S L Heckler
Biographic Data
| ID | 9485111 |
|---|---|
| NAME | S L Heckler |
| GIVEN NAMES | S L |
| FAMILY NAME | Heckler |
| SIGNATURE | HECKLER S L |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNESCO |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Homegardens
Homegardens are in or immediately surround the home, and they differ from other agricultural sites in species composition, ecological structure, and use. They provide food, medicines, plants of symbolic significance, and small‐scale income. Some studies have demonstrated that they fulfill a wide range of human needs, including social, aesthetic, emotional, and spiritual. They can be gendered spaces and are sites of sociality, conviviality, and id…
Herbalism, Home Gardens, and Hybridization
Using the example of the Wõthïhã of the Manapiare River Valley, Amazonas State, Venezuela, I challenge the image of the indigenous Amazonian as an expert in herbalism. I argue that the observed absence of medicinal plant use in early Wõthïhã ethnography, rather than reflecting researcher oversight, reflects the centrality of shamanism. According to Wõthïhã shamanic cosmology, herbal medicines, while useful to relieve symptoms and treat minor inju…
Tedium and creativity
Through an exploration of Amazonian ethnographic material, this article challenges the idea that tasks normally associated with women are invariably considered to be less valuable than men's activities. I argue against the claims made by Rivière that manioc cultivation is devoid of creativity or differentiation. I find the process of manioc cultivation to be profoundly social; indeed, it provides a critical means by which prestige is attained, ma…
Tedium and creativity
Through an exploration of Amazonian ethnographic material, this article challenges the idea that tasks normally associated with women are invariably considered to be less valuable than men's activities. I argue against the claims made by Rivière that manioc cultivation is devoid of creativity or differentiation. I find the process of manioc cultivation to be profoundly social; indeed, it provides a critical means by which prestige is attained, ma…
Herbalism, Home Gardens, and Hybridization
Using the example of the Wõthïhã of the Manapiare River Valley, Amazonas State, Venezuela, I challenge the image of the indigenous Amazonian as an expert in herbalism. I argue that the observed absence of medicinal plant use in early Wõthïhã ethnography, rather than reflecting researcher oversight, reflects the centrality of shamanism. According to Wõthïhã shamanic cosmology, herbal medicines, while useful to relieve symptoms and treat minor inju…
Tedium and creativity
Through an exploration of Amazonian ethnographic material, this article challenges the idea that tasks normally associated with women are invariably considered to be less valuable than men's activities. I argue against the claims made by Rivière that manioc cultivation is devoid of creativity or differentiation. I find the process of manioc cultivation to be profoundly social; indeed, it provides a critical means by which prestige is attained, ma…
Herbalism, Home Gardens, and Hybridization
Using the example of the Wõthïhã of the Manapiare River Valley, Amazonas State, Venezuela, I challenge the image of the indigenous Amazonian as an expert in herbalism. I argue that the observed absence of medicinal plant use in early Wõthïhã ethnography, rather than reflecting researcher oversight, reflects the centrality of shamanism. According to Wõthïhã shamanic cosmology, herbal medicines, while useful to relieve symptoms and treat minor inju…
Homegardens
Homegardens are in or immediately surround the home, and they differ from other agricultural sites in species composition, ecological structure, and use. They provide food, medicines, plants of symbolic significance, and small‐scale income. Some studies have demonstrated that they fulfill a wide range of human needs, including social, aesthetic, emotional, and spiritual. They can be gendered spaces and are sites of sociality, conviviality, and id…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Sociality (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Affect (1 work) · Affect (linguistics (1 work) · Agriculture (1 work) · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (1 work)