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Knowing the Day, Knowing the World: Engaging Amerindian Thought in Public Archaeology
Green Ph.D, Dr. Lesley, Green, David
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Description for Knowing the Day, Knowing the World: Engaging Amerindian Thought in Public Archaeology
Hardcover. "Based on more than a decade of research in Palikur lands known as Arukwa in the state of Amapa, Brazil, Knowing the Day, Knowing the World demonstrates both the challenges of comprehending alternative cosmologies and the rich rewards of grappling with Amerindian ways of thinking and knowing"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Based on more than a decade of research in Palikur lands known as Arukwa in the state of Amapá, Brazil, Knowing the Day, Knowing the World reconsiders the dialogue between formal scholarship and Amerindian ways of knowing. Beginning and ending with a public archaeology project in the region, the book engages head-on with Amerindian ways of thinking about space, time, and personhood. Demonstrating that Palikur knowledges are based on movement and a careful theorisation of what it means to be present in a place, the book makes a sustained case for engaging with different ways of knowing. It shows how ... Read more
Based on more than a decade of research in Palikur lands known as Arukwa in the state of Amapá, Brazil, Knowing the Day, Knowing the World reconsiders the dialogue between formal scholarship and Amerindian ways of knowing. Beginning and ending with a public archaeology project in the region, the book engages head-on with Amerindian ways of thinking about space, time, and personhood. Demonstrating that Palikur knowledges are based on movement and a careful theorisation of what it means to be present in a place, the book makes a sustained case for engaging with different ways of knowing. It shows how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816530373
SKU
V9780816530373
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99-15
About Green Ph.D, Dr. Lesley, Green, David
Lesley J. F. Green is an associate professor of Anthropology in the School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, where she leads the Contested Ecologies research cluster. She is the editor of Contested Ecologies: Dialogues in the South on Nature and Knowledge. David R. Green has worked as ... Read more
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