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Northwest Villages and Chiefdoms

Northwest Villages and Chiefdoms. Chapter 7 Wilson The Kogi. The Kogi. Significance of this group From the Heart of the World Reichel-Dolmatoff’s data BBC representation Issues with these views?. Kogi. Physical Environment Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

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Northwest Villages and Chiefdoms

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  1. Northwest Villages and Chiefdoms Chapter 7 Wilson The Kogi

  2. The Kogi • Significance of this group • From the Heart of the World • Reichel-Dolmatoff’s data • BBC representation • Issues with these views?

  3. Kogi • Physical Environment • Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta • Highest and most steeply ascending coastal massif in the world. • 5 climatic zones: topical, subtropical, temperate, páramo and snowline. • Diverse range of climates and related vegetation (fig. 7.2) • Fauna: • jaguar, puma, tigrillo, tapir, paca, peccary, armadillo, howler monkey, toucan, heron, pelican, crocodilians, marine turtles and fish.

  4. Mode of Production • High mobility and slash-and- burn agriculture • Principal foods • Various climatic zones • Marine products as supplement of protein • Tairona ancient terraces • Tropical zone- coca cultivations • Benefits of coca plant • Gender differences • Adaptive strategies during good and bad years

  5. Settlement Patterns • Wide range of elevations • East far from European influence- blocked access to the sea • 35 principal Kogi settlements, 1-2,000 mts. Above sea level • Traditional structures are round with conical roof • Field houses, gender differences and conjugal relations • No singular “home” but 3+ houses through the year

  6. Mode of Reproduction & Domestic Economy • 1940s 2,000 people • High infant mortality rates • Male & female homosexuality • Figure 7.2- Kogy settlement pattern • Duty to maintain the roads and small tambos • Clothing • Men: weaving, pottery making, • Planting and weeding the coca • Women: plant crops and harvest • Inheritance & house ownership • e

  7. Social Organization • Two main groups: Túxe & Dáke • Mámas and marriage • Age of marriage & preference • Matrilocal rules and bride service • Views of women • Effects of chewing coca leaves

  8. Political Economy & Ritual and Leadership • No political economy, isolation as strategy for cultural survival • Kogi have entered the cash economy • WorldBank • The mámas: duties, training and authority • The poporo -effects of chewing coca

  9. Ideology • Three sacred postulates (abstentions) • Views of natures • The Universal Mother • Ceremonial house • Women and sexuality • Kogi calendar • 18- 20days months • Impact of Colombian huaqueros • The Kogi, perfect ecologists?

  10. Controversy • B.I.O. awarded a Bios Prize to The Kogicommunity in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in Colombia.

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