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Do myths ever die? Social-cultural changes and mythical transformations in Indigenous Amazonia: a dialogue with Peter Gow

This is the first Peter Gow Memorial Lecture, given at the University of St Andrews in February 2024. Based on the analysis of different versions of Wari’ myths (Rondônia, Brazil) collected over forty years, the paper has two central objectives. Th…

Christianity + Schooling on Nature versus Culture in Amazonia

Aparecida M. N. Vilaça Published: 2020-07-20 Categories: English · Multilingual · Spanish

Based on the analysis of Evangelical Biblical translations, as well as on the school writing of Wari’ (Southwestern Amazonia) students, produced in indigenous secondary school classrooms and at the intercultural university, this article aims to sho…