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There might be blood: Oil, humility, and the cosmopolitics of a Cofán petro-being
A central directive of recent writings on cosmopolitics and ontology is that critically minded anthropologists should “humble” themselves and view their subjects’ statements as propositions that disclose multiple real worlds. An exploration of Cofán people's uncertainty regarding the idea that oil is the blood of a sacred mythological being—a position that romanticizing Westerners repeatedly attribute to them—calls into question the implications of the call for anthropological humility. Cofán discussions of oil's sanguinary nature demonstrate that the best way to comprehend the intellectual agency of our collaborators is to acknowledge, rather than ignore, the social, pragmatic, and epistemological contours of their discourse, cosmological or otherwise. [cosmopolitics, ontology, oil, indigeneity, Cofán, Ecuador, Amazonia] Una directriz central de escritos recientes sobre cosmopolítica y ontología es que los antropólogos con espíritu crítico deberían “humillarse” y tomar las afirmaciones de sus sujetos de estudio como proposiciones que revelan múltiples mundos reales. Explorar la indecisión que tienen los cofán acerca de la idea de que el petróleo es la sangre de un sagrado ser mitológico —posición que les atribuyen constantemente los occidentales románticos— cuestiona las implicaciones de esta llamada a la humildad. Las discusiones entre los cofán acerca de la naturaleza sanguinaria del petróleo nos muestran que la mejor manera de comprender la capacidad intelectual de nuestros colaboradores es reconocer, en vez de ignorar, los contornos sociales, pragmáticos y epistemológicos de su discurso, sea este cosmológico o no. [cosmopolítica, ontología, petróleo, indigeneidad, Cofán, Ecuador, Amazonia] Crude‐filled sludge from an abandoned oil‐well waste pit in Cofán territory, Ecuador, February 2016. (Bear Guerra)
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Unnatural selections
A traveling artist presents his renditions of such mixed-up creatures as a hawkodile, tyrabbosaurus rex, and catfish.
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Áhku gákti: The Politics and Pedagogies of Contemporary Sámi Performance for Young Audiences
With Sámi mythology and storytelling as dramaturgical anchors, Giron Sámi Teáhter uses the key aesthetic elements of yoik (Sámi song) and duodji (Sámi arts and crafts) to revitalize and promote Sámi language and culture. The troupe’s work nourishes pride in young Sámi audiences in their rich cultural heritage, which for centuries was suppressed by settler colonialism across Sápmi, the land of the Sámi people, which stretches across the Northern part of Norway, Sweden, and Finland all the way to the Kola Peninsula in Russia.
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Wings of Olympus
High on the slopes of mighty Mount Olympus, among the sun-splashed meadows and sparkling waters, glide the winged horses of the ancient gods. Here up high is normally no place for a lost, parentless girl like Pippa. But once every hundred years, the gods and goddesses descend to the mortal realm to choose jockeys for their winged horse race--and Pippa is one of the lucky children chosen to ride. With her undersized, impetuous winged steed, Zephyr, by her side, Pippa has to confront the greatest challenge of her life: achieving victory in a race across the sky. No one expects Pippa and Zephyr to win, or even finish, this death-defying race. A poor orphan who's spent her life working in stables, Pippa doesn't seem to belong in the world of the gods. And while she loves Zephyr with all her heart, he's smaller than the other winged horses racing. But if Pippa and Zephyr don't find a way to win, the gods will separate them--forever.-- Publisher's description.
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A Pre-Columbian Bestiary
An encyclopedic collaboration between award-winning Mexican
American scholar Ilan Stavans and illustrator Eko, A
Pre-Columbian Bestiary features lively and informative
descriptions of forty-six religious, mythical, and imaginary
creatures from the Nahua, Aztec, Maya, Tabasco, Inca, Aymara, and
other cultures of Latin America.
From the siren-like Acuecuéyotl and the water animal Chaac to
the class-conscious Oc and the god of light and darkness Xólotl,
the magnificent entities in this volume belong to the same family
of real and invented creatures imagined by Dante, Franz Kafka, C.
S. Lewis, Jorge Luis Borges, Umberto Eco, and J. K. Rowling. They
are mined from indigenous religious texts, like the Popol
Vuh, and from chronicles, both real and fictional, of the
Spanish conquest by Diego Durán, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, and
Fernando de Zarzamora, among others. In this playful compilation,
Stavans distills imagery from the work of magic realist masters
such as Juan Rulfo and Gabriel García Márquez; from songs of
protest in Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru; and from aboriginal beasts
in Jewish, Muslim, European, British, and other traditions. In the
spirit of imaginative invention, even the bibliography is a mixture
of authentic and concocted material.
An inspiring record of resistance and memory from a civilization
whose superb pantheon of myths never ceases to amaze, A
Pre-Columbian Bestiary will delight anyone interested in the
history and culture of Latin America.
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Maggie and the flying horse
To save an injured flying horse, eight-year-old Maggie must journey through the Enchanted Forest, which is full of dangerous trolls and goblins, to find a kindly stableman named Bob, who cares for many different magical animals.
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THE TELLING NAME OF THE SUMERIAN GOD ISIMU THE MESOPOTAMIAN JANUS
In this article the name of the Sumerian god Isimu is analysed as “who brings the shoots forth” and explained by the chthonic character of his master Enki. Investigated is as well the ratio behind the complex writing of his name and the names of other servants of Enki. Beside this it is shown that Isimu must have been known at least since the time of the archaic texts from Ur. There was also another Janus like mythical being, the male and female Ara, at one point identified with Isimu.
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Day dreamers : a journey of imagination
\"Scaled, horned, and feathered creatures are the mythical friends that carry children into their day dreams\"-- Provided by publisher.
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THE HELMHOLTZ, THE DOCTOR, THE MINOTAUR, AND THE LABYRINTH
According to one of the characters, the screen design in the novel is reminiscent of yet another manifestation of the labyrinth, the chat room on the website of The Guardian Unlimited with hundreds of threads instead of one. [...]the lotion for dry skin named Ariadne's milk, the Centaur on the Remy Martin bottle, The New Yorker cover combining Monica Lewinsky and Mona Lisa, are examples of the use of myths and archetypes in contemporary consumerist culture. Amy sees herself as a little girl waiting for the Doctor who said he would be back in five minutes, but returned twelve years later. [...]the characters see their reflections on mirror-like surfaces, such as the gold fish bowl, the glass picture frames, the reception bell, the kettle, the door knobs, the room number plaques, and the computer monitor in the control room of the space prison. [...]the Minotaur dies right after pointing out the remarkable similarity between himself and the Doctor: \"An ancient creature drenched in the blood of the innocent, drifting in space through an endless, shifting maze.
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