Victor Amante Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2021 Illegal gold and mercury: the Yanomami people amidst the impacts of mining The following project intends to analyze social relations amongst the Yanomami people in Brazil suffering the impacts of small-scale gold mining in their land...
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Sidney Castillo Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2021 Becoming through plants: Ayahuasca rituals and ethical self-making among the indigenous peoples of northeastern Peru My objective is to study the role of ayahuasca rituals in the formation of ethical subjectivities, i.e., how people learn what to...
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Rui Harayama Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2021 “Dor de cabeça forte”: Estratégias e usos de mediamentos controlados entre os Waiwai da terra indígena Trombetas-Mapuera Esse projeto pretende investigar os itinerários terapêuticos de indígenas waiwai da Terra Indígena Trombetas-Mapuera associado ao uso de...
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Mariana Furtado Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2021 As mulheres yanomami e suas redes ecológicas: uma investigação sobre saberes e práticas cotidianas femininas O objetivo desse projeto de pesquisa é investigar das atividades cotidianas das mulheres yanomami, com foco naquelas relacionadas à subsistência:...
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Ana Judith Blanco Rojas Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2021 ~Siñajarime’re ari͂ ri͂ khɨri: lo que necesitamos para vivir tranquilos La propuesta es un primer paso para dar respuesta al llamado de un grupo de mujeres de la Asociación de Autoridades Tradicionales Indígenas Aledañas...
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Ana Felicien Pérez Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2021 Past and present afro-diasporic contributions to tropical food systems: a Caribbean - Amazonian dialogue in times of crisis Using a historical perspective and engaging participatory approach, this study seeks to analyze the past and present...
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