A little bit of Africa in Brazil: ethnobiology experiences in the field of Afro-Brazilian religions

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 10 - Trang 1-7 - 2014
Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque1
1Departamento de Biologia, Área de Botânica, Laboratório de Etnobiologia Aplicada e Teórica (LEA), Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil

Tóm tắt

This essay, which is the fourth in the series “Recollections, Reflections, and Revelations: Ethnobiologists and Their First Time in the Field”, is a personal reflection by the researcher on his first field experience with ethnobiology of so called Afro-brazilian cults. The author recounts his feelings and concerns associated with initial fieldwork.

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