Living through forms : similarity, knowledge and gender among the Pastaza Runa (Ecuadorian Amazon)

In this thesis I explore the knowledge practices of the Pastaza Runa, an indigenous group of the Ecuadorian Amazon. A central claim in my work is that processes of knowledge acquisition among the Runa involve an acknowledgement that human bodies, as well as non-human ones, share a network of ‘likene...

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Main Author: Mezzenzana, Francesca
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.666780