The human face of Manu Park: National Geographic The June issue of National Geographic included a feature story by Emma Marris on the human history and conservation status of Manu National Park, Peru. SALSA member Glenn Shepard guided Marris during the expedition to Manu, and the...
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Steven Lee Rubenstein Memorial Scholarship 2016 Guilherme Orlandini Heurich Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro SALSA’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the Stephen Lee Rubenstein Memorial Scholarship Committee has selected Dr. Guilherme Orlandini Heurich (Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) to...
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Huaorani Transformations in Twenty-First-Century Ecuador: Treks into the Future of Time By Laura Rival University of Arizona, 2016 Rival’s intimate knowledge of Huaorani culture spans twenty-five years. Here in Huaorani Transformations, a collection of broad-ranging essays, she offers a fascinating and provocative study. The indigenous people of the Amazon...
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Thunder Shaman: Making History with Mapuche Spirits in Chile and Patagonia By Ana Mariella Bacigalupo University of Texas Press, 2016 The first study of how Mapuche shamans make history, Thunder Shaman challenges perceptions of shamans as being outside of history and examines how shamans themselves understand notions of civilization,...
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Ownership and Nurture: Studies in Native Amazonian Property Relations Edited by Marc Brightman, Carlos Fausto & Vanessa Grotti Berghahn Books, 2016 The first book to address the classic anthropological theme of property through the ethnography of Amazonia, Ownership and Nurture sets new and challenging terms for anthropological debates about...
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Radical Territories in the Brazilian Amazon: The Kayapó's Fight for Just Livelihoods. By Laura Zanotti University of Arizona Press, 2016 Radical Territories in the Brazilian Amazon sheds light on the creative and groundbreaking efforts Kayapó peoples deploy to protect their lands and livelihoods. Now at the front lines...
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