This paper reviews some general assumptions about the anthropological research on shamanism from a postcolonial approach. The latter aims at decentering the eurocentric locus of enunciation of the Western suject of knowledge, questioning the ontological neutrality of language and the givenness of ethnographic spaces which permeates anthropology’s field methods. A personal account of my ethnographic research among the Argentine Chaco Qom (Toba)shamanism is presented, assessing some field scenarios in which my questions about shamanic power, illness and therapy turned out to have unintended but negative effects on my interlocutors’ well being. For this reason, applying this perspective on the ethnography of shamanism could improve the epistem...
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Ethnography is generally understood as a representational strategy, a form of writing and to a ...
This paper reviews some general assumptions about the anthropological research on shamanism from a p...
Both anthropology and ethnohistory have addressed shamanism for a long time. In the five continents,...
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Este estudio se ha realizado a lo largo de 20 años habitando y haciendo trabajo de campo antropológi...
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In this paper I propose to explore the possibility of practicing an anthropology that –in the most r...
Ascientific approach to the recent past involves a series of relevant questions about the origins of...
In the last twenty years, agency has entered the field of anthropological studies of Lowland South A...
En este artículo planteamos la necesidad de transformar en materia de aná1isis y reflexión la relaci...
What is the epistemological justification for current ethnography, at a time when the flux of person...
Historical data on the Shipibo-Konibo society (of western Amazonia), which reveal several centuries ...
Alors que le chamanisme a été considéré en anthropologie comme un phénomène spécifiquement primitif ...
En este texto, se piensa la antropología desde una perspectiva que remite ampliamente al ámbito de ...
Defining the content, goals and methodology of Ethnoarchaeology is a difficult task. Although the te...
Ethnography is generally understood as a representational strategy, a form of writing and to a ...
This paper reviews some general assumptions about the anthropological research on shamanism from a p...
Both anthropology and ethnohistory have addressed shamanism for a long time. In the five continents,...
This article discusses the relationships between ontological variation, translation and the study of...
Este estudio se ha realizado a lo largo de 20 años habitando y haciendo trabajo de campo antropológi...
This paper presents a discussion on the models that have shaped the ethnological landscape of South ...
In this paper I propose to explore the possibility of practicing an anthropology that –in the most r...
Ascientific approach to the recent past involves a series of relevant questions about the origins of...
In the last twenty years, agency has entered the field of anthropological studies of Lowland South A...
En este artículo planteamos la necesidad de transformar en materia de aná1isis y reflexión la relaci...
What is the epistemological justification for current ethnography, at a time when the flux of person...
Historical data on the Shipibo-Konibo society (of western Amazonia), which reveal several centuries ...
Alors que le chamanisme a été considéré en anthropologie comme un phénomène spécifiquement primitif ...
En este texto, se piensa la antropología desde una perspectiva que remite ampliamente al ámbito de ...
Defining the content, goals and methodology of Ethnoarchaeology is a difficult task. Although the te...
Ethnography is generally understood as a representational strategy, a form of writing and to a ...