Alessandro Mancuso
Biographic Data
| ID | 296798 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alessandro Mancuso |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alessandro |
| FAMILY NAME | Mancuso |
| SIGNATURE | MANCUSO A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Palermo |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8748-2097 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Antropocene e decentramento dell'umano Un confronto tra Chakrabarty e Descola
Over the past fifteen years, Chakrabarty has offered a detailed reflection on the role of the humanities in debates on the Anthropocene. In this article, my aim is to highlight some points of convergence and divergence on this issue between Chakrabarty and the ‘ontological turn’, focusing on the work of Descola. Chakrabarty shares with Descola and other leading proponents of this approach (as Latour and Viveiros de Castro) the need of a deep reth…
Convertirse en alijuna: Los Wayuu Frente Al Cambio Climático Y La Expoliación Territorial
En los cuatro siglos posteriores a los primeros contactos con los europeos, los wayuu consiguieron mantener una notable semi-autonomía sociopolítica y cultural mediante la incorporación y adaptación de elementos de procedencia externa a sus principios socio-cosmológicos y cosmo-políticos originales. Esta situación se ha deteriorado en las últimas décadas debido a la creciente presión de diversas fuerzas del mundo no indígena y su interacción con …
The Ka’ulayawaa festivals among the Wayùu. Exploring continuities and variations in forms, meanings and contexts through ethnographic sources
In this paper I review and compare the main sources of information about the ka’ulayawaa festivals among the Wayùu, an Amerindian people inhabiting in the semiarid Guajira peninsula (Northern Colombia and Venezuela). For their peculiar mix of songs, dances, imitative plays and competitive games, inserted into a same festive framework, these festivals are particularly interesting to be studied as expressive metacommentaries (in the sense of Turner…
Before and After Science: Radcliffe-Brown, British Social Anthropology, and the Relationship Between Field Research, Ethnography, and Theory
Critica scientifica, popolarizzazione dell’etnografia ed etica dell’antropologo: Sulla “controversia yanomami”, per esempio
La “controversia sugli Yanomami” ha investito questioni centrali, tanto epistemologiche quanto etiche e politiche, per la disciplina e la pratica dell’antropologia, riguardando in particolare l’etica della ricerca sul campo; il modo di impiegare i dati di ricerca per sostenere determinate ipotesi teoriche; i rapporti tra popolarizzazione e politicizzazione delle ricerche e, più in generale, la responsabilità degli antropologi rispetto sia agli us…
Parenté et organisation sociale chez les Wayùu: Retour sur la question
Dans cet article, l’auteur revient sur certaines questions concernant le domaine de la parenté et de l’organisation sociale des Wayùu de la péninsule de La Guajira, dans la zone frontalière du nord de la Colombie et du Venezuela. Prenant pour point de départ le désaccord entre Goulet et Saler sur l’existence de catégories et de groupes de lignages et sur la place de ceux-ci dans le monde social des Wayùu, il opte pour le point de vue de Saler, à …
Postfazione: L'antropologia, il non umano e l'ontological turn
Questa postfazione ha due scopi: un breve bilancio critico del cosiddetto 'ontological turn' nelle scienze umane, e un commento a qualcuno dei temi sollevati dagli articoli riuniti in questa sezione tematica sull'antropologia del non-umano. Argomento, in accordo a quanto sottolineato da tutti i contributi, che la questione di come pensare il politico e i rapporti di potere è cruciale per qualsiasi valutazione di questa nuova 'svolta'. Un esame de…
The agency of non-human entity in the recent anthropology of the Indigenous Lowland South America
In the last twenty years, agency has entered the field of anthropological studies of Lowland South America Indigenous Peoples as a term and a topic of concern. Ethnographical and theoretical treatment of this notion has intertwined here with the revisiting of the concept of animism, Viveiros de Castro's statements about 'amerindian perspectivism' and a broader 'ontological turn' in research orientation. In the paper I discuss this trend, focusing…
Descent among the Wayú. Concepts and social meanings
Descent among the Wayú. Concepts and social meanings. Taking the contemporary rethinking of the descent notion in Lowland South American ethnography as a starting point, the article provides an analysis of matrilineal descent among the Wayú. Using new ethnographical data, special attention is paid to indigenous concepts and to the way matrilineal descent articulates with other principles of social classification. By virtue of the role that matril…
The Ka’ulayawaa festivals among the Wayùu. Exploring continuities and variations in forms, meanings and contexts through ethnographic sources
In this paper I review and compare the main sources of information about the ka’ulayawaa festivals among the Wayùu, an Amerindian people inhabiting in the semiarid Guajira peninsula (Northern Colombia and Venezuela). For their peculiar mix of songs, dances, imitative plays and competitive games, inserted into a same festive framework, these festivals are particularly interesting to be studied as expressive metacommentaries (in the sense of Turner…
