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[Ameridians & Covid] – The evangelical missionaries

[Ameridians & Covid] – The evangelical missionaries

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This section provides information on the increase in the number of proselytizing activities carried out among Amerindians in the context of the health crisis.

 

Series of reports on anti-vaccine campaigns led by evangelical missionaries. In these investigations, we discover that some actors of the protestant proselytizing movement spread false information about vaccines to convince Amerindians to reject them.

[Ameridians & Covid] – Amerindians in “voluntary isolation”

[Ameridians & Covid] – Amerindians in “voluntary isolation”

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This section focuses on populations in “voluntary isolation” in the context of the pandemic. Because of their long-standing isolation, these groups remain extremely vulnerable to infectious and viral diseases.

 

[Ameridians & Covid] – Photo reports/ Portfolios

[Ameridians & Covid] – Photo reports/ Portfolios

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This section refers to various reports that focus on photography. The works mentioned illustrate in particular the therapeutic practices of the Shipibo-Konibo population of the Peruvian Amazon.

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[Ameridians & Covid] – Institutional information

[Ameridians & Covid] – Institutional information

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Updated 09/29/2021:

  • AYM – Video about the vaccination campaign in La Paz (interval between doses, common side effects, campaign’s promotion on a national scale) – SEDES (Servicio Departamental de Salud) – 23/03/21 – 1m22 SEDES La Paz en aymara: La vacuna contra el COVID19 es segura, gratuita, voluntaria y equitativa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffFffyCcomU
[Ameridians & Covid] – Prevention guidelines in indigenous languages

[Ameridians & Covid] – Prevention guidelines in indigenous languages

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This section lists the institutional publications offering translations of the sanitary guidelines in vernacular languages.

Mexico

Peru

 

Peruvian Ministry of culture:

 

Updated 09/29/2021:

  • AYM – Covid 19 safety information video, messages delivered in Aymara by Bolivian celebrities – Solo Derecho (portail juridique) – 08/01/21 – 1m33 Un mensaje en AYMARA para seguir luchando contra el COVID-19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO_EOx3cGms

 

  • Instituto Socioambiental, April 2020. Two articles from a Brazilian indigenist and ecologist NGO about relaying safety information in Native American language in São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Amazonas-Brazil):
[Video] 15/04/2021 – Eduardo Kohn – An anthropophagic anthropology: towards a psychedelic science

[Video] 15/04/2021 – Eduardo Kohn – An anthropophagic anthropology: towards a psychedelic science

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Eduardo Kohn

An anthropophagic anthropology: towards a psychedelic science

My personal experiences with psychedelic substances in my ethnographic work among the Runa and Sapara communities of the Ecuadorian Amazon have led me to broaden the concept of “psychedelic” to encompass the processes that give rise to the “world-called-forest” (sacha in Kichwa, naku in Sapara). In this talk, I will try to explain, first, what it means to say that the “world-called-forest” is psychedelic; second, how anthropology is a psychedelic science; and, finally, how a psychedelic science can serve as a guide for dealing with the global ecological crisis that threatens the “world-called-forest” of which we are part.

The conference will be given in Spanish

For your information, the next session will be held on June 17 and we will be pleased to receive Anthony K. Webster (University of Texas, Austin).

[Video] 18/03/2021 – Pablo F. Sendón – The Massif of Ausangate as a Field of Ethnological Research

[Video] 18/03/2021 – Pablo F. Sendón – The Massif of Ausangate as a Field of Ethnological Research

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Pablo F. Sendón

(CONICET-Argentina)

The Massif of Ausangate as a Field of Ethnological Research

The Southeastern part of the region of Cuzco (Peru) lies at the foot of the massive mountain range of the Ausangate, exceeding 5000 meters above sea level, which separates the Amazonian basin to the North from the Andean valleys to the South. Owing to the severe ecological conditions of habitat at these high altitudes, the exposure to strong winds, the extreme seasons, and the poverty of the soil, it would appear, at first glance, that any form of human endeavour should be doomed. Nonetheless, all of this region, including its most distant corners that are adjacent to eternal snow, is inhabited by an indigenous Quechua-speaking population whose productive activities, patterns of social organisation, symbolic conceptions and ritual practices, indicates that they constitute a unity that lends itself to be treated as a field of ethnological research. This lecture proposes a definition based on specific ethnographic data collected in Marcapata, the Easternmost district of this part of the Peruvian Andes, a territory that once extended to the entrance of inhospitable lands of the Amazonian Antisuyo.

