Stephen Hugh-Jone

Biographic Data

ID3662161
NAMEStephen Hugh-Jone
GIVEN NAMESStephen
FAMILY NAMEHugh-Jone
SIGNATUREHUGH-JONE S
AFFILIATIONSFellow of King’s College, Cambridge (Royaume-Uni)
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS26
TOTAL CITATIONS248
AUTHOR COUNT26
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1974
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX8

  • Shamans' gardens

    Open AccessFrancoise Barbira-Freedman, Stephen Hugh-Jone et al.ARTICLEJournal de la Société des…2025References: 41

    If ayahuasca shamanism is now well studied, the medicinal plant gardens that form a standard element of ayahuasca centers have received less attention. Based on detailed mapping, recorded commentaries, and an accompanying website (https://yakumamaylivepharmacy.org), this paper provides concise data about the range of plants found in one such garden. Exploring the medicinal gardens' relations to home gardens and swiddens, we identify a relatively …

  • Vaupés multilingualism and the substance of language

    Open AccessStephen Hugh-Jone, Stephen Hugh‐Jones et al.ARTICLE1700-tal: Nordic Journal for…2023Cited by: 2

    By focusing on ordinary conversational language, relying on a notion of “group” derived from unilineal descent theory, and neglecting mythology and ritual, studies of Vaupés Tukanoan multilingualism have inadvertently tended to reproduce a Western ideology of language as marking national identity and concerned with conveying meaning. This paper suggests that attention to musical, ritual, and shamanic contexts reveals multilingualism in a differen…

  • The spirit with no anus and the pots that fart

    Open AccessStephen Hugh-Jone, Stephen Hugh‐Jones et al.ARTICLEJournal de la Société des…2023References: 17

    This paper takes as its starting point the story of a spirit with no anus whose inability to fart leads to his death and transformation into clay. In particular, it examines the relationship between pottery trumpets associated with this spirit (played in exchange ceremonies) and bark Jurupary trumpets and suggests that the two instruments stand in a relationship of “flesh” and “bone”. Uncovering this parallelism provides an opportunity to revisit…

  • Bonnes raisons ou mauvaise conscience ? Un post-scriptum

    Open AccessStephen Hugh-Jone, Stephen Hugh‐Jones et al.ARTICLETerrain2020Cited by: 1References: 8

    Stephen Hugh-Jones a ajouté un post-scriptum à son article de 1996 dans lequel il réagit aux arguments avancés par Philippe Descola, Florent Kohler et Felipe Vander Velden

  • Rhetorical antinomies and radical othering

    Open AccessStephen Hugh‐jone, Stephen Hugh-Jone et al.ARTICLEHau Journal of Ethnographic Theory2019Cited by: 4References: 10

    Notions of animals as social subjects held by Amazonian Indians have played a central role in anthropology’s ontological turn. Written as a reply to two critical responses to an earlier paper on human-animal relations, this essay explores the complex and often contradictory nature of ideas about animals and attitudes toward them held by both Amerindians and Euro-Americans. It suggests that, alongside mythology and shamanism, a further source of t…

  • As Plêiades e Escorpião na Cosmologia Barasana

    Open AccessStephen Hugh‐jone, Stephen Hugh-Jone et al.ARTICLERevista AntHropológicas2017References: 1

    O texto apresenta detalhes etnográficos do sistema astronômico dos ameríndios da região do Noroeste Amazônico, a partir do entendimento dos Barasana do Rio Pirá-Paraná da bacia hidrográfica do Rio Uaupés em território colombiano. Os Barasana acreditam que o universo seja composto de três camadas básicas: o céu, a terra e o mundo subterrâneo, expressos como modelos da experiência terrena, de modo que cada um é descrito como tendo florestase rios e…

  • Body Tubes and Synaesthesia

    Open AccessStephen Hugh‐jone, Stephen Hugh-Jone et al.ARTICLEMundo Amazónico2017Cited by: 18References: 32

