Movements of an Amazonian performer-researcher amidst Amerindian laughter

In this article, I map theoretical and poetic approximations that cross the experience of my performative map about epistemologies of Amerindian laughter in the Amazon.  I develop it in three acts of writing, that involve the other geographies created by my embodied map, the concept of Makunaima Lau...

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Author: Flores, Andréa Bentes
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2017
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repository:Conceição/Conception
Language:Portuguese
English
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8648552
Online Access:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/conce/article/view/8648552
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Map. Makunaima Laughter. Amazonia. Amerindians.
Mapa. Riso Makunaima. Amazônia. Ameríndios.
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Summary:In this article, I map theoretical and poetic approximations that cross the experience of my performative map about epistemologies of Amerindian laughter in the Amazon.  I develop it in three acts of writing, that involve the other geographies created by my embodied map, the concept of Makunaima Laughter and its grotesque, trickster and obscene characteristic among Amerindian comicalities, and also the becomings of the performer, in ontological instability.