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Bridging worlds : movement, relatedness and social change in two communities of Cartagena de Indias Bay
(University of St Andrews, 2015) - ThesisThe island of Barú, located along the Atlantic coast of Colombia, has occupied, since the colonial era, a geographical and social interstitial position. The island was a strategic space in key processes and events of ... -
The perpetual return of the ancestors : an ethnographic account of the Southern Tepehuan of Mexico and their deities / Jorge Antonio Reyes Valdez
(University of St Andrews, 2015) - ThesisThis thesis is an ethnographic account of the different ritual domains of interaction between the O’dam of Northern Mexico and their gods. For the O’dam, also known as the Southern Tepehuan, gods, divinities, and ... -
How khipus indicated labour contributions in an Andean village: an explanation of colour banding, seriation and ethnocategories
(2016-08-10) - Journal articleNew archival and ethnographic evidence reveals that Inka style khipus were used in the Andean community of Santiago de Anchucaya to record contributions to communal labour obligations until the 1940s. Archival testimony ... -
What is a schema? : Invited contribution to symposium on Philippe Descola
(2014) - Journal itemComment on Descola, Philippe. 2013. Beyond nature and culture. Translated by Janet Lloyd with a foreword by Marshall Sahlins. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. -
Energy talk, temporality, and belonging in austerity Greece
(2016-03-10) - Journal articleDramatic changes in the energy landscape provide a lens through which to understand local perceptions of temporality, modernity, and belonging in austerity Greece. Re-launched in 2011, the European Union supported solar ...
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