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Modes of Decolonial and Anti‐Racist Intervention in the Art World: Two Cases From Brazil and Argentina

Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT I explore two exhibitions that were curated from a decolonial and anti‐racist position by Indigenous Brazilian and non‐white working‐class Argentine artists: Véxoa: Nós sabemos (Véxoa: We Know) and ¿Qué necesitan aprender los museos? (What Do Museums Need to Learn?).
Peter Wade
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Connecting tradition and technology: The digitization of the ethnobotanical collection at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1104-1115, July 2026.
The digitization of RBetno (JBRJ) represents a step forward for biodiversity conservation in Brazil. Aligned with the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Target 2, 2020–2030), this project documents the use of plants, including traditional knowledge and vernacular names, with a focus on the Atlantic Forest and Amazon.
Viviane S. Fonseca‐Kruel, Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr., Luis Alexandre Estevão da Silva, Felipe Alves Oliveira, Maria Paula Vasconcelos Mesquita, Mariana Taniguchi, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza   +6 more
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Derrota interna, sucesso exterior: a patrimonialização do xamanismo entre os Baniwa (Alto Rio Negro – Amazonas)

Horizontes Antropológicos
Resumo Este artigo explora as transformações do xamanismo entre os Baniwa, um povo indígena do noroeste amazônico cujos membros se converteram na sua maioria ao cristianismo evangélico em meados do século XX.
Elise Capredon
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Entre mundos: homens, serpentes e peixes em dois mitos baniwa

Estudos de Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea, 2018
Las narrativas míticas indígenas recolectadas y publicadas desde el siglo XIX se han mostrado como un campo fértil para discusiones que se establecieron predominantemente en la antropología, mas también en áreas como la literatura.
Gabriel Albuquerque, Luiza Garnelo
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Exiled From Their Own Lands: Indigenist Policies, Oil, and Colonial Plunder in 20th Century Venezuela

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the historical displacement of Indigenous peoples in Venezuela, focusing on the links between indigenist policies and the exploitation of natural resources, particularly oil, throughout the 20th century. Using a combined historical and ethnographic approach, it demonstrates how the formation of the Venezuelan nation‐state
Gabriel Tardelli
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Gersem Baniwa e a Educação na Amazônia: Saberes Ancestrais para um Caminho de Resistência

Boitatá
Este ensaio propõe uma reflexão sobre a educação na Amazônia, tendo como eixo central uma palestra do intelectual e líder indígena Gersem Baniwa, em diálogo com produção bibliográfica.
Vanja da Cunha Bezerra, João Colares da Mota Neto   +1 more
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Coexistence in rivers of hunger: Human–otter relations and “Shamans of the Waters” in an Amazonian socioecological system

Frontiers in Conservation Science
The Baniwa Indigenous people of the upper Rio Negro refer to otters as “Shamans of the Water,” recognizing them as guardians of fish populations. During the mid-20th century, however, intensive hunting for the global fur trade drove otters to near local ...
Natalia Camps Pimenta, Natalia Camps Pimenta, Valêncio Walipere Macedo, Jansen Zuanon, Hani El Bizri, Hani El Bizri, Thais Q. Morcatty, Thais Q. Morcatty, Glenn H. Shepard, Adrian Paul Ashton Barnett   +9 more
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Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Pachira sensu lato clade (Bombacoideae, Malvaceae) with a new infrageneric classification

TAXON, Volume 75, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract We explore phylogenetic relationships within the Pachira sensu lato clade (Bombacoideae, Malvaceae), test the monophyly of the genera Eriotheca and Pachira, and investigate their biogeographic history. The Pachira s.l. clade comprises ca. 72 species that traditionally have been placed in Eriotheca and Pachira. We sampled ca. 79% of its species
Vania Nobuko Yoshikawa, Júlia Sousa Siqueira, William S. Alverson, Rafaela Passos Camargo, Alexandre Wagner Silva Hilsdorf, Letícia Rafaela de Morais, Flávia Fonseca Pezzini, Marília Cristina Duarte   +7 more
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Amazonian fish migration as a social–cultural–ecological process

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 12, Page 3297-3312, December 2025.
Abstract In this study, we highlight the rich perspectives and explanations of fish migration held by Indigenous groups across the Amazon. We present the aspects of Indigenous cosmological stories, drawing from our exploratory review of cultural ethnographies and grey literature, as well as the authors' own experiences. We ask, how do Amazonian peoples
LuLu Victoria‐Lacy, Thiago B. A. Couto, Natalia C. Piland, Jesús Dámaso, Stephannie Fernandes, Simone Athayde, Elizabeth P. Anderson   +6 more
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The relatives Arawá and Arawak: a study on kinship and union

, 2008
Essa pesquisa realiza uma comparação dos sistemas de parentesco das populações Kulina, Deni, Paumarí falantes de línguas da família arawá e dos Mehináku, Paresí, Terêna, Kurripako, Baníwa, Palikur, Piro e Wapixana falantes de línguas arawak.
Marcelo Pedro Florido, Florido, Marcelo Pedro   +1 more
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