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Salamanca and the city: culture credits, nature credits, and the modern moral economy of indigenous Bolivia

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (N.S.) • 12 • Published In 2006 • Pages: 275-292

By: Lowrey, Kathleen B..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This is a study of magical stories told by rural Isoseño that the author argues are truthful accounts of experiences in a region that has become a center of oil production and nature conservation. Urbanized elites have profited from managing global credits for conservation work, while rural workers in the oil fields struggle to maintain a comparable lifestyle on meager wages, many going into debt.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Urban and rural life

Borrowing and lending

Foreign exchange

Verbal arts

Accumulation of wealth

Manipulative mobility

External relations

Political parties

Sorcery

Shamans and psychotherapists

Revelation and divination

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Chiriguano

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2024

RegionThe area the document pertains to

South America

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Southern South America

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

article

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.

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Ian Skoggard; 2023

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1997-2000

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

1997-2000

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Isoso and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia

NotesAdditional notes

Kathleen B. Lowrey

Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-292)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

95660943

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Chiriguano Indians