Subtitle:

School as a way of acquiring goods (E’ñepá Indians, Venezuelan Amazonia) ; Etnografia Polska 60 Z. 1-2 (2016)

Publisher:

Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Description:

24 cm

Type of object:

Czasopismo/Artykuł

Abstract:

This article analyses how material, industrially produced, goods are acquired through schools by E’ñepá Indians in Venezuelan Amazonia. Based on ethnographic fieldwork the author shows how Indians use school goods to build social position in a traditional way. Contrary to a popular hypothesis, school education does not contribute to acculturation – Indian teachers do not become agents of cultural change. They are however persons who are able to familiarize tattó (“White people”) and thereby they take control over the flow of goods from national societies. In this way school becomes a place which represents the abundance of material goods, and the teacher becomes their master and donor

Relation:

Etnografia Polska

Volume:

60

Issue:

1-2

Start page:

63

End page:

82

Detailed Resource Type:

Artykuł

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:61766 ; 0071-1861

Source:

IAiE PAN, sygn. P 325 ; IAiE PAN, sygn. P 326 ; IAiE PAN, sygn. P 327 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

pol

Rights:

Prawa zastrzeżone - dostęp nieograniczony

Terms of use:

Zasób chroniony prawem autorskim. Korzystanie dozwolone w zakresie określonym przez przepisy o dozwolonym użytku.

Digitizing institution:

Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Original in:

Biblioteka Instytutu Archeologii i Etnologii PAN

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