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Luis Felipe Torres
04
March

Luis Felipe Torres – N & S Whitten Publication Subvention 2024-2025

March 4, 2025
In Awards and Funding, SALSA's News Archive, Whitten Publication Subvention
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Luis Felipe Torres Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Norm and Sibby Whitten Publication Subvention 2024-2025 The Norm and Sibby Whitten Publication Subvention Award Selection Committee (Evan Killick, chair, Lukas Keese and Juliana Oliveira Silva) awarded a grant to Luis Felipe Torres Espinoza for his book, “Wutsrukatenni Pirana - Historia de nuestros antiguos...

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Sibby Whitten
03
March

Awardees N & S Whitten Publication Subvention 2024-2025

March 3, 2025
In Awards and Funding, SALSA's News Archive, Whitten Publication Subvention
By SALSA

Awardees Norm and Sibby Whitten Publication Subvention 2024-2025 Please join me and members of this year’s Norm and Sibby Whitten Publication Subvention Award Selection Committee (Evan Killick, chair, Lukas Keese and Juliana Oliveira Silva) in congratulating this year’s award winners.  The 2004-25 awardees are:  Julie Velásquez Runk with Wounaan Podpa Nʌm Pömaam and...

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Sorcery in Amazonia
27
February

Sorcery in Amazonia, ed. by J.A. Whitaker, M. Lewy & T. Janik (2025)

February 27, 2025
In 2025-Books, New Books by SALSA Members, SALSA's News Archive
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Sorcery in Amazonia A Comparative Exploration of Magical Assault Edited by James Andrew Whitaker, Matthias Lewy, and Tarryl Janik Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, 2025 Although shamanism has become a well-developed and expansive topic within the anthropology of Amazonia, the ethnographic literature focusing on sorcery has been sporadic and sparse by comparison. This has...

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University of Helsinki
24
February

SALSA 2025 Indigenous and Traditional Community participants

February 24, 2025
In SALSA 2025, SALSA's News Archive
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Indigenous and Traditional Community participants SALSA 2025 Biennial Conference .  Indigenous and Traditional Peoples’ Membership and Registration If you are a member of an Indigenous Nation or Traditional Group (e.g. Riverine, Afro-descendant, Extractivist community), SALSA waives your conference registration and SALSA membership fees. Indigenous and Traditional Peoples, unlike others, do not have to join...

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The Shamanism of Eco-Tourism
06
February

THE SHAMANISM OF ECO-TOURISM, by J. Whitaker (2025)

February 6, 2025
In 2025-Books, New Books by SALSA Members, SALSA's News Archive
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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
22
January

Roberta Queiroz Hesse – Whitten Research Fund 2024-25

January 22, 2025
In Awards and Funding, SALSA's News Archive, Whitten Research Awardee
By SALSA

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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