Book
Sicuanga Runa: the other side of development in Amazonian Ecuador
University of Illinois Press • Urbana • Published In 1985 • Pages:
By: Whitten, Norman E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph focuses primarily on the site of Nayapi Llacta/Nueva Esperanza (pseudonym for a composite of three hamlets) in Ecuador in order to explore the theme of the duality of power patterning in the community. In general this book is about a couple of hundred people whose lifeways reflect remarkable consistency in a situation characterized by radical change, It is about people who participate in a subsistence economy and in a market economy, who live in both dispersed and nucleated residential patterns, who speak two (and sometimes three) languages, who may be seen as assimilating to modern Ecuadorian ways, and who are developing into a militant ethnic bloc. It is about a people who, like other people, become ensnared in binding sociopolitical networks generated by negotiation, transaction and various forms of attachment, and about a people who act so as to cut the the very bonds that imprison them. This book is, above all else, about a people who maintain a capacity to respond--a power--based in internal integrity (or structure) and on adaptability. It is about cultural continuity: it explores the nature of contradiction and antinomy in social life and seeks to contribute to a theory of power-- to understand the ability to carry out one's will, despite resistance (p. 19). Each of the above factors are discussed in detail in the text, with comparisons made to the more urban town of Puyo.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Revelation and divination
- Spirits and gods
- Life history materials
- Ceramic technology
- Glossary
- Ingroup antagonisms
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Canelos 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
- Amazon and Orinoco
- 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
- John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1961-1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1968-1983
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nayapi Llacta/Nueva Esperanza (pseudonym), near Puyo, Pastaza province, Ecuador
- NotesAdditional notes
- Norman E. Whitten, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-300) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84000155
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Canelo Indians
- Indians of South America--Ecuador--Ethnic identity
- Power (Social sciences) Ecuador--Ethnic relations
- Amazon River Region--Ethnic relations