    Los flujos a través de formas tubulares en el cuerpo, en la cultura material y en el medio natura juegan un papel clave en el pensamiento de los pueblos indígenas del noroeste amazónico. Usando ejemplos de la vida cotidiana, la mitología y el ritual, este artículo examina el tubo como un concepto abstracto que une fisiología, sicología y procesos productivos con aspectos sociológicos y cosmológicos más amplios. Las manifestaciones materiales, vis…

  • Writing on Stone; Writing on Paper

    Stephen Hugh‐jone, Stephen Hugh-Jone et al.ARTICLEHistory and Anthropology2016Cited by: 14References: 17

    This paper deals with the relation between different kinds of indigenous speech and music and various iconographic forms such as petroglyphs, house painting, basketry designs and also features of landscape that are understood in graphic terms. It examines how Northwest Amazonian myth-history is structured and memorized, how it can appear in both verbal and non-verbal forms, and how contemporary books, maps and diagrams produced by indigenous orga…

  • The Pleiades and Scorpius in Barasana Cosmology

    Stephen Hugh‐jone, Stephen Hugh-Jone et al.BOOKJournal of Skyscape Archaeology2015Cited by: 1References: 1

    This article examines the astronomical knowledge of the Barasana people of the Northwest Amazon, focusing on the significance of the Pleiades and Scorpius constellations in their cosmology and initiation rituals. Building upon Koch-Grünberg's early 20th-century ethnographic work, the author explores how these constellations serve as markers of time, influencing agricultural practices and shaping the Barasana understanding of the cosmos. The study…

  • Space-Time Transformations in the Upper Xingu and Upper Rio Negro

    Open AccessGeraldo Andrello, Antonio Guerreiro et al.BOOKSociologia & Antropologia2015Cited by: 16References: 17

    The multi-ethnic and multilingual complexes of the Upper Rio Negro and the Upper Xingu share common aspects that frequently emerge in ethnographies, including notions of descent, hierarchical social organization and ritual activities, as well as a preference for forms of exogamy and the unequal distribution of productive and ritual specialties and esoteric knowledge. In this article, the authors investigate how the people of both regions conceive…

  • "A Origem Da Noite E Por Que O Sol É Chamado De "Folha De Caraná

    Open AccessStephen Hugh‐jone, Stephen Hugh-Jone et al.ARTICLESociologia & Antropologia2015Cited by: 3References: 8

    A partir da análise de um amplo conjunto de narrativas sobre a origem da noite, obtidas junto aos povos indígenas da bacia do Alto Rio Negro no noroeste amazônico, este artigo explora o modo como esses povos representam a alternância entre o dia e a noite em diferentes planos de significantes - nos sons e cores dos insetos, pássaros e animais da floresta; nos materiais, texturas e cores de suas casas e objetos; no corpo humano; e na música e na d…

  • Caixa de Pandora

    Open AccessStephen Hugh‐jone, Stephen Hugh-Jone et al.ARTICLERevista de Antropologia da UFSCar2014Cited by: 4References: 10

    Neste capítulo, proponho que o estilo relativamente uniforme da vestimenta cerimonial masculina, compartilhado pelos povos Tukano Oriental e Arawak do Alto Rio Negro, é uma das facetas de um sistema ritual que dá coerência ao sistema social regional. Partindo de dados de grupos Tukano Oriental, este capítulo analisa a ornamentação corporal de perspectivas diferentes, mas inter-relacionadas: adornos como bens herdados personi•icados e objetos de v…

  • L'objet livre

    Open AccessStephen Hugh-Jone, Stephen Hugh‐Jones et al.ARTICLETerrain2012Cited by: 1References: 3

    En concentrant leur attention sur le message, ou le contenu en général, des textes sacrés, les anthropologues ont souvent négligé le fait que les livres sont aussi des objets concrets. Les études de cas présentées ici, portant sur des sociétés dites tribales, invitent à s'intéresser aux matériaux dont sont façonnés les livres et à la façon dont les livres sont mis en relation avec d'autres objets, notamment rituels. Dans le même temps, la compara…

  • Analyses de sang

    Open AccessStephen Hugh-Jone, Stephen Hugh‐Jones et al.ARTICLETerrain2011Cited by: 3References: 2