Descent among the Wayú. Concepts and social meanings
Descent among the Wayú. Concepts and social meanings. Taking the contemporary rethinking of the descent notion in Lowland South American ethnography as a starting point, the article provides an analysis of matrilineal descent among the Wayú. Using new ethnographical data, special attention is paid to indigenous concepts and to the way matrilineal descent articulates with other principles of social classification. By virtue of the role that matril…
Descent among the Wayú. Concepts and social meanings
Descent among the Wayú. Concepts and social meanings. Taking the contemporary rethinking of the descent notion in Lowland South American ethnography as a starting point, the article provides an analysis of matrilineal descent among the Wayú. Using new ethnographical data, special attention is paid to indigenous concepts and to the way matrilineal descent articulates with other principles of social classification. By virtue of the role that matril…
The agency of non-human entity in the recent anthropology of the Indigenous Lowland South America
In the last twenty years, agency has entered the field of anthropological studies of Lowland South America Indigenous Peoples as a term and a topic of concern. Ethnographical and theoretical treatment of this notion has intertwined here with the revisiting of the concept of animism, Viveiros de Castro's statements about 'amerindian perspectivism' and a broader 'ontological turn' in research orientation. In the paper I discuss this trend, focusing…
Postfazione: L'antropologia, il non umano e l'ontological turn
Questa postfazione ha due scopi: un breve bilancio critico del cosiddetto 'ontological turn' nelle scienze umane, e un commento a qualcuno dei temi sollevati dagli articoli riuniti in questa sezione tematica sull'antropologia del non-umano. Argomento, in accordo a quanto sottolineato da tutti i contributi, che la questione di come pensare il politico e i rapporti di potere è cruciale per qualsiasi valutazione di questa nuova 'svolta'. Un esame de…
Before and After Science: Radcliffe-Brown, British Social Anthropology, and the Relationship Between Field Research, Ethnography, and Theory
Critica scientifica, popolarizzazione dell’etnografia ed etica dell’antropologo: Sulla “controversia yanomami”, per esempio
La “controversia sugli Yanomami” ha investito questioni centrali, tanto epistemologiche quanto etiche e politiche, per la disciplina e la pratica dell’antropologia, riguardando in particolare l’etica della ricerca sul campo; il modo di impiegare i dati di ricerca per sostenere determinate ipotesi teoriche; i rapporti tra popolarizzazione e politicizzazione delle ricerche e, più in generale, la responsabilità degli antropologi rispetto sia agli us…
Parenté et organisation sociale chez les Wayùu: Retour sur la question
Dans cet article, l’auteur revient sur certaines questions concernant le domaine de la parenté et de l’organisation sociale des Wayùu de la péninsule de La Guajira, dans la zone frontalière du nord de la Colombie et du Venezuela. Prenant pour point de départ le désaccord entre Goulet et Saler sur l’existence de catégories et de groupes de lignages et sur la place de ceux-ci dans le monde social des Wayùu, il opte pour le point de vue de Saler, à …
The Ka’ulayawaa festivals among the Wayùu. Exploring continuities and variations in forms, meanings and contexts through ethnographic sources
In this paper I review and compare the main sources of information about the ka’ulayawaa festivals among the Wayùu, an Amerindian people inhabiting in the semiarid Guajira peninsula (Northern Colombia and Venezuela). For their peculiar mix of songs, dances, imitative plays and competitive games, inserted into a same festive framework, these festivals are particularly interesting to be studied as expressive metacommentaries (in the sense of Turner…
Antropocene e decentramento dell'umano Un confronto tra Chakrabarty e Descola
Over the past fifteen years, Chakrabarty has offered a detailed reflection on the role of the humanities in debates on the Anthropocene. In this article, my aim is to highlight some points of convergence and divergence on this issue between Chakrabarty and the ‘ontological turn’, focusing on the work of Descola. Chakrabarty shares with Descola and other leading proponents of this approach (as Latour and Viveiros de Castro) the need of a deep reth…
Convertirse en alijuna: Los Wayuu Frente Al Cambio Climático Y La Expoliación Territorial
En los cuatro siglos posteriores a los primeros contactos con los europeos, los wayuu consiguieron mantener una notable semi-autonomía sociopolítica y cultural mediante la incorporación y adaptación de elementos de procedencia externa a sus principios socio-cosmológicos y cosmo-políticos originales. Esta situación se ha deteriorado en las últimas décadas debido a la creciente presión de diversas fuerzas del mundo no indígena y su interacción con …
Philosophy (7 works) · Indigenous Cultures and History (5 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Ethnography (4 works) · Humanities (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (3 works) · History (3 works)