Waud Kracke
Biographic Data
| ID | 142333 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Waud Kracke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Waud |
| FAMILY NAME | Kracke |
| SIGNATURE | KRACKE W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Two Ergativities and Their Cultural Correlates
Two Ergativities and Their Cultural Correlates proposes a distinction between two types of languages with ergative structures: a group which includes languages partially ergative from the Jê family, and another group of languages constituted mainly by languages also partially ergative from the Tupí-Guaraní family. We discuss the cultural correspondences of these two types of ergative structures, based on observations of various Amazonian indigeno…
Afterword
It is often said, even by philosophers, that dreams are essentially different from other experiences in that we cannot share them: they are solely available to the individual who had them, not “interpersonally verifiable.” These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Culture Shock
A Language of Dreaming
This paper explores the dreaming of an Amazonian insomniac from the Desana people of Northwest Amazonia. It examines how the absence of sleep and dreams, considered a pathological condition in Western culture, is interpreted and managed within a radically different cultural context. The Desana, who place a high value on dreaming and its role in maintaining social and cosmic order, view insomnia not as a medical problem but as a spiritual imbalanc…
The Wanano Indians of the Brazilian Amazon
Introduction
Encounter with Other Cultures
Encounter with Other Cultures
Introduction
A Language of Dreaming
This paper explores the dreaming of an Amazonian insomniac from the Desana people of Northwest Amazonia. It examines how the absence of sleep and dreams, considered a pathological condition in Western culture, is interpreted and managed within a radically different cultural context. The Desana, who place a high value on dreaming and its role in maintaining social and cosmic order, view insomnia not as a medical problem but as a spiritual imbalanc…
Introduction
Encounter with Other Cultures
The Wanano Indians of the Brazilian Amazon
A Language of Dreaming
This paper explores the dreaming of an Amazonian insomniac from the Desana people of Northwest Amazonia. It examines how the absence of sleep and dreams, considered a pathological condition in Western culture, is interpreted and managed within a radically different cultural context. The Desana, who place a high value on dreaming and its role in maintaining social and cosmic order, view insomnia not as a medical problem but as a spiritual imbalanc…
Culture Shock
Afterword
It is often said, even by philosophers, that dreams are essentially different from other experiences in that we cannot share them: they are solely available to the individual who had them, not “interpersonally verifiable.” These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Two Ergativities and Their Cultural Correlates
Two Ergativities and Their Cultural Correlates proposes a distinction between two types of languages with ergative structures: a group which includes languages partially ergative from the Jê family, and another group of languages constituted mainly by languages also partially ergative from the Tupí-Guaraní family. We discuss the cultural correspondences of these two types of ergative structures, based on observations of various Amazonian indigeno…
Sociology (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychoanalysis (4 works) · Citation (3 works) · History (3 works) · Library science (3 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (3 works) · History (2 works)