Becoming Tamed. The Meaning of "Becoming Civilized" among the Waorani of Amazonian Ecuador
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5167612 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paola Colleoni (0000-0003-0456-6338, Trinity University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 72-101 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | 1700-tal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1652-4772 • E-ISSN: 2001-9866 |
| Publisher | Trinity University Coates Library - DC Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.70845/2572-3626.1222 |
| OpenAlex | W2408441846 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 9 |
In this paper I aim to discuss the way in which the Waorani, an indigenous group of the Ecuadorian Amazon, understand the process of becoming "civilized" since their first encounters with outsiders (cowori).Having passed from a situation of aggressive relations with the cowori to one of sustained and peaceful contact with missionaries, state agents and, today, oil companies, I argue that, in Waorani's own terms, becoming civilized means becoming "tamed".Similar to how they think of the process through which wild animals become pets in a Waorani longhouse, they pursue the establishment of what they understand as a benefiting relation of "adoptive filiation" with "powerful others" which implies a shift away from the perspective of a "predator", even if -as it is argued -due to the very nature of Waorani personhood such shifts might be reversible in specific relational contexts.The paper also aims to contribute to the understanding of the role played by food and goods in the "civilization process" in Amazonia.Namely, I argue that if a generalized Amazonian "consumerism" exists, it should be related to the social relations that are built through it, and to the way in which the articulation with outsiders -namely, predation/appropriation or exchange -are established in pre-contact situations and are actualized in situations of contact
Amazon rainforest · Appropriation · Articulation (sociology · Biology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ethnology · Indigenous · Meaning (existential · Political science · Politics · Sociality · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Philosophy · Ecology
Constructing natures
Vital Enemies
From the Enemy's Point of View
El testimonio de Joaquina Grefa, una cautiva quichua entre los huaorani (Ecuador, 1945)
Waorani Grief and the Witch-Killer's Rage
Of Enemies and Pets
Anthropological Presuppositions of Indigenous Advocacy
The commensality of 'contact', 'pacification', and inter-ethnic relations in the Amazon
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2021 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |