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September

ETHNICITY IN ANCIENT AMAZONIA ed. by A. Hornborg & J. Hill (2013)

September 11, 2014

In 2013 books, New Books by SALSA Members

Ethnicity in Ancient Amazonia: Reconstructing Past Identities from Archaeology, Linguistics, and Ethnohistory Edited by Alf Hornborg & Jonathan Hill University Press of Colorado, 2013 A transdisciplinary collaboration among ethnologists, linguists, and archaeologists, Ethnicity in Ancient Amazonia traces the emergence, expansion, and decline of cultural identities in indigenous Amazonia. Hornborg...

September

GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND UNEQUAL EXCHANGE by A. Hornborg (2012)

September 10, 2014

In 2012 books, New Books by SALSA Members

By SALSA

Global Ecology and Unequal Exchange: Fetishism in a Zero-Sum World By Alf Hornborg Routledge, 2012 In modern society, we tend to have faith in technology. But is our concept of ‘technology’ itself a cultural illusion? Global Ecology and Unequal Exchange challenges the idea that humanity as a whole is...

September

ECOLOGY AND POWER ed. by A. Hornborg, B. Clark & K. Hermele (2013)

September 9, 2014

In 2012 books, New Books by SALSA Members

By SALSA

Ecology and Power: Struggles Over Land and Material Resources in the Past, Present, and Future Edited by Alf Hornborg, Brett Clark & Kenneth Hermele Routledge, 2012 Power and social inequality shape patterns of land use and resource management. Ecology and Power explores this relationship from different perspectives, illuminating...

September

PEOPLE OF SUBSTANCE by C. Londoño Sulkin (2012)

September 8, 2014

In 2012 books, New Books by SALSA Members

By SALSA

People of Substance: An Ethnography of Morality in the Colombian Amazon By Carlos Londoño Sulkin University of Toronto Press, 2012 People of Substance is a lively, accessible ethnography of a complex indigenous group of people of the Colombian Amazon who call themselves ‘People of the Center. ’ Carlos...

September

THE OCCULT LIFE OF THINGS ed. by F. Santos-Granero (2013)

September 7, 2014

In 2013 books, New Books by SALSA Members

By SALSA

The Occult Life of Things: Native Amazonian Theories of Materiality and Personhood Edited by Fernando Santos-Granero University of Arizona Press, 2013 Native peoples of the Amazon view objects, especially human artifacts, as the first cosmic creations and the building blocks from which the natural world has been shaped....

September

AMAZONIAN ROUTES by H. Roller (2014)

September 6, 2014

In 2014 books, New Books by SALSA Members

By SALSA

Amazonian Routes: Indigenous Mobility and Colonial Communities in Northern Brazil By Heather Roller Stanford University Press, 2014 Amazonian Routes: Indigenous Mobility and Colonial Communities in Northern Brazil reconstructs the world of eighteenth-century Amazonia to argue that indigenous mobility did not undermine settlement or community. In doing so, it revises...