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Rubber, terra preta and soy: a study of visible and invisible Amazonian modernities

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posted on 2023-06-09, 06:49 authored by Evan KillickEvan Killick
Amazonia in contemporary academic as well as public discourse is often placed in opposition to modernity, its peoples and environment represented as offering an alternative to modern ways of seeing and being in the world. Through a contemporary and historical consideration of the Brazilian Amazonian town of Belterra this paper questions such a perspective by emphasizing the complexity of local social and environmental realities as well as the form that outside, modern interventions have taken in the region. The identities of neo-Amazonian populations are also discussed, both in relation to their relative invisibility in anthropological theory and wider political narratives as well as the manner in which their indigeneity is now emerging in local contexts. Overall it is argued that paying attention to social and environmental complexity as well as the hybrid social and cultural forms of the region may offer hope for a shared social and environmental future.

Funding

An inter-disciplinary study of the relationship between soybean cultivation and poverty in the Brazilian Amazon; G0401; NUFFIELD FOUNDATION; NCF/35034

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Journal of Anthropological Research

ISSN

0091-7710

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Issue

1

Volume

74

Page range

32-53

Department affiliated with

  • International Development Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-06-19

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-06-19

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-06-19

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