 2021

January 18, 2022

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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...