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Ethnic education and ethnicity in multicultural contexts Educational policies and cultural differences in the colombian amazon region [PDF]
Este artículo aborda la forma en que la política estatal colombiana en materia de educación para grupos étnicos: “etnoeducación”, se ha constituido, en el ámbito académico y social, como la oportunidad de ofrecer a los pueblos étnicamente ...
Orrego Chica, Bayron
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Abstract I consider the influence of the language used in anthropological analysis (the metalanguage). If in principle there are at least as many anthropologies as there are languages, then we must allow the possibility of seven thousand or so more or less incommensurable anthropologies.
David Zeitlyn
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Abstract The anthropology of Pacific cultures spotlights social conflict as a proximate cause of suicide. Ethnographic accounts suggest that suicidal behaviors are high‐cost conflict‐resolution strategies. We investigate parent‐child conflicts and the strategies adolescents and young adults use to resolve them, using concepts from human behavioral ...
Kristen L. Syme, Edward H. Hagen
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Language otherwise: Linguistic natures and the ontological challenge
Abstract Linguistic anthropology has remained largely unaffected by debates about ontology in other subfields. In turn, the concept of language has been conspicuously absent from ontological debates. The past few years, however, have seen attempts at articulating the two, interrogating what language is from ethnographic perspectives and extending the ...
Jan David Hauck
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Abstract This paper describes and expands on the discussions held at a symposium at the Research Center for Material Culture in the Netherlands in February 2020, which was held as part of the planning of an upcoming “Amazonia” exhibition to be curated at that institution by some of the authors.
Laura Osorio Sunnucks +4 more
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Language ideology in an endogamous society: The case of Daghestan
Abstract Studies of multilingual systems found in Indigenous small‐scale communities often assume that exogamous marriages are the norm in such societies and contribute to their linguistic diversity. This paper is an account of the language ideology of endogamous societies in rural highland Daghestan (Northeast Caucasus).
Nina Dobrushina
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Abstract Communities in the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia are among the most vulnerable to climate change due to their geographic location and subsistence‐based livelihoods. Historically, ecological calendars supported their agropastoral lifestyles which provided anticipatory capacity to seasonal changes.
A. L. Ullmann, I. Haag, U. Bulbulshoev
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N,N‐dimethyltryptamine and Amazonian ayahuasca plant medicine
Abstract Objective Reports have indicated possible uses of ayahuasca for the treatment of conditions including depression, addictions, post‐traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and specific psychoneuroendocrine immune system pathologies. The article assesses potential ayahuasca and N,N‐dimethyltryptamine (DMT) integration with contemporary healthcare ...
Edward James +3 more
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Etnoornitología para la sostenibilidad biológica en los departamentos del Vaupés y Guainía [PDF]
Each year Ornithology as the main study of birds grows stronger among biologist, environmentalists and ornithologists who search increasing the registers of new species and keeping of their habitats. For the locations of Vaupes and Guainia, this topic is
Coley Barrios, Cyntia Patricia +1 more
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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 +6 more
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