The Gift of Birds Giovanni Picker

The Gift of Birds Giovanni PickerPresenting 10 essays by experts in the fields of anthropology, ethnography, and ornithology on the native peoples of South America and their use of birds, this volume offers a fascinating view into the lives and customs of some of the indigenous peoples living in the rainforest and coastal areas of Brazil and Peru. This book includes color photographs of South American natives in festival and ritual celebrations and everyday activities, along with

This book explores the decolonization of ethnographic collections by analyzing the historical and cultural narratives surrounding artifacts from two Brazilian Indigenous groups and preserved in European museums

A collection of essays examining the development and commodification of prostheses in Britain and America that occurred during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

A groundbreaking text designed to simplify and demystify archival and recordkeeping theory and its role in modern day practice

while simultaneously demonstrating the influence of new technologies on sporting practice

Taking British policies towards European integration since the Second World War as a case study

communities and government

and sharers

from co-operation

demography

This book is a history of the Potters’ Emigration Society from its founding in 1844 to its dissolution in early 1851

Important themes explored include: the importance of consumption to constructions of masculinity and femininity

Evan Parker