Vanessa Elisa Grotti
Biographic Data
| ID | 91498 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vanessa Elisa Grotti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vanessa Elisa |
| FAMILY NAME | Grotti |
| SIGNATURE | GROTTI V E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology Oxford University ISCA 51/53 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6PE UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Chapter 5 Narratives of the Invisible Autobiography, Kinship, and Alterity in Native Amazonia
Chapter 9 Humanity, Personhood and Transformability in Northern Amazonia
Narratives of the Invisible: Autobiography, Kinship, and Alterity in Native Amazonia
Shamanic knowledge is based on an ambiguous commensality with invisible others. As a result, shamans oscillate constantly between spheres of intimacy, both visible and invisible. A place of power and transformation, the spirit world is rarely described by native interlocutors in an objective, detached way; rather, they depict it in terms of events and experiences. Instead of examining the formal qualities of accounts of the spirit world through a…
Animism in rainforest and tundra: Personhood, animals, plants and things in contemporary Amazonia and Siberia
Amazonia and Siberia, classic regions of shamanism, have long challenged 'western' understandings of man's place in the world. By exploring the social relations between humans and non-human entities credited with human-like personhood (not only animals and plants, but also 'things' such as artifacts, trade items, or mineral resources) from a comparative perspective, this volume offers valuable insights into the constitutions of humanity and perso…
Strange Enemies: Indigenous Agency and Scenes of Encounters in Amazonia - by Vilaça,Aparecida
Happy with the Enemy: Kinship, Pacification, and Corporeal Transformations in Trio Beer Feasts, Northeastern Amazonia
This article is based on fieldwork among a Central Carib people known as the Trio, who have for the past 40 years lived alongside their former enemies in large sedentary villages in southern Suriname. The article analyses the relations that have been established and nurtured between people, particularly those of distant affines, at times of communal celebrations such as beer feasts, with a particular focus on intersubjectivity. As the frequency a…
Un corps en mouvement: Parenté, ' diffusion de l'influence ' et transformations corporelles dans les fêtes de bière tirio, Amazonie du Nord-Est
Un corps en mouvement : parenté, ' diffusion de l'influence ' et transformations corporelles dans les fêtes de bière tirio, Amazonie du Nord-Est. Cet article est une analyse des relations sociales établies entre les corps lors des célébrations collectives que les Tirio organisent régulièrement dans leurs villages du Sud du Surinam. Les villages auxquels on se réfère sont des structures relativement récentes et sont caractérisés par la sédentarité…
Animism in rainforest and tundra: Personhood, animals, plants and things in contemporary Amazonia and Siberia
Amazonia and Siberia, classic regions of shamanism, have long challenged 'western' understandings of man's place in the world. By exploring the social relations between humans and non-human entities credited with human-like personhood (not only animals and plants, but also 'things' such as artifacts, trade items, or mineral resources) from a comparative perspective, this volume offers valuable insights into the constitutions of humanity and perso…
Happy with the Enemy: Kinship, Pacification, and Corporeal Transformations in Trio Beer Feasts, Northeastern Amazonia
This article is based on fieldwork among a Central Carib people known as the Trio, who have for the past 40 years lived alongside their former enemies in large sedentary villages in southern Suriname. The article analyses the relations that have been established and nurtured between people, particularly those of distant affines, at times of communal celebrations such as beer feasts, with a particular focus on intersubjectivity. As the frequency a…
Un corps en mouvement: Parenté, ' diffusion de l'influence ' et transformations corporelles dans les fêtes de bière tirio, Amazonie du Nord-Est
Un corps en mouvement : parenté, ' diffusion de l'influence ' et transformations corporelles dans les fêtes de bière tirio, Amazonie du Nord-Est. Cet article est une analyse des relations sociales établies entre les corps lors des célébrations collectives que les Tirio organisent régulièrement dans leurs villages du Sud du Surinam. Les villages auxquels on se réfère sont des structures relativement récentes et sont caractérisés par la sédentarité…
Narratives of the Invisible: Autobiography, Kinship, and Alterity in Native Amazonia
Shamanic knowledge is based on an ambiguous commensality with invisible others. As a result, shamans oscillate constantly between spheres of intimacy, both visible and invisible. A place of power and transformation, the spirit world is rarely described by native interlocutors in an objective, detached way; rather, they depict it in terms of events and experiences. Instead of examining the formal qualities of accounts of the spirit world through a…
Un corps en mouvement: Parenté, ' diffusion de l'influence ' et transformations corporelles dans les fêtes de bière tirio, Amazonie du Nord-Est
Un corps en mouvement : parenté, ' diffusion de l'influence ' et transformations corporelles dans les fêtes de bière tirio, Amazonie du Nord-Est. Cet article est une analyse des relations sociales établies entre les corps lors des célébrations collectives que les Tirio organisent régulièrement dans leurs villages du Sud du Surinam. Les villages auxquels on se réfère sont des structures relativement récentes et sont caractérisés par la sédentarité…
Strange Enemies: Indigenous Agency and Scenes of Encounters in Amazonia - by Vilaça,Aparecida
Happy with the Enemy: Kinship, Pacification, and Corporeal Transformations in Trio Beer Feasts, Northeastern Amazonia
This article is based on fieldwork among a Central Carib people known as the Trio, who have for the past 40 years lived alongside their former enemies in large sedentary villages in southern Suriname. The article analyses the relations that have been established and nurtured between people, particularly those of distant affines, at times of communal celebrations such as beer feasts, with a particular focus on intersubjectivity. As the frequency a…
Animism in rainforest and tundra: Personhood, animals, plants and things in contemporary Amazonia and Siberia
Amazonia and Siberia, classic regions of shamanism, have long challenged 'western' understandings of man's place in the world. By exploring the social relations between humans and non-human entities credited with human-like personhood (not only animals and plants, but also 'things' such as artifacts, trade items, or mineral resources) from a comparative perspective, this volume offers valuable insights into the constitutions of humanity and perso…
Narratives of the Invisible: Autobiography, Kinship, and Alterity in Native Amazonia
Shamanic knowledge is based on an ambiguous commensality with invisible others. As a result, shamans oscillate constantly between spheres of intimacy, both visible and invisible. A place of power and transformation, the spirit world is rarely described by native interlocutors in an objective, detached way; rather, they depict it in terms of events and experiences. Instead of examining the formal qualities of accounts of the spirit world through a…
Chapter 5 Narratives of the Invisible Autobiography, Kinship, and Alterity in Native Amazonia
Chapter 9 Humanity, Personhood and Transformability in Northern Amazonia
Sociology (6 works) · Amazon rainforest (5 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · History (4 works) · Biology (3 works)