Book

Rimarishpa Kausanchik: dialogical encounters: festive ritual practices and the making of the Otavalan moral and mythic community

ProQuest Information and Learning CompanyAnn Arbor, Mich.Published In 2007 • Pages:

By: Wibbelsman, Michelle C..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this doctoral dissertation the author examines ritual and festival practices not as periodic interruptions in daily life but as integral, ongoing processes of social engagement that aid in comprehending, negotiating and managing inevitable upheavals in culture and identity caused by physical relocation of segments of the population in an increasingly transnational socioeconomic system.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Organized ceremonial
Cult of the dead
Ritual
Brawls, riots, and banditry
Cosmology
Cultural revitalization and ethnogenesis
Ethnogeography
Social relationships and groups
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Otavalo Quichua
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
RegionThe area the document pertains to
South America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Central Andes
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Leon G. Doyon ; 2009
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
2000-2001
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1995-2004
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Cantons of Otavalo and Cotacachi, Imbabura Province, Ecuador
NotesAdditional notes
Michelle C. Wibbelsman
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2004
UMI 3153461
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-271)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Otavalo Indians