Abstract
This paper is a reflection on the phenomenon of voluntary isolation in Amazonia, about anthropology’s implication in its formation as a concept, and what anthropologists might profitably say about it as a concrete phenomenon in the world. While knowledge based on ethnographic fieldwork might by minimal or even totally absent for people in voluntary isolation, anthropological research has produced a very impressive understanding of indigenous Amazonian social forms in general, knowledge that can be brought to bear on the question.
Keywords
Amazonia, Nahua, Mashco Piro, Voluntary Isolation, Warfare
Recommended Citation
Gow, Peter
(2018).
""Who Are These Wild Indians": On the Foreign Policies of Some Voluntarily Isolated Peoples in Amazonia",
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America:
Vol. 16:
Iss.
1, 6-20.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70845/2572-3626.1305
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/tipiti/vol16/iss1/3
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