    Traduit de l’anglais par Gérard Lenclud L’universel et le particulier Consacrer un volume de Terrain au sang, au sang tout court1, peut paraître relever de la gageure. Sujet obligé dès lors qu’il est question de la vie humaine, le sang constitue en effet un thème abordé dans un tel éventail de disciplines (physiologie, médecine, histoire, anthropologie, sciences des religions, etc.) et ayant suscité tant de travaux à la matière si riche qu’il sem…

  • Entre l'image et l'écrit. La politique tukano de patrimonialisation en Amazonie

    Open AccessStephen Hugh‐jone, Stephen Hugh-Jone et al.BOOKCahiers des Amériques latines2010Cited by: 32References: 27

    Este artigo examina a política de patrimonialização Tukano na Amazônia colombiana, focando na interação complexa entre imagem e escrita. Hugh-Jones argumenta que os Tukano, em vez de simplesmente adotarem formas ocidentais de representação, as adaptaram e integraram em suas próprias práticas culturais e políticas. A pesquisa explora como fotografias, vídeos e documentos escritos são usados para negociar a identidade Tukano, reivindicar direitos t…

  • Nomes secretos e riqueza visível

    Open AccessStephen Hugh‐jone, Stephen Hugh-Jone et al.ARTICLEMana2002Cited by: 27References: 4

    A importância dos sistemas de nominação para a compreensão das sociedades e culturas ameríndias é hoje amplamente reconhecida, mas as informações sobre esse tópico concernentes aos povos Tukano do Noroeste Amazônico permanecem esparsas e dispersas. Tomando os Barasana e seus vizinhos como referência, este artigo apresenta alguns dados básicos quanto à onomástica tukano e discute similaridades entre as patrilinhagens tukano e os grupos de perfil "…

  • About the House

    Peter Gose, J Carsten et al.ARTICLEJournal of the Royal Anthropologica…1997Cited by: 7

  • Bonnes raisons ou mauvaise conscience

    Open AccessStephen Hugh-Jone, Stephen Hugh‐Jones et al.ARTICLETerrain1996Cited by: 31References: 17

    Traduit de l'anglais par Philippe Erikson La première fois qu'ils se sont rendus en Amazonie, mes jeunes enfants furent horrifiés de voir qu'on y tuait des singes et des aras afin de les manger. Etre confrontés à la mort d'un quelconque animal était déjà assez difficile en soi, mais là, c'était le comble. Comment de telles créatures pouvaient-elles finir dans nos assiettes, alors qu'elles étaient les habitantes sacrées du monde merveilleux des li…

  • Clear Descent or Ambiguous Houses ? A Re-Examination of Tukanoan Social Organisation

    Stephen Hugh‐jone, Stephen Hugh-Jone et al.ARTICLEL Homme1993Cited by: 30

    Hugh-Jones Stephen. Clear Descent or Ambiguous Houses ? A Re-Examination of Tukanoan Social Organisation. In: L'Homme, 1993, tome 33 n°126-128. La remontée de l'Amazone. pp. 95-120

  • Barter, Exchange and Value

    James G Carrier, Stephen Hugh‐jone et al.REVIEWMan1993

  • The Gun and the Bow Myths of White Men and Indians

    Stephen Hugh‐jone, Stephen Hugh-Jone et al.ARTICLEL Homme1988Cited by: 54

    Hugh-Jones Stephen. The Gun and the Bow Myths of White Men and Indians. In: L'Homme, 1988, tome 28 n°106-107. Le mythe et ses métamorphoses. pp. 138-155

  • Death and the Regeneration of Life

    Stephen Hugh‐jone, Stephen Hugh-Jone et al.REVIEWMan1986

  • Droga, Corrupción y Poder

    Stephen Hugh‐jone, Stephen Hugh-Jone et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research1983

  • The Mehinacu

    Open AccessStephen Hugh-Jone, Stephen Hugh‐Jones et al.ARTICLERAIN1975

  • Studying the Yanomamo

    Stephen Hugh‐jone, Stephen Hugh-Jone et al.REVIEWMan1974