Communication Beyond the Human - by Anne Goletz (Paperback)

About the Book

An exploration of more-than-human communication in Sokorhpa, Colombia, relating the Yukpa to Amazonian as well as Isthmo-Colombian sociocosmology.

Book Synopsis

The Yukpa from Sokorhpa in Northwestern Colombia converse with animals, the dead, and deities. Moving beyond influential theories on more-than-human relations from Amazonian Anthropology, Anne Goletz introduces the concept of >common ground

About the Author

Anne Goletz (PhD), born in 1987, is a social and cultural anthropologist at Philipps-Universität Marburg. Her research focuses on local conceptions and representations of knowledge, particularly ontologies, narratives, and systems of communication, as well as human-environment relations. Her work centers on the Amazonian and Isthmo-Colombian regions, with a particular emphasis on Colombia. In her research, she combines ethnographic and linguistic methods and employs participatory and collaborative approaches.