On the Way to Jaguar City. Dialogues About the Dreams Along the Pathway to the Big Mountain-Metropolis of the Hupd’äh

In this work I seek to understand the relation between conversations about dreams and traveling events which took place during a trip to /Paç Pög/, the “Big Mountain”. The relation between dreams and cosmic displacements have been well exploited in studies on amerindian and mealnesian peoples. It is important to highlight how these oniric itineraries allow experiences in several cosmic levels as well as in big cities where meetings, dialogues and interactions with sodiers, missionaries, merchants reveal images of tension or montages (Taussig, 1987). Based on Bakhtin’s dialogical theory of enunciation (1981) and Urban’s discourse centered approach (2000), I intend to show how verbal interactions with dreams reveal an intersubjective process of meaning institution by means of a particular mode of indexicalization. In what major, the oniric and dialogical emergence of the Jaguar City as an ontological juxtaposition delineates a critical perception of the fast processes of changes, expropriation and violence caused by the increasingly displacements to the city center of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (AM)?Nesse trabalho, procuro entender como meus interlocutores Hupd’äh relacionam conversas sobre sonhos e eventos ocorridos durante uma viagem que fizemos à /Paç Pög/, “Serra Grande”. A questão da relação entre sonhos e deslocamentos cósmicos vem sendo amplamente discutida tanto em estudos sobre os povos ameríndios, como para povos da melanésia. Chama a atenção o modo como tais itinerários oníricos levam a vivências em diversos planos cósmicos e também em cidades grandes, onde encontros, diálogos e interações com militares, missionários, comerciantes. Tomando como referência a teoria dialógica da enunciação de Bakhtin (1981) e a abordagem centrada no discurso de Urban (2000), procuro mostrar como, nas interações verbais entre os viajantes sobre sonhos, processos intersubjetivos de instituição de sentidos vão emaranhando as situações do percurso àquelas vividas oniricamente através de um modo específico de indexicalização. Em que medida a justaposição ontológica da Cidade das Onças que emerge desses diálogos sobre sonhos vai delineando uma percepção crítica quanto aos acelerados processos de mudança, expropriação e violência suscitados pelos cada vez mais constantes deslocamentos para a cidade de São Gabriel da Cachoeira (AM)

About splitters and thorns: tensive dimensions of hupd’äh and desano shamanic discourses

 Sitting in a circle to eat coca, Hupd’äh and Desano blessers spoke in the Tukano language and they talked about the spell of the pathogenic thorn. Living in the Alto Rio Negro region – AM, the interlocutors tried to find a way to cure a sick man whose legs were very painful as he suffered from a disease caused by the patauá thorns. Taking into consideration the debate domain about multilinguism and the linguistic contact in the Alto Rio Negro region – AM, this study is based on the comparison set by the enunciators themselves between the shamans´ spell versions in Hup and Desano languages. The relation between ethnography of speech and tensive semiotics allows this study to evidence how formal and theme patterns seek to decrease the tensive weight in events revealing sociocosmic communication and interactions. The analysis makes it possible to describe the verbal genre “blessing” as marked by space-time frames which relate sociocosmic mobility, viewpoint translations and intercultural and interspecific communication with animals, plants and spirits. This study aims to show that considering the shaman discourse as a matrix for linguistic dissemination might be essential to better understand the dynamic and processes of linguistic contact and change in the Alto Rio Negro region.  Sentados numa roda para o consumo de coca, benzedores Hupd’äh e Desano conversavam, em língua Tukano, sobre o encantamento do espinho patogênico. Habitantes da região do Alto Rio Negro-AM, os interlocutores buscavam entender como curar um senhor enfermo atingido pela doença causada por espinhos de patauá que sofria com fortes dores nas pernas. Tendo como referência o campo de debates sobre o multilinguísmo e contato linguístico no Alto Rio Negro-AM, o presente trabalho parte da comparação estabelecida pelos próprios enunciadores entre versões em língua Hup e Desana de encantamentos xamânicos. A aproximação entre a etnografia da fala e a semiótica tensiva permite mostrar como padrões formais e temáticos contribuem para diluir a carga tensiva de acontecimentos que evidenciam comunicações e interações sociocosmicas. A análise permite a descrição do gênero verbal “benzimento” como sendo marcado por enquadramentos espaço-temporais que relacionam a mobilidade sociocosmica, a tradução de pontos de vista e a comunicação intercultural e interespecífica com animais, plantas e espíritos. Pretende-se, assim, evidenciar em que medida tomar o discurso xamânico como uma matriz de difusão linguística pode ser fundamental para entender melhor as dinâmicas e processos de contato e mudança linguísticas no Alto Rio Negro.&nbsp

