The Ecology of the Spoken Word: Amazonian Storytelling and Shamanism among the Napo Runa by Michael A. Uzendoski and Edith Felicia Calapucha‐Tapuy

Wroblewski, Michael

doi:10.1111/aman.12090_43

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“…This mode of verbal and textual analysis and presentation strove to contextualize narratives, preserve their performative elements and transcribe the ineffable aspects of performance into the linear permanence of a written text. One might think of it as a transmutation of spoken verbal art and extralinguistic features into the textual conventions and script of the printed page (Jakobson 1959, 233;Moore 2013, 14;Tedlock 1987;Uzendoski & Calapucha-Tapuy 2012;Webster 2009). In tandem with this emphasis on recapturing performance, Hymes rejuvenated the performative vitality of narratives, which survive only in historical transcriptions and recordings, through a focus on structure (stanza, verse, line, etc.)…”

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Toward a Poetics of Maya Art and Writing

Carrasco

2024

CAJ

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This article identifies large-scale chiastic and bracketing structures in contemporary, colonial and Classic Maya verbal art and literature. These structures are composed of the repetition of lines, verses and stanzas that frame sections of texts and sometimes images. Initially, the argument focuses on an ethnopoetic analysis that directs attention to such forms in modern and colonial narrative and presents an extended contemporary Yucatecan story to illustrate key forms. Second, it turns to similar structures in Classic Mayan narrative written in Maya hieroglyphs to examine the way rhetorical and linguistic tropes intertwined with corresponding features in visual compositions to craft highly sophisticated artistic programmes. By tracking how specific structures are deployed and in what contexts, this article defines an aesthetic that not only sheds light on verbal narratives, but also elucidates visual programmes and their interrelationship with text to reveal a fundamental principle in Maya world conceptualization. This literary and visual analysis develops a cross-medial Maya aesthetics comparable to other global poetic traditions.

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Toward a Poetics of Maya Art and Writing

Carrasco

2024

CAJ

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“…Runa is a self-designation of the cultural group sometimes known as the Amazonian Kichwa, Runa shimi being Kichwa for their language (Macdonald 1999;Muratorio 1991;White 2022). While research on Amazonian environmental anthropology (Kohn 2013;Uzendoski and Calapucha-Tapuy 2012;Leitão 2021;Torres et al 2015) and Runa environmental practices is growing (Benitez 2021;Bredero et al 2023;Coq-Huelva et al 2017;Dodaro 2022;Erazo & Jarrett 2018;Gari 2001;Guachamin-Rosero et al 2023;Heredia-R et al 2021;Vera et al 2019), studies explicitly focused on Runa or indeed any Amazonian Indigenous group's interactions with landesque capital or CWRs remain scarce (White 2022;White et al 2023). Depending on the source consulted Amazonian Kichwa speakers in Ecuador number between 60,000 to more than 150,000 (Uzendoski and Calapucha-Tapuy 2012).…”

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Genes in the Chagra: Crop and Crop Wild Relative Landesque Capital among Amazonian Runa in Ecuador

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Monteros Altamirano

2024

Journal of Ethnobiology

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This study delves into the relationship between human cultures and plant genetic diversity, centering on the expanded concept of landesque capital. Traditionally, this term has encapsulated human-made environmental modifications, such as anthropogenic soils or terraces, that can yield long-term benefits. We extend this notion to embrace the genetic diversity and dynamics of crops and crop wild relative (CWR) gene pools. The investigation focuses on the Napo Runa of Ecuador and their cultural practices, including selection, seed saving, and transplantation, to highlight potential models of selection pressures affecting crop-CWR complexes and any cultural practices connected to either. In doing so, we aim to underscore the interconnected and multispecies nature of the relationships among genetic diversity and cultural diversity. Changes in the genetic makeup of one plant, induced by human interaction, can affect its cultivated counterparts through hybridization or future breeding programs, thereby influencing agricultural resilience, nutritional value, and the very cultural practices dependent on these crops or any related to them. Consequently, we argue for a focused examination of plant-based forms of landesque capital or any gene pool-based form, including animals or microbial life. This approach highlights the importance of interconnecting biocultural diversity between cultivated plants and their “wild” relatives and recognizing the intricate interdependencies between cultural practices and gene pools in the face of environmental challenges.

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“…One day, the Twins set a trap for their jaguar siblings and killed them, providing an apparently paradoxical solution: helping the humans and betraying the jaguar mother who had saved them. The jaguar is, therefore, both predator and prey, admired, imitated, and respected, as well as abhorred, hunted, and feared (Uzendoski & Calapucha-Tapuy 2012). Although feared, humans seek to connect with these felines because they provide wisdom and teach how to live in the jungle; in other Amazonian legends, they teach humans how to use fire and end up being stolen, as in the myth of Prometheus (Turner 2017).…”

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New stories for the Amazon

CUVI

2023

Amazon Dialogues: Contributions to the Debate About Sustainability and Inclusion

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The Ecology of the Spoken Word: Amazonian Storytelling and Shamanism among the Napo Runa by Michael A. Uzendoski and Edith Felicia Calapucha‐Tapuy

Cited by 6 publications

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Toward a Poetics of Maya Art and Writing

Toward a Poetics of Maya Art and Writing

Genes in the Chagra: Crop and Crop Wild Relative Landesque Capital among Amazonian Runa in Ecuador

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