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Ontology of the self and material culture: Arrow-making among the Awá hunter-gatherers (Brazil)

dc.creatorGonzález Ruibal, Alfredo
dc.creatorHernando, Almudena
dc.creatorPolitis, Gustavo Gabriel
dc.date2010-11
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dc.date.available2021-04-06T18:32:47Z
dc.identifierHernando, Almudena; Politis, Gustavo Gabriel; González Ruibal, Alfredo; Ontology of the self and material culture: Arrow-making among the Awá hunter-gatherers (Brazil); Elsevier Inc; Journal of Anthropological Archaeology; 30; 1; 11-2010; 1-16
dc.identifier0278-4165
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/33549
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dc.identifierCONICET
dc.identifier.urihttp://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/33549
dc.descriptionThe Awá are a group of hunter–gatherers in transition to agriculture living in the Brazilian Amazon forest. After contact with mainstream society from the 1970s onwards, their culture, and especially their material culture, has undergone important transformations. Many traditional technologies and artifacts have been lost, especially those related to women. In this context, the persistence of arrow-making, although threatened by the spread of shotguns, is remarkable. During ethnoarchaeological work conducted between 2005 and 2009, we have been able to observe that the everyday making and use of arrows cannot be explained in neither functional nor symbolic terms alone. From our observations, we conclude that making and using arrows is indissolubly woven with the self of Awá men and, for that reason, we consider that only a relational-ontological approach can help us understand the deep relationship between men and arrows. Finally, we argue that the Awá case offers new possibilities to investigate technologies of the self in other non-modern societies.
dc.descriptionFil: González Ruibal, Alfredo. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; España
dc.descriptionFil: Hernando, Almudena. Universidad Complutense de Madrid; España
dc.descriptionFil: Politis, Gustavo Gabriel. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Arqueología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier Inc
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jaa.2010.10.001
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278416510000486
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/
dc.subjectHUNTER-GATHERERS
dc.subjectSYMMETRICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
dc.subjectRELATIONAL ONTOLOGY
dc.subjectIDENTITY
dc.subjectHistoria
dc.subjectHistoria y Arqueología
dc.subjectHUMANIDADES
dc.titleOntology of the self and material culture: Arrow-making among the Awá hunter-gatherers (Brazil)
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