Respond to the following three prompts in 3-400 words:
(1) In which journal is Brabec de Mori and Seeger’s article published? What year was it published? What country and ethnic group are they talking about? Look at the section on ‘New animism and perspectivism…’ and focus on page 275. What do scholars mean by “Amerindian perspectivism”? How are, for example, jaguars understood in this cosmology?
(2) In the Guss reading, pick an example where animals and humans can either talk to each other or become one another: what happens? What kind of knowledge do they have in different forms?
Now, do ONE of the following: (a) pose a question, (b) ask for clarification on a point; (c) cite a passage or quote from the text that you think is important or problematic, and briefly state why; or (d) mention something from outside of class or your own experience that you think bears on these readings.