"The Spirits Drink Cassava Beer": The More-Than-Human Politics of Self-Help in Amazonian Guyana.

IF 1.5 3区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Medical Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-02-17 Epub Date: 2025-03-13 DOI:10.1080/01459740.2025.2473500

Lewis Daly

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Abstract

This article concerns vernacular practices of "self-help" among the indigenous Makushi people of Amazonian Guyana. Contrasted with "Western" self-care, the article examines mayu, a traditional system of communal work grounded in a collaborative ethic of "helping each other out." A convivial event, mayu is always accompanied by feasting, drinking, and the celebration of social relationships. This cooperative ethos passes beyond the human realm to harness the agency of nonhuman beings who participate in this shared work. The article moves on to investigate how shamanism and the use of plant-charms are integral in mediating these generative relations of shared selfhood.

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“烈酒喝木薯啤酒”：亚马逊圭亚那自助的超越人类的政治。

这篇文章涉及圭亚那亚马逊地区土著马库什人的“自助”实践。与“西方”的自我护理相比，这篇文章考察了“mayu”，这是一种基于“互相帮助”的协作伦理的传统社区工作体系。作为一项欢乐的活动，麻渔总是伴随着宴会、饮酒和社会关系的庆祝。这种合作精神超越了人类领域，利用了参与这项共同工作的非人类的代理。文章继续探讨萨满教和植物魅力的使用如何在调解这些共享自我的生成关系中不可或缺。

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Medical Anthropology Multiple-

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4.10

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