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The Yukpa from Sokorhpa in Northwestern Colombia converse with animals, the dead, and deities. Moving beyond influential theories on more-than-human relations from Amazonian Anthropology, Anne Goletz introduces the concept of 'common ground' to examine a range of distinct communicative strategies. Drawing on detailed analysis of communication situations and narratives, she provides insights into present-day social dynamics in the Serranía del Perijá highlands, and relates the Cariban-speaking Yukpa to the emerging socio-cosmological framework of the Isthmo-Colombian Area. This ethnography thus offers an insightful conceptual perspective on communication beyond the human.
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Anne Goletz (Dr. phil), geb. 1987, ist Sozial- und Kulturanthropologin der Philipps-Universität Marburg. Zu ihren Arbeitsschwerpunkten gehören lokale Wissenskonzeptionen und -repräsentationen, insbesondere Ontologien, Narrationen und Kommunikationssysteme, sowie Mensch-Umwelt Beziehungen. Regional liegt ihr Fokus auf der Amazonas- und Isthmo-Kolumbianischen Region, insbesondere Kolumbien. In ihrer Forschung verbindet sie ethnografische und linguistische Methoden und arbeitet mit partizipativen und kollaborativen Ansätzen.
Summary
The Yukpa from Sokorhpa in Northwestern Colombia converse with animals, the dead, and deities. Moving beyond influential theories on more-than-human relations from Amazonian Anthropology, Anne Goletz introduces the concept of ›common ground‹ to examine a range of distinct communicative strategies. Drawing on detailed analysis of communication situations and narratives, she provides insights into present-day social dynamics in the Serranía del Perijá highlands, and relates the Cariban-speaking Yukpa to the emerging socio-cosmological framework of the Isthmo-Colombian Area. This ethnography thus offers an insightful conceptual perspective on communication beyond the human.