Jean E. Jackson: a pioneering ethnographer in the Colombian Amazon

This essay celebrates the work of Jean E. Jackson, a pioneering female ethnographer who devoted most of her fifty-year career to the Indigenous peoples of Colombia. Her research, represented in an extensive set of publications from the early 1970s to the present, engages with themes of identity, stigma, and social inequality, manifested across a range of contexts. Jackson’s ethnographic contributions include her ground-breaking early work on Indigenous Tukanoan society in the Colombian Vaupés, focusing on the practice of linguistic exogamy (obligatory marriage across language groups) among the Bará people. Later, she expanded her focus to address Indigenous experiences in the context of rapid cultural change in Colombia, relating to evolving conceptions of indigeneity and its relationship to the national society, and how these transitions bear on processes and practices associated with identity, multiculturalism, and neoliberalism. A further thread of Jackson’s research, based in the United States, dealt with anthropological perspectives on chronic pain. In this essay, we focus primarily on her pioneering work with Colombian Indigenous peoples, while also considering how this work connects to her other lines of research, and how her explorations of these themes shaped her significant contributions to ethnographic methodology. We also emphasize the relevance of gender as a consistent thread throughout Jackson’s research trajectory—both as a topic of attention in her research and as a pivot point in her own approach as a female ethnographer

Olhos luminosos e peles de metal

Olhos luminosos e peles de meta

Multiculturalismo, gênero e etnografia: trajetória e contribuições fundamentais de Jean Elizabeth Jackson para a antropologia sul-americana

O presente trabalho busca apresentar a trajetória e as principais contribuições de Jean E. Jackson para a antropologia sul-americana no âmbito do dossiê “Femmes pionnières de l’anthropologie sud-américaniste”. Retoma-se o caráter pioneiro de seu trabalho etnográfico com povos indígenas do Uaupés colombiano, e o modo como a perspectiva etnográfica da autora interliga suas outras linhas de pesquisa com identidade, movimentos indígenas e pacientes de um centro de tratamento de dor crônica. Por fim, enfatiza-se a relevância da temática das relações de gênero que estabelece uma linha transversal ao longo da trajetória da pesquisa de Jackson. A temática de gênero constitui-se tanto como tema de atenção em sua pesquisa quanto como um ponto de articulação em sua própria abordagem como etnógrafa.This paper presents the trajectory of Jean E. Jackson’s principal contributions to South American anthropology within the scope of the dossier “Femmes pionnières de l’anthropologie sud-américaniste.” While we focus on her pioneering ethnographic work with the Indigenous peoples of the Colombian Vaupés, we also consider how her ethnographic perspective connects to her other lines of research on identity, indigenous movements and chronic pain patients. Our discussion draws on Jackson’s many publications and on our conversations with her in the context of several interviews. Finally, we emphasize the relevance of gender as a consistent thread throughout Jackson’s research trajectory—both as a topic of attention in her research, and as a pivot point in her own positioning as a female ethnographer.Cet article présente la trajectoire et les principales contributions de Jean E. Jackson à l’anthropologie sud-américaine dans le cadre du dossier « Femmes pionnières de l’anthropologie sud-américaniste ». Il souligne le caractère pionnier de son travail ethnographique chez les peuples indigènes du Vaupés colombien ainsi que la manière dont la perspective ethnographique de l’auteure relie ses autres thèmes de recherche que sont l’identité, les mouvements indigènes et les patients dans un centre de traitement de la douleur chronique. Enfin, la question des relations de genre apparaît comme une ligne transversale tout au long de la trajectoire de recherche de Jackson. Le thème du genre constitue à la fois un objet de recherches et un point d’articulation dans sa propre démarche d’ethnographe

