Costa, Luiz, The Owners of Kinship: Asymmetrical Relations in Indigenous Amazonia

Duchesne, Émile

doi:10.3138/anth.2019-0048.br02

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“…Villagers' relations with visitors at Surama Eco‐Lodge resonate with broader debates in Amazonian ethnology concerning “insiders” and “outsiders” (Rivière, 1984), as well as asymmetric relations of “mastery” and “ownership” (Costa, 2017; Fausto, 2012a). These debates have remained little examined in the context of tourism.…”

Section: Relations With “Others” In Amazoniamentioning

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“…Villagers seek strategic allies as yakos through mutuality with master‐owners of tourists. Unlike processes among many other regional Indigenous groups of “familiarizing” outsiders and other beings, which involve predation (Costa, 2017; Fausto, 2012a), Makushi villagers emphasize mutuality in forming alliances. Influenced by historical experiences of enslavement, they seek to avoid and neutralize predation and to minimize asymmetries whenever possible in relations with outsiders.…”

Section: Friendship Beyond Potential Affinity: Shamanic Alterity In S...mentioning

confidence: 95%

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Shamanic alliance in the touristic borderzone: Strategic hospitality at Surama Eco‐Lodge in Guyana

Whitaker

2023

J Latin Amer Carib Anth

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This article explores how villagers in Surama form alliances with outsiders through strategic hospitality within the touristic borderzone. Surama is a primarily Makushi village in Guyana. Tourism began during the 1990s and is now central to the village economy. Villagers' efforts to form relationships with certain visitors (particularly tourist leaders) as partners or yakos through hospitality reflect an ontological framework associated with shamanism. This involves relational modes of interaction that are common across Amazonia but have been underexamined in the context of tourism. However, Makushi alliances with outsiders in Surama are unique in their emphasis on mutuality and symmetry, which stems from past Makushi experiences of enslavement during the colonial encounter and antipathy towards asymmetric relations. Based on fieldwork involving interviews and participant observation in Surama, this article links debates in Amazonian ethnology and the anthropology of tourism to examine how villagers in Surama manage relations with tourists to obtain external resources.

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Section: Relations With “Others” In Amazoniamentioning

confidence: 79%

Section: Friendship Beyond Potential Affinity: Shamanic Alterity In S...mentioning

confidence: 95%

Shamanic alliance in the touristic borderzone: Strategic hospitality at Surama Eco‐Lodge in Guyana

Whitaker

2023

J Latin Amer Carib Anth

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Costa, Luiz, The Owners of Kinship: Asymmetrical Relations in Indigenous Amazonia

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Shamanic alliance in the touristic borderzone: Strategic hospitality at Surama Eco‐Lodge in Guyana

Shamanic alliance in the touristic borderzone: Strategic hospitality at Surama Eco‐Lodge in Guyana

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