Different "seeing” – similar "hearing”. Ritual and sound among the Pemón (Gran Sabana/Venezuela)
This paper discusses the theory of "perspectivism” (Viveiros de Castro) and its application to interpretation of the myths of the Pemón-speaking groups of the Gran Sabana (Arekuna, Kamarakoto, Taurepán); the paper aims to compare ontological conceptions of "seeing” and "hearing”. Performances of the shamanic healing ritual, the hunting ritual (parishara), and recent orekotón rituals (areruya, cho’chiman) serve as examples for understanding "hearing” and related practices of sound production (speech, singing, imitation of animal sounds, etc.). Whereas the particular representations of yaukarü (... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
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Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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| Schlagwörter: | Perspectivism / Ritual / Sound / Pemón / Venezuela / 20th to 21st Centuries / Perspectivismo / sonido / siglos XX-XXI |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29237652 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/indiana/article/view/2019 |
This paper discusses the theory of "perspectivism” (Viveiros de Castro) and its application to interpretation of the myths of the Pemón-speaking groups of the Gran Sabana (Arekuna, Kamarakoto, Taurepán); the paper aims to compare ontological conceptions of "seeing” and "hearing”. Performances of the shamanic healing ritual, the hunting ritual (parishara), and recent orekotón rituals (areruya, cho’chiman) serve as examples for understanding "hearing” and related practices of sound production (speech, singing, imitation of animal sounds, etc.). Whereas the particular representations of yaukarü (spirit/ Arekuna) or yekatón (spirit/ Taurepán, Kamarakoto), such as enek (animal), pemón (human being), and mawarí (spirit of the tepuy), illustrate different concepts of "seeing”, the use of the same communicative devices consisting of intelligible (speech, singing) and/ or unintelligible sound structures demonstrates the possibilities of communicative interaction between these representations. Along with my own material, contemporary indigenous discourses concerning Koch-Grünberg’s recordings from 1911 will be presented in an attempt to (re-) construct, or rather (re-)interpret, the healing ritual and the parishara and orekotón performances. ; En este artículo se hace referencia a la teoría del "perspectivismo” (Viveiros de Castro) y su aplicación en la interpretación de los mitos de los hablantes de pemón de la Gran Sabana (arekuna, kamarakoto, taurepán) con el propósito de comparar las concepciones ontológicas de "ver” y "escuchar”. Las representaciones del rito de curación chamánica, el rito de la caza (parishara) y los recientes ritos orekotón (areruya, cho’chiman) sirven como ejemplos para la comprensión de la "audición” y las prácticas relacionadas con la producción del sonido (el habla, el canto, la imitación de sonidos animales, etc.). Mientras que las representaciones particulares de yaukarü (espíritu / arekuna) o yekatón (espíritu / taurepán, kamarakoto), como enek (animal), pemón (ser humano) y mawarí (espíritu ...