Dwellings, jabuticabas, and affections — trajectories with Sylvia Caiuby Novaes

Sylvia Caiuby Novaes é professora do Departamento de Antropologia da Universidade de São Paulo (USP) e dedica-se há cerca de 50 anos à pesquisa e ao ensino em antropologia. Entre outras realizações, ela é uma das pioneiras da antropologia visual no Brasil, é fundadora do Laboratório de Imagem e Som da Antropologia (LISA) e editora responsável pela revista Gesto, Imagem e Som. Revista de Antropologia (GIS). Nesta entrevista, realizada por mais de 30 orientandos de diferentes gerações, Sylvia fala sobre sua trajetória, projetos, visão de mundo, suas diversas viagens, o fascínio pelas pesquisas de campo e a universidade. Ao contar sobre sua trajetória acadêmica e pessoal, Sylvia traz reflexões sobre sua relação com a fotografia e a produção de imagens.  Sylvia Caiuby Novaes is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of São Paulo (USP) and has been dedicated to research and teaching in anthropology for nearly 50 years. Among other accomplishments, she is one of the pioneers of visual anthropology in Brazil, is the founder of the Laboratory of Image and Sound of Anthropology (LISA) and the editor in charge of the Gesture, Image and Sound.  Journal of Anthropology (GIS). In this interview, conducted by more than 30 advisees from different generations, Sylvia talks about her trajectory, projects, worldview, her various travels, her fascination with field research and the university. When telling about her academic and personal trajectory, Sylvia reflects on her relationship with photography and the production of images

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

Abstract Background Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres. Methods This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries. Results In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia. Conclusion This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries

About splitters and thorns: tensive dimensions of hupd’äh and desano shamanic discourses

 Sitting in a circle to eat coca, Hupd’äh and Desano blessers spoke in the Tukano language and they talked about the spell of the pathogenic thorn. Living in the Alto Rio Negro region – AM, the interlocutors tried to find a way to cure a sick man whose legs were very painful as he suffered from a disease caused by the patauá thorns. Taking into consideration the debate domain about multilinguism and the linguistic contact in the Alto Rio Negro region – AM, this study is based on the comparison set by the enunciators themselves between the shamans´ spell versions in Hup and Desano languages. The relation between ethnography of speech and tensive semiotics allows this study to evidence how formal and theme patterns seek to decrease the tensive weight in events revealing sociocosmic communication and interactions. The analysis makes it possible to describe the verbal genre “blessing” as marked by space-time frames which relate sociocosmic mobility, viewpoint translations and intercultural and interspecific communication with animals, plants and spirits. This study aims to show that considering the shaman discourse as a matrix for linguistic dissemination might be essential to better understand the dynamic and processes of linguistic contact and change in the Alto Rio Negro region.  Sentados numa roda para o consumo de coca, benzedores Hupd’äh e Desano conversavam, em língua Tukano, sobre o encantamento do espinho patogênico. Habitantes da região do Alto Rio Negro-AM, os interlocutores buscavam entender como curar um senhor enfermo atingido pela doença causada por espinhos de patauá que sofria com fortes dores nas pernas. Tendo como referência o campo de debates sobre o multilinguísmo e contato linguístico no Alto Rio Negro-AM, o presente trabalho parte da comparação estabelecida pelos próprios enunciadores entre versões em língua Hup e Desana de encantamentos xamânicos. A aproximação entre a etnografia da fala e a semiótica tensiva permite mostrar como padrões formais e temáticos contribuem para diluir a carga tensiva de acontecimentos que evidenciam comunicações e interações sociocosmicas. A análise permite a descrição do gênero verbal “benzimento” como sendo marcado por enquadramentos espaço-temporais que relacionam a mobilidade sociocosmica, a tradução de pontos de vista e a comunicação intercultural e interespecífica com animais, plantas e espíritos. Pretende-se, assim, evidenciar em que medida tomar o discurso xamânico como uma matriz de difusão linguística pode ser fundamental para entender melhor as dinâmicas e processos de contato e mudança linguísticas no Alto Rio Negro.&nbsp