The Napo Runa of Amazonian Ecuador

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments Fieldwork฀for฀this฀project฀was฀supported฀by฀grants฀from฀the฀Fulbright฀Institute ฀for฀International฀Education฀(1994),฀the฀Research฀Enablement฀Program฀ (OSMC)฀under฀the฀Pew฀Charitable฀Trusts฀(1996–97),฀and฀the฀University฀of฀ Virginia฀(1999)฀and฀by฀a฀teaching฀and฀research฀position฀with฀the฀Dirección฀ Bilingüe฀Intercultural฀de฀Napo฀(1996–97).฀Subsequent฀trips฀to฀Ecuador฀were฀ funded฀by฀Florida฀State฀University฀(2001)฀and฀a฀Fulbright฀Scholar฀Award฀ (2002).฀In฀2002฀research฀was฀also฀facilitated฀by฀a฀teaching฀opportunity฀at฀ the฀Facultad฀Latinoamericano฀de฀Ciencias฀Sociales฀(FLACSO)฀of฀Ecuador.฀I฀ am฀grateful฀to฀all฀these฀organizations฀for฀their฀support.฀In฀total,฀I฀have฀spent฀ approximately฀thirty฀months฀in฀Ecuador฀over฀the฀last฀ten฀years. ฀ I฀offer฀the฀warmest฀thanks฀to฀Frederick฀Damon.฀No฀citation฀or฀acknowledgment ฀herein฀can฀do฀justice฀to฀Fred’s฀many฀intellectual฀gifts฀that฀have฀ become฀part฀of฀my฀own฀thinking.฀I฀acknowledge฀my฀debt฀to฀the฀late฀Chris฀ Crocker,฀whose฀vital฀soul฀has฀become฀something฀of฀this฀work.฀I฀thank฀George฀ Mentore,฀who฀brought฀his฀entire฀family฀to฀visit฀my฀field฀site฀in฀1996,฀a฀moment ฀in฀time฀when฀we฀finally฀came฀to฀understand฀each฀other.฀I฀sincerely฀and฀ most฀warmly฀thank฀the฀series฀editor,฀Norman฀Whitten,฀for฀pushing฀me฀to฀ integrate฀more฀of฀my฀own฀experiences฀into฀the฀text.฀Norm฀was฀not฀simply฀ an฀editor.฀He฀was฀both฀critical฀and฀supportive฀at฀the฀necessary฀moments฀and฀ has฀done฀much฀to฀make฀this฀book฀stronger.฀I฀thank฀him฀for฀such฀generous฀ and฀astute฀mentoring฀throughout฀the฀process. ฀ I฀thank฀Fernando฀Santos-Granero,฀Jean-Guy฀Goulet,฀and฀Thomas฀Abercrombie ฀for฀comments฀on฀the฀final฀chapter฀they฀made฀during฀the฀2003฀ American฀Anthropological฀Association฀meetings.฀I฀also฀thank฀Chris฀Gregory฀ for฀encouragement.