Communication Beyond the Human
Conversing with Animals, the Dead and Deities among the Yukpa in Colombia
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- Paperback
300 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2026
Summary
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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783837677799 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3837677796 |
| Author: | Anne Goletz |
| Publisher: | Transcript Verlag |
| Imprint: | Transcript Verlag |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 300 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 536g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Culture and Social Practice |
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Anne Goletz
Anne Goletz (Dr. phil), geb. 1987, ist Sozial- und Kulturanthropologin der Philipps-Universität Marburg. Zu ihren Arbeitsschwerpunkten gehören lokale Wissenskonzeptionen und -repräsentationen, insbesondere Ontologien, Narrationen und Kommunikationssysteme, sowie Mensch-Umwelt Beziehungen. Regional liegt ihr Fokus auf der Amazonas- und Isthmo-Kolumbianischen Region, insbesondere Kolumbien. In ihrer Forschung verbindet sie ethnografische und linguistische Methoden und arbeitet mit partizipativen und kollaborativen Ansätzen.
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