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Publicado 2019
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Many indigenous people hold detailed ecological knowledge about their environment and have developed complex classifications of ecosystem types in their own languages. These classification systems may be based on characteristics including the availability of key resources, salient plant species, and cultural factors, among others. Indigenous environmental knowledge has been of interest to (ethno-)ecologists, geographers, anthropologists, and other scientists looking to learn from indigenous people, especially in newly emerging research topics. We identified and interpreted an ecosystem classification system of the Urarina, a small indigenous nation based in the Chambira River basin, a peatland-rich area of Peruvian Amazonia. Our findings, based on semistructured interviews, participatory mapping exercises, and site visits, indicate that the Urarina distinguish between ecosystems accordin...
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Publicado 2019
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Tropical peatlands play an important role in the global carbon cycle by acting as significant carbon stores. South America's largest peatland complex is located in the Loreto Region of the Peruvian Amazon. Here we present the first study of human relations with these peatlands, including their uses, cultural significance and current management, as well as implications for conservation, based on qualitative research with people living in two riverine rural communities. Our results indicate that peatlands are culturally ambiguous spaces, used mainly for hunting, palm fruit harvesting, and timber, but feared due to the dangers of getting lost, sinking into the ‘sucking’ ground, and being attacked by anacondas and/or mythical creatures. While the difficult terrain and remoteness of peatlands have thus far acted as natural barriers to their destruction through conversion to different land...
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Publicado 2020
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In the Chambira River Watershed, Loreto, Peru. Uranina women are well known for weaving mats called ela or cachihuango from aguaje palm (Mauritia flexuosa) fiber and other wetland plant species. The ela fabric becomes a sign of identity that unites past and present generations, through the link made between the elder master weaver and the young apprentice. The objectives of this study were to explore the plant species used by two urarinas communities in the production of mats. We conducted semi-structured interviews, observed textile practice, and visited areas where plant species were collected. We identified seven plant species that were used directly or indirectly in the production of ela. The findings reinforce the idea of the late adaptation of the Urarina people to wetlands and the potential role that traditional practice has for its conservation.
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Publicado 2020
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In the Chambira River Watershed, Loreto, Peru. Uranina women are well known for weaving mats called ela or cachihuango from aguaje palm (Mauritia flexuosa) fiber and other wetland plant species. The ela fabric becomes a sign of identity that unites past and present generations, through the link made between the elder master weaver and the young apprentice. The objectives of this study were to explore the plant species used by two urarinas communities in the production of mats. We conducted semi-structured interviews, observed textile practice, and visited areas where plant species were collected. We identified seven plant species that were used directly or indirectly in the production of ela. The findings reinforce the idea of the late adaptation of the Urarina people to wetlands and the potential role that traditional practice has for its conservation.
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libro
Publicado 2019
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El pueblo urarina o urarinaaürü, un pueblo que sufrió en carne propia los impactos del contacto con la civilización occidental, pero que supo aplicar una serie de estrategias que le permitieron mantener su identidad y valores hasta el presente. El pueblo urarina sorprende por su resistencia y vigor, sin embargo, es uno de los pueblos menos conocidos de la Amazonía, hecho que lo hace particularmente vulnerable. El desconocimiento sobre el pueblo urarina en la esfera regional y nacional y su escasa y poco eficiente representatividad en los cada vez más frecuentes espacios de diálogo fueron dos motivos suficientemente poderosos para escribir el presente libro. Solo en la medida en que se conozca más de cerca al pueblo urarina y que se entiendan sus dinámicas culturales y económicas, se podrá establecer un intercambio respetuoso que permita revalorar una cultura viva que brilla co...
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Publicado 2023
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Donde habitan los neba es un libro que recoge los resultados de las investigaciones realizadas durante casi una década en los territorios de varias comunidades urarinas asentadas en el río Chambira y en uno de sus auentes, el río Tigrillo, en pleno corazón de uno de los complejos de humedales más importantes del planeta, el Abanico del Pastaza. Representa el trabajo multi e interdisciplinario y colaborativo llevado a cabo entre las comunidades, las federaciones locales (FEPIURCHA y FEIURCHA), la Universidad de St Andrews en el Reino Unido y el Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana - IIAP. La información contenida en su interior amplía el conocimiento existente sobre este importante paisaje biocultural de nuestra Amazonía, mostrando la riqueza cultural y ecológica de los territorios urarinas y desvelando el vínculo todavía existente entre naturaleza y cultura en ...
