Cargando…

Ethnoprimatology of the Shipibo of the upper Ucayali River, Perú

In the Anthropocene, primate conservation can only take place when considering human culture, perspectives, and needs. Such approaches are increasingly important under the growing impact of anthropogenic activities and increasing number of threatened primates. The Amazon rainforest, rich in cultural...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Anca, Evelyn, Shanee, Sam, Svensson, Magdalena S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10588192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37858223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-023-00616-1
_version_ 1785123528295579648
author Anca, Evelyn
Shanee, Sam
Svensson, Magdalena S.
author_facet Anca, Evelyn
Shanee, Sam
Svensson, Magdalena S.
author_sort Anca, Evelyn
collection PubMed
description In the Anthropocene, primate conservation can only take place when considering human culture, perspectives, and needs. Such approaches are increasingly important under the growing impact of anthropogenic activities and increasing number of threatened primates. The Amazon rainforest, rich in cultural and biological diversity, where indigenous people play a crucial role in primate conservation, provides ample opportunity to study human–primate interactions and the sociocultural context in which they occur. Human activities threaten the Amazon’s fragile ecosystems and its primates, which play a key role in its maintenance and regeneration. This study focuses on one of the largest indigenous groups in the Peruvian Amazon: the Shipibo. Interviews and participant observation were used to investigate local perceptions of animal presence and depletion, food preferences, and how primates are incorporated into daily life and culture. Since time immemorial and still today, primates remain important in Shipibo culture, mythology, and subsistence. Local Shipibo participants consistently identified the presence of 13 species of primate. Primates were among the preferred species for consumption, pet keeping, and held a fundamental role in mythology, traditional knowledge, and storytelling. Large-bodied primates were often mentioned as being locally extinct, with reports and observations suggesting increasing consumption of smaller-bodied primates. Commonly perceived reasons for primate depletion include noise disturbance, hunting, and population growth, often in parallel. This study sheds light on the cultural context of an area rich in biodiversity, where primates, essential for ecological balance and integral to Shipibo lives and identity, are being depleted. We highlight the need for an inclusive ethnoprimatological approach to conserving primates and preserving indigenous heritage while improving local livelihoods.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10588192
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher BioMed Central
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-105881922023-10-21 Ethnoprimatology of the Shipibo of the upper Ucayali River, Perú Anca, Evelyn Shanee, Sam Svensson, Magdalena S. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed Research In the Anthropocene, primate conservation can only take place when considering human culture, perspectives, and needs. Such approaches are increasingly important under the growing impact of anthropogenic activities and increasing number of threatened primates. The Amazon rainforest, rich in cultural and biological diversity, where indigenous people play a crucial role in primate conservation, provides ample opportunity to study human–primate interactions and the sociocultural context in which they occur. Human activities threaten the Amazon’s fragile ecosystems and its primates, which play a key role in its maintenance and regeneration. This study focuses on one of the largest indigenous groups in the Peruvian Amazon: the Shipibo. Interviews and participant observation were used to investigate local perceptions of animal presence and depletion, food preferences, and how primates are incorporated into daily life and culture. Since time immemorial and still today, primates remain important in Shipibo culture, mythology, and subsistence. Local Shipibo participants consistently identified the presence of 13 species of primate. Primates were among the preferred species for consumption, pet keeping, and held a fundamental role in mythology, traditional knowledge, and storytelling. Large-bodied primates were often mentioned as being locally extinct, with reports and observations suggesting increasing consumption of smaller-bodied primates. Commonly perceived reasons for primate depletion include noise disturbance, hunting, and population growth, often in parallel. This study sheds light on the cultural context of an area rich in biodiversity, where primates, essential for ecological balance and integral to Shipibo lives and identity, are being depleted. We highlight the need for an inclusive ethnoprimatological approach to conserving primates and preserving indigenous heritage while improving local livelihoods. BioMed Central 2023-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10588192/ /pubmed/37858223 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-023-00616-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
spellingShingle Research
Anca, Evelyn
Shanee, Sam
Svensson, Magdalena S.
Ethnoprimatology of the Shipibo of the upper Ucayali River, Perú
title Ethnoprimatology of the Shipibo of the upper Ucayali River, Perú
title_full Ethnoprimatology of the Shipibo of the upper Ucayali River, Perú
title_fullStr Ethnoprimatology of the Shipibo of the upper Ucayali River, Perú
title_full_unstemmed Ethnoprimatology of the Shipibo of the upper Ucayali River, Perú
title_short Ethnoprimatology of the Shipibo of the upper Ucayali River, Perú
title_sort ethnoprimatology of the shipibo of the upper ucayali river, perú
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10588192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37858223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-023-00616-1
work_keys_str_mv AT ancaevelyn ethnoprimatologyoftheshipibooftheupperucayaliriverperu
AT shaneesam ethnoprimatologyoftheshipibooftheupperucayaliriverperu
AT svenssonmagdalenas ethnoprimatologyoftheshipibooftheupperucayaliriverperu