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Los Piaroa (un término de origen desconocido), son un pueblo de agricultores que habitan principalmente en zonas boscosas del Orinoco Medio. El último censo indígena de Venezuela…

Author:
Germán Freire; Stanford Zent
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El documento debate la problemática y las tareas de la descolonización, desde la perspectiva del paradigma del Vivir Bien, como instrumento de liberación nacional.

Author:
Arturo D. Villanueva Imaña
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The maintenance of exceptionally high numbers of folk varieties by the Piaroa people of the Venezuelan Amazon is considered. We cataloged 113 manioc folk varieties, their…

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Serena Heckler, Stanford Zent
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In the last 20 to 25 years there has been a growing trend of using quantitative methods and designs in ethnobiological research. The quantitative revolution in ethnobiology has…

Author:
Stanford Zent, Egleé López Zent
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The anthropological fascination and appreciation for indigenous knowledge has successfully penetrated the popular imagination in recent years. It is now common to find sympathetic…

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Stanford Zent
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Entomophagy is widespread among indigenous people, promoting the gathering of traditional ecological knowledge of insect life histories and plant-insect interactions. In the…

Author:
Juanita Choo; Egleé López Zent; Beryl Simpson
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Este trabajo indaga acerca de las técnicas de fabricación y transformación del cuerpo entre los Jotï, un grupo indígena de 900 personas de la Guayana venezolana. Diariamente los…

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Egleé López Zent
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This paper explores the relevance of mushrooms in mythology and daily life among the Jotï, an indigenous group inhabiting the rain forests of the Venezuelan Guayana. It is…

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Egleé López Zent
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Este artículo es una exploración etnográfica de las poéticas de reproducir el yo-sujeto y la vida a través de la cacería entre los jodï, un grupo de alrededor de 900 personas que…

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Egleé López
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The debate over the distinction between life form and generic ranks provides the theoretical backdrop of this article. The case of the frailejón folk botanical taxon is described…

Author:
Egleé López,Stanford Zent
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Se evaluó la situación de algunas helmintiasis intestinales entre los indios piaroa, del Estado Amazonas, Venezuela, una sociedad cuyos patrones de vivienda y asentamiento han…

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Jesús Gómez [et al]
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The study and documentation of folk people%u2019s classification and use of the biological world has experienced phenomenal growth during the last quarter century. However, some…

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Egleé Zent, Stanford Zent, Teresa Iturriaga
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