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A Phenomenological Account of Yanomami Shamanism
No full textThe Yanomami people of Brazil and Venezuela have been an integral part of anthropological debates, as well as wider conversations, for a long time. Their remote location on the Brazilian-Venezuelan border, as well as an undeserved reputation for being a “fierce people”, have made the Yanomami the object of fascination of anthropologists, journalists, environmental activists and many others. In consequence, the Yanomami case is an unusual one among the peoples of the South American Lowlands, in the sense that there is a considerable amount of publications about them, both in the academic and non-academic press. However, a Western fascination with the warfare practices of this people has left other aspects of their social life and culture absent, or almost absent, from the ethnographic record. For this reason, Jokic presents us with a book on Yanomami shamanic and health practices. In this book, Jokic’s offers a phenomenological ethnographic approach to the world of Yanomami shamanism (shaporimou). Through his approach, Jokic seeks to explain the dynamics of visionary experiences and how is it that the shaman’s body is a model of the totality of the Yanomami cosmos. Finally, Jokic’s discussion of Yanomami dwellings and shaman’s bodies demonstrates that the Yanomami cosmos is organized under a holographic principle
Stumbling on/in Evaluation Anthropology
Get PDFMary Odell Butler's book is a comprehensive guide to how to do evaluation anthropology, especially in the United States. With candid passages about own experiences and about her own career path, she discusses ethics, methodology, dilemmas about the position of the evaluator and about career choices. She introduces evaluation to anthropologists and anthropology to evaluators, and assesses the necessity of evaluation anthropology as a separate field
Native Faith Movements in Europe: Intersections, Collisions, and Transformations of Religious Sensibilities
Get PDFIn recent decades Pagan and Native Faith movements have proliferated across Europe, but there has been little research addressing the social and political impact of these movements. Contributors to this volume explore the complex interplay of nationalistic impulses in contemporary Paganism, illustrating how nationalistic impulses play out, intersect, collide, and transform European religious sensibilities as evidenced by the establishment of the European Congress of Ethnic Religions (ECER) in 1998
A Practical Guide to Oral History
Get PDFReview of Barbara W. Sommer's (2015) Practicing Oral History in Historical Organization
Anthropology and Philosophy: Creating a Workspace for Collaboration
Get PDFReview of Anthropology & Philosophy: Dialogues on Trust and Hope Sune Liisberg, Esther Oluffa Pederson, and Anne Line Dalsgard (editors)
Humor, life and everything nice
Get PDFLidia Dina Sciama's volume is a compelling collection of studies about humor and connected topics. With a focus on the bright side of humor, it is a necessary contribution to social sciences and humanities to spark conversation on the concept and theme of humor
Heartfelt Research
Get PDFPerry Gilmore's "KISISI (OUR LANGUAGE): The Story of Colin and Sadiki", is a detailed investigation into the story of two boys who made their own language. The book also plays a role as a method of cathartic release for the author who had lost her son. KISISI (OUR LANGUAGE): The Story of Colin and Sadiki, explores the development of a language through a linguistic, sociolinguistic and anthropological perspective. Well the book does provide and interesting and detail description of the development of a language by two boys, it does little to forward linguistic theory. From a sociolinguistic or anthropological perspective, the detail provided in the book could be interesting to anthropological researchers who are investigating the development of pidgin languages in postcolonial societies. As a memoir of someone who has experienced loss, the book is quite enthralling. The relationship between the boys, Colin and Sadiki, and the devotion shown by the writer to her son is very moving
New perspectives on surplus production and inequality: surplus as relation, strategy and agency
Get PDFIn this review, I suggest that Surplus is a valuable addition to anyone studying economic relations because this volume brings to the table a much-needed and refreshing perspective on how surplus is not merely a catalyst for the development of inequality and hierarchy. This volume explores surplus production, storage and allocation as fundamentally relational, as forms of agency and as strategies that have been put to numerous uses throughout history. At its most provocative, this volume brings a perspective-changing view of economic strategies and the role of surplus to economic theory, archaeology, anthropology and other social sciences
The State of the Discipline: A Look at Heritage Studies
Get PDFA review of A Companion to Heritage Studies, by William Logan, Máiréad Nic Craith, and Ulrich Kockel is given. Including a very brief summary of the topics covered in the text. A discussion is also offered of the role fulfilled by the reviewed work, as well as a fleeting critique of the near exclusive focus on international issues