Description:
Whether invented, discovered, implicit, or directly addressed, relations remain the main focus of most anthropological inquiries. These relations, once conceptualized in ethnographic fieldwork as self-evident connections between discrete social units, have been increasingly explored through local ontological theories. This collected volume explores how ethnographies of indigenous South America have helped to inspire this analytic shift.
Brief description:
Giovanna Bacchiddu is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She has been researching social life in a small, insular community of Chiloé for two decades. She has written on religion, kinship, sociality, and education. She has also researched on international adoption.