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THE AMAZONIAN SOCIAL
RELATION TO NATURE  

An Open Access Environmental Humanities Digital  Project

Shared Bodies 

The land and the human life cylce is a shared body. Our approach is to interview knowledgeable individuals in the forest setting where their memories are activated by the plants and animals they see.

Intimately explore stories through audio visual expression...

The Human Life Cycle

 

 The Land    

 

  • Relatives who went away: Origins Stories and the Meaning of Biodiversity

  • Forests

  • Rivers and Rain

  • Sky, Sun, Moon and Stars and Thunder

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"Land and people are a shared body. I am not quite sure how to explain it, it's just something we know to be true from generations of intimacy with the land. It's like knowing the sun will rise every day"

All Videos
Old version Promo Solar Canoe
04:48

Old version Promo Solar Canoe

Fiorella Vera-Adrianzen explains why you should learn an indigenous language
04:26

Fiorella Vera-Adrianzen explains why you should learn an indigenous language

Fiorella Vera-Adrianzen is an Iyarina alumna and PhD student in the University of New Mexico, specializing in Comparative Politics and International Relations. In this interview she explains the profound impact that learning an indigenous language has had in her life and career. You can learn more about Fiorella at: https://laii.unm.edu/news/2017/11/laii-phd-fellow-fiorella-vera-adrianzen.html
Lauren Dodaro explains why you should learn an indigenous language
04:04

Lauren Dodaro explains why you should learn an indigenous language

Lauren Dodaro is an Iyarina alumna and a PhD candidate in Tulane University's Anthropology program where she is studying Environmental Anthropology. In this interview she explains the profound impact that learning an indigenous language has had in her life and career
Travis and John explain why you should learn an indigenous language
05:59

Travis and John explain why you should learn an indigenous language

John White and Travis Fink are Iyarina alumni and PhD candidates in Tulane University's Anthropology program. In this interview they explain the profound impact that learning an indigenous language has had in their lives and careers
To give birth like a shirkillu tree
00:38

To give birth like a shirkillu tree

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03:41

Clip11 1

Eulodia Dagua, "A Ceramic Representation of the Kuaentza River."
01:54

Eulodia Dagua, "A Ceramic Representation of the Kuaentza River."

Eulodia Dagua "A man's peccary body"
04:43

Eulodia Dagua "A man's peccary body"

Belgica Dagua, On the joy of childhood in the forest
03:31

Belgica Dagua, On the joy of childhood in the forest

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