Bird Stories from Latin America
Lessons on Change and Adaptation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6144428 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicole Sault (0000-0002-2777-0692, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 58-68 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnobiology Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2159-8126 • E-ISSN: 2159-8126 |
| Publisher | Society of Ethnobiology (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.14237/ebl.11.2.2020.1689 |
| OpenAlex | W3110867313 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
When people hear bird sounds, they understand them on various levels that are interpreted according to cultural context. Among Indigenous cultures of Latin America, avian voices are understood in relation to group identity, kinship affiliation, and personal experience, such as dreams and vision quests. Birds are recognized as social actors with their own voices that express intentions, desires, needs, and responsibilities. Certain birds may impart messages to specific people, and stories of these personal interactions represent both traditional values as well as individual explanations for what the bird communicated. These experiences are incorporated into the dynamic relationships people have with birds, the ancestors, the landscape, and spirit beings, and assist in addressing both cultural and climatic changes. This essay presents stories from Mexico, Costa Rica, and Peru, and shows how individuals interpret bird communications according to cultural values that relate to their personal situation. These avian messages gain new meaning and urgency during periods of dramatic change, like the current climate crisis. As people seek creative responses to survive, relationships with birds provide resiliency
Adaptation (eye · Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Biology · Context (archaeology · Environmental ethics · Geography · Identity (music · Indigenous · Kinship · Latin Americans · Meaning (existential · Political science · Sociology · Animal and Plant Science Education · Anthropology · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology · Species Distribution and Climate Change · Ecology
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The Mythology of Wise Birds
Bird Names and Folklore from the Emberá (Chocó) in Darién, Panamá
Precolumbian and Ethnographic Featherwork from the Andes and Amazon in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cultural Keystone Species
Birds as Seers
Qollahuaya-Andean Body Concepts
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |