Menino no rancho: Festa, cura e iniciação entre os Pankararu Renato Athias, 2012 This video presents a ritual among the Pankararu Indians of Pernambuco Brazil. Length: 00:22:00. About the author Renato Athias is a Doctor in ethnology (1995) from the University of Paris 10, is the Coordinator of the Centre for Studies and...
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Riquezas Intangíveis de Pessoas Partíveis: Os Mebêngôkre (Kaiapó) do Brasil Central By Vanessa Lee Edusp & Fapesp, 2012 Riquezas Intangíveis de Pessoas Partíveis é o resultado de extensa pesquisa de campo realizada pela autora entre os mebêngôkre, um povo Jê do Brasil Central, que habitam as margens do Rio...
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Laura Bathurst University of the Pacific Secretary-Treasurer 2011-2012 From Laura Bathurst's webpage: My aim is to foster in my students a habit of curiosity coupled with rigorous analytical thinking and a driving thirst for wide-ranging knowledge, and then to arm them with multiple frameworks that help them understand our...
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Beth Conklin Vanderbilt University SALSA President 2011-2014 Ex-Officio Member of the SALSA Board 2014-2020 Beth A. Conklin is a cultural and medical anthropologist specializing in the ethnography of indigenous peoples of lowland South America (Amazonia). Her research focuses on the anthropology of the body, religion and ritual, health and healing,death...
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SALSA Statements on the Belo Monte Dam Project The membership of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America (SALSA), a professional association of scholars specializing in Lowland South America, wishes to express its concern regarding the proposed Belo Monte hydroelectric project in the Amazonian...
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Marcela Coelho da Souza Academic Program Chair Seventh Sesquiannual Conference: Belém, Pará, Brasil, 22-26 June 2011 From Marcela's Academia.edu page: Marcela Coelho da Souza é professora do Departamento de Antropologia da Universidade de Brasília desde 2006, possui graduação em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade de São Paulo (1985), e mestrado...
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