Winners of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Publication Subvention 2020 The Norm and Sibby Whitten Publication Subvention Committee has decided on the winners of the 2020 award. An award will be given to three publications: Douglas Campelo for his book project Das partes da mulher de barro:...
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Study: Brazil government undercounts Indigenous deaths from COVID-19 by half Maurício Angelo / Mongabay 5-18-21 A new study shows that official records underreported COVID-19 deaths among Indigenous people in Brazil by half, and also substantially underreported total numbers of infections. A key factor in the problem is that...
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[caption id="attachment_15206" align="alignleft" width="300"] Cuicocha, Ecuador, 1997 (photo by Carlos Fausto)[/caption] Lembrança de Peter Gow In-Memoriam (bilingual Portuguese-English) Aparecida Vilaça Peter Gow foi um dos antropólogos mais originais e sensíveis que conheci. A sua tese de doutorado, uma etnografia do povo Piro/Yine da Amazônia peruana, publicada em 1991...
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El dramático Dr. Peter Gow In-Memoriam Por Carlos Londoño Sulkin [This post was removed by request of the author: Carlos.Londono@uregina.ca] Fotografía: Carlos Londoño Sulkin, 1996-1997. ...
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Time and Its Object A Perspective from Amerindian and Melanesian Societies on the Temporality of Images Edited by Paolo Fortis and Susanne Küchler Routledge, 2021 Time and Its Object examines the way objects and images relate to and shape notions of temporality and history. Bringing together ethnographic studies from the...
Read MoreSALSA XIII Biennial Conference Films [expand title="Guardians of the Forest" tag="h2"] Michael Gilmore, George Mason University Guardians of the Forest is a documentary film that tells the inspiring story of the Maijuna Indigenous group of the Peruvian Amazon as they fight for their biologically rich ancestral lands and cultural...
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