1647 - Indigenous Modernities in the Americas

16.07.2012 | 08:00 - 13:30
16.07.2012 | 17:30 - 19:30

Convener 1: Halbmayer, Ernst (Institut für vergleichende Kultur-Sozialanthropologie und Religionswissenschaft , Marburg, Germany / Deutschland)
Convener 2: Mader, Elke (Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, Wien)

Between Nunavut and Tierra del Fuego contemporary Amerindian groups live in a broad range of contexts from voluntary isolation to urban environments. They are marginalized citizens, form successful political movements, hold positions of power and are subjects of circulating imaginations. This workshop focuses on the ambiguous field of indigenous modernities and the anthropological uses of the term indigenous modernity. Contributions will present and debate existing concepts and their empirical and theoretical applications.

If indigenous modernity is in itself plural, which underlying and common dimensions and central differences may be identified? Which alternative understandings of contemporary Amerindian life and circulating imaginations may be gained through such concepts? Which theoretical and empirical strenghts and weaknesses of such a concept may be identified? How will it impact on and transform our understanding of (post- or late) modernity? Is indigenous modernity just another variant of multiple and or alternative modernities? Is it the outcome of an “indigenization of modernity” (Sahlins)?

This workshop invites scholars to analyze the field of indigenous modernities by focusing on ethnographic case studies, historical and comparative analysis and/or theoretical reflections.

Keywords: Amerindian cultures, modernity

Title Author Country Co-Author
5436 - Creating "Indigenous Modernity" through information and communication technologies: The case of the Kuhkenah Network (K-Net) in northwestern Ontario, Canada Budka, Philipp Austria / Österreich
8547 - The ¿dreamed child¿ of a Nisga¿a chief. A sociological profile of Frank Calder: 1915-2006. Arellano Sanchez, Jose Mexico / Mexiko
8974 - Modernity and Amerindian Cosmologies: The Hybridization of Technology, Body and Spirits in Lower Amazon Riverine Communities. Arregui, Aníbal, García Spain / Spanien
9411 - Pueblos Ancestrales del Ecosistema Manglar (Ancient Peoples of Mangrove Ecosystem): the politics of a environmental dispossessed group. Latorre, Sara Spain / Spanien
9583 - Being Indigenous in the Bolivian Lowlands: Paradoxes and Multiple Meanings Weber, Katinka United Kingdom/Ver Königr
9851 - Changing values: Mobile phones and soft drinks in Apiao, Chiloé, Southern Chile Bacchiddu, Giovanna Italy / Italien
10404 - Ojibwe People and the Sugar-Disease: Making sense of diabetes in the context of indigenous modernity Bender, Cora Germany / Deutschland
11747 - Indigenous ?modernity? among the Yukpa and in Venezuelan revolutionary state socialism Halbmayer, Ernst Germany / Deutschland
12071 - "I am drinking from to rivers." Transcultural Identities among Indigenous Christians of the Upper Amazon Meisner, Ana Germany / Deutschland
12072 - Shamans and Warriors in the Age of Supermodernity. Mader, Elke Austria / Österreich
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