The conference will be given in Spanish

Publication prize and subsidies 2021

Publication prize and subsidies 2021

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CALL 2021

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  1. Young scholars Publication Prize of the Société des américanistes is an award for young scholars to help publish a volume resulting from their doctoral thesis
  2. Publication subsidy (open to all)

The Young scholars Publication Prize aims to assist young scholars with the publication of a book resulting from their doctoral research and already accepted by a publishing house in France or abroad.

The original dissertation should have been completed less than 5 years ago and the resulting book must make a contribution to the same disciplinary, thematic and areal fields as those covered by the Journal de la Société des américanistes. Manuscripts may be submitted in French, English, Spanish or Portuguese.

The award amount is capped at 3000€.

The Publication Grant is intended to help publish books contributing to the same disciplinary, thematic and areal fields as those covered by the Journal de la Société des américanistes. Single-authored monographs as well as edited volumes are eligible. The submitted volumes may be written in French, English, Spanish or Portuguese but must have been previously accepted by a publishing house, based in France or abroad.

The allocated amount is capped at 2500€ (per project).

The deadline for submission shall be June 15, 2021. The candidatures will be evaluated by a panel of experts chosen by the Société’s executive board. Results will be announced in the fall of 2020.

The application package consists of:

  • Author(s) or Editor(s)’s CV, including a list of publications
  • Final Thesis Report or Examiner’s report for countries where applicable or letters of recommendation from at least two members of the PhD examination board (only for the young scholar’s Publication Prize)
  • Description of the manuscript (approx. 5 pages: table of contents, detailed summary, main arguments…)
  • Manuscript in pdf form
  • Pre-acceptance letter from the publishing house
  • Cost estimates from the publishing house (including other financial aids already obtained or solicited and the specific amount solicited from the Société)
  • Person to contact at the Publishing house (role, email and postal addresses)
  • Any other document deemed relevant

Any package either missing information or submitted after June 1, 2020, will not be accepted.

Recipients of the Publication Prize or Publication Grant must commit to mention the Société’s contribution in the book, as well as its logo, in accordance with agreements made with the publishing house, which is also expected to give a number of copies free of charge. Award winners who are not members of the Société must commit to apply for membership before receiving their grant or Prize.

The application package should be sent by e-mail only to: societe.publi@americanistes.org. Please indicate in the subject line of the message the application category (Prize or Publication subsidy).

09/12/2020 – General Assembly 2020

09/12/2020 – General Assembly 2020

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Dear members, we are pleased to invite you to the General Assembly of the Société des Américanistes, which will take place on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. (Paris time).

The Assembly will be followed by the announcement of the results of the Publication Prize, awarded for the first time this year, and a presentation of their work by the laureates.

Due to the health situation, this meeting will take place by videoconference, which will allow us to meet despite the distances and oceans. We will send you the connection link the day before the meeting.

Agenda of the General Assembly:

•             Approval of the moral report and the financial report 2019

In case of unavailability, please send us an e-mail with your proxy (with delegation of your power of attorney to one of the members of the Society)

Official announcement of the results of the Publication Prize by Philippe Descola, President of the Society, followed by a 15-minute speech by each of the laureates.

•             Patricia Horcajada Campos : Mayan art in miniatura: las figurillas ceramicas de La Blanca

•             María Agustina Morando : Ñande ñee jekove: lengua y praxis social entre los chanés del noroeste argentino