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Record Nr.

UNISA996580166003316

Autore

Bravo Díaz Andrea

Titolo

Between the forest and the road : the Waorani struggle for living well in the Ecuadorian oil circuit / / Andrea Bravo Di´az

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

1-80539-075-9

1-80539-357-X

1-80539-058-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 pages)

Disciplina

305.8989

Soggetti

Huao Indians - Social conditions

Huao Indians - Economic conditions

Huao Indians - Politics and government

Quality of life - Ecuador

Petroleum industry and trade - Ecuador

Ecuador Economic conditions 1972-

Ecuador Politics and government 1984-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Waorani Orthography and Typography -- Abbreviations -- Introduction - Meeting the Waorani -- Chapter 1 - Living Well -- Chapter 2 - Health and Vitality -- Chapter 3 - The Locus of Living Well -- Chapter 4 - The Extractivist State and Waorani Political Life -- Chapter 5 - The Economy of the Forest and the Economy of the Store -- Conclusion - And Yet There Will Be More Roads -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"During the past two decades Ecuadorians have engaged in a national debate around Buen Vivir (living well). This ethnography discusses one of the ways in which people experience well-being or aspire to live well in Ecuadorian Amazonia. Waponi Kewemonipa (living well) is a Waorani notion that embraces ideas of good conviviality, health and certain



ecological relations. For the Waorani living along the oil roads, living well has taken many pathways. Notably, they have developed new spatial organizations as they move between several houses, and navigate between the economy of the market and the economy of the forest"--