Animism in Rainforest and Tundra
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Animism in Rainforest and Tundra

Personhood, Animals, Plants and Things in Contemporary Amazonia and Siberia

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Animism in Rainforest and Tundra

Personhood, Animals, Plants and Things in Contemporary Amazonia and Siberia

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Amazonia and Siberia, classic regions of shamanism, have long challenged 'western' understandings of man's place in the world. By exploring the social relations between humans and non-human entities credited with human-like personhood (not only animals and plants, but also 'things' such as artifacts, trade items, or mineral resources) from a comparative perspective, this volume offers valuable insights into the constitutions of humanity and personhood characteristic of the two areas. The contributors conducted their ethnographic fieldwork among peoples undergoing transformative processes of their lived environments, such as the depletion of natural resources and migration to urban centers. They describe here fundamental relational modes that are being tested in the face of change, presenting groundbreaking research on personhood and agency in shamanic societies and contributing to our global understanding of social and cultural change and continuity.

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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2012
ISBN
9780857454690
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Cultural & Social Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Foreword
  8. Maps
  9. Introduction: Animism and Invisible Worlds: The Place of Non-humans in Indigenous Ontologies
  10. 1 Too Many Owners: Mastery and Ownership in Amazonia
  11. 2 Revisiting the Animism versus Totemism Debate: Fabricating Persons among the Eveny and Chukchi of North-eastern Siberia
  12. 3 Animism and the Meanings of Life: Reflections from Amazonia
  13. 4 Stories about Evenki People and their Dogs: Communication through Sharing Contexts
  14. 5 Making Animals into Food among the Kanamari of Western Amazonia
  15. 6 ‘Spirit-charged’ Animals in Siberia
  16. 7 Shamans, Animals and Enemies: Human and Non-human Agency in an Amazonian Cosmos of Alterity
  17. 8 Expressions and Experiences of Personhood: Spatiality and Objects in the Nenets Tundra Home
  18. 9 Humanity, Personhood and Transformability in Northern Amazonia
  19. 10 Masked Predation, Hierarchy and the Scaling of Extractive Relations in Inner Asia and Beyond
  20. Afterword
  21. Notes on Contributors
  22. Index