Ecocosmology and shamanism in the Amazon: variations on a theme
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On the basis of an analysis of makuna ethnography, the essay provides a critical revision of Reichel-Dolmatoff’s celebrated model of Tukanoan ecological cosmology. This reinterpretation of the Tukanoan model, in turn, suggests an alternative reading of Jivaroan ethnography. In particular, the essay addresses the comparative analysis of Jivaroan and Tukanoan varieties of animism –one predatory, the other reciprocal– as proposed by Descola (1992). The essay is a contribution to the study of the pervasive themes of predation, reciprocity and regeneration in Amazonian social cosmologies.
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