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Across Amazonia, myths hold that in early times it was the jaguars, parrots, tapirs and other animals who first invented bows and arrows, cooking fire, ceremonial buildings, religious ceremonies and other complex cultural accomplishments. Then humans stole these things from the animals, elevating themselves above all other creatures – but at the cost of losing their former ability to engage in easy conversation with the animal world. This mythic view of our origins is the reverse of the Darwinian narrative which our own culture holds up as science.In this talk, Chris Knight will introduce a recent trend in social anthropology – known as ‘perspectivism’ – and discuss whether such radically different ways of perceiving our origins and place in nature can be made to converge.
Event is FREE and open to all!
LIVE Daryll Forde, Room 230 2nd Floor, UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, WC1H 0BW and
Online ZOOM ID 948 6108 7055 passcode Wawilak
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UCL Anthropology, Taviton Street, Taviton Street, London, WC1H 0BW, United Kingdom
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