Note sull'accelerazione selvaggia: Etnografia di un incidente motociclistico nell'Amazzonia boliviana

Based on the ethnographic description of a recent event — a road accident in July 2022 — the paper analyzes the mechanization process of indigenous worlds and, in particular, of the practical consequences of the diffusion of motorcycles among the Chacobo (Panoan) of the Bolivian Amazon. The event is...

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Main Author: Diego Villar
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Language:Spanish
Published: University of Bologna 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://confluenze.unibo.it/article/view/19648
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Note sull'accelerazione selvaggia: Etnografia di un incidente motociclistico nell'Amazzonia boliviana
Confluenze
amazonia
motorcycles
accidents
indigenous peoples
title Note sull'accelerazione selvaggia: Etnografia di un incidente motociclistico nell'Amazzonia boliviana
title_full Note sull'accelerazione selvaggia: Etnografia di un incidente motociclistico nell'Amazzonia boliviana
title_fullStr Note sull'accelerazione selvaggia: Etnografia di un incidente motociclistico nell'Amazzonia boliviana
title_full_unstemmed Note sull'accelerazione selvaggia: Etnografia di un incidente motociclistico nell'Amazzonia boliviana
title_short Note sull'accelerazione selvaggia: Etnografia di un incidente motociclistico nell'Amazzonia boliviana
title_sort note sull accelerazione selvaggia etnografia di un incidente motociclistico nell amazzonia boliviana
topic amazonia
motorcycles
accidents
indigenous peoples
url https://confluenze.unibo.it/article/view/19648
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