Journal article
Amazonian materialisms: The life of machines among the Yagua people
- Abstract:
- This article presents different vignettes on the life of matter and machines among the Yagua people in northwestern Amazonia. Based on an extended period of ethnographic fieldwork, it highlights the potential ubiquity, plurality and complexity of life-forces in matter and machines among the Yagua people. It shows how Yaguan materialisms differ from existing materialisms in anthropology, archaeology and the wider social sciences. The article advocates for an ontologically open attitude towards the life of matter, which is rooted in the belief that we can never be certain about the underlying fabric of our world.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1177/13591835261419646
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- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications
- Journal:
- Journal of Material Culture More from this journal
- Volume:
- 31
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 30-47
- Publication date:
- 2026-02-22
- DOI:
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1460-3586
- ISSN:
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1359-1835
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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2407672
- Local pid:
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pubs:2407672
- Source identifiers:
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3867365
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2026-03-19
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