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Working Papers on South American Indians

Working Papers on South American Indians 

Working Papers on South American Indians Kenneth M. Kensinger, Series Editor Working Papers on South American Indians (WPSAI) originally appeared in seven print issues, published at irregular intervals from 1979 to 1985 by Bennington College. Kenneth M. Kensinger served as series editor. During these years, Kensinger also hosted...

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Forest of Mirrors

The Forest of Mirrors (2019)

The Forest of Mirrors Stine Krøijer, University of Copenhagen, 2019 Forest of Mirrors is a photo exhibition consisting of 6 images, 3 short texts and one video (Point of view, 4 min), which the public will be able to watch on a small screen (provided with headphones). This exhibit is the result...

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Marriage Practices in Lowland South America

Marriage Practices in Lowland South America

Marriage Practices in Lowland South America Editor: Kenneth M. Kensinger Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1984 (Illinois Studies in Anthropology, No. 14) The papers in this book resulted from one of the Lowland South America symposia, organized by Ken Kensinger in 1973 in Bennington College (what...

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KIRAÑIA

~KIRAÑIA (Long Flutes) (2019)

~KIRAÑIA (Long Flutes) Juan Castrillón, University of Pennsylvania, 2019 ~KIRAÑIA (Long Flutes) dramatizes how a pair of long flutes sounds like, how a Cubeo Emi-Hehenewa indigenous community of Northwestern Amazon makes it, and how community members make sense of it. The film came out of my ethnographic fieldwork...

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Amazonimations

Amazonimations (2019)

Amazonimations Camilla Morelli, University of Bristol, 2019 Amazonimations is a collection of three animated short films (total length: 7 minutes) that were scripted, narrated and illustrated by different generations of Matses people in Peru – and produced in collaboration with an indigenous artist and a professional animator. The...

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Leadership in Lowland South America

Leadership in Lowland South America

Leadership in Lowland South America South American Indian Studies, Number 1, August 1993 (File format: PDF. File size: 45.76 MB) Editor: Waud H. Kracke Series Editor: Kenneth M. Kensinger Contents: Series Editor's Foreword by Kenneth M. Kensinger Introduction by Waud H. Kracke Factors Favoring the Development of Political Leadership in...

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