Art Effects: Image, Agency, and Ritual in Amazonia By Carlos Fausto University of Nebraska Press, 2020 In Art Effects Carlos Fausto explores the interplay between indigenous material culture and ontology in ritual contexts, interpreting the agency of artifacts and indigenous presences and addressing major themes in anthropological theory and...
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“The Measles from the Time of My Grandfather”: Amazonian Ethnocide Memories in Times of Covid-19 By Carlos Fausto 23 April 2020 "Two weeks ago, Kanari Kuikuro called me from Canarana, a small town in the Brazilian Amazon, where he now lives with his wife and many children. He...
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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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