Ethnoeconomics and Native Amazonian livelihood: culture and economy among the Nipóde-Uitoto of the Middle Caquetá Basin in Colombia

Thesis

This thesis uses an ethnographic study to explore the cultural logic that shapes the livelihoods of the Nɨpóde-Uitoto people who live along the middle reaches of the Caquetá river in lowland Colombia in Northwest Amazonia. The perspective of the study is a culturalist one, which seeks to understand the Native Amazonian economy from the point of view of the Nɨpóde-Uitoto themselves. Ethnographic material on subsistence, ritual and commercial activities is presented to demonstrate that Uitot...

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Authors: Griffiths, TFW

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-14n2ddqgg
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: livelihood; Middle Caquetá Basin; culture; Native Amazonian; Colombia; economy; Nipóde-Uitoto; Ethnoeconomics
• Subjects: Witoto Indians