Communication Beyond the Human: Conversing With Animals, the Dead and Deities Among the Yukpa in Colombia

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Synopsis

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.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: transcript
  • ISBN: 9783837677799
  • Number of pages: 300
  • Dimensions: 240 x 155 mm
  • Weight: 590g
  • Languages: English