Joanna Overing

Joanna Overing (born August 12, 1938 in Takoma Park, Maryland) is an American anthropologist based in Scotland. She has conducted research on egalitarianism, indigenous cosmology, philosophical anthropology, aesthetics, the ludic and linguistics through fieldwork in Amazonia. She has extensively studied indigenous Piaroa people in the Orinoco basin of Venezuela. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Of life and happiness : morality, aesthetics, and social life among the southeastern Amazonian Mebengokré (Kayapó), as seen from the margins of ritual
    by Oliveira, Adolfo de
    Published 2003
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    The hearer, the hunter and the agouti head : aspects of intercommunication and conviviality among the Pa'ikwené (Palikur) of French Guiana
    by Passes, Alan
    Published 1998
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    The making of real people : an interpretation of a morality-centred theory of sociality, livelihood and selfhood among the Muinane (Colombian Amazon)
    by Londoño Sulkin, Carlos David
    Published 2000
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    Becoming similar : knowledge, sociality and the aesthetics of relatedness amongst the Nivacle of the Paraguayan Chaco
    by Grant, Suzanne
    Published 2006
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    Fertile words : aspects of language and sociality among Yanomami people of Venezuela
    by Rubio, Javier Carrera
    Published 2004
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    Cashinahua cosmovision : a perspectival approach to identity and alterity
    by Lagrou, Elsje Maria
    Published 1998
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    The application of geomatic technologies in an indigenous context : Amazonian Indians and indigenous land rights
    by Menell, David
    Published 2003
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    When sadness is beautiful : a study of the place of rationality and emotions within the social life of the Àve de Jesus
    by Campos, Roberta Bivar Carneiro
    Published 2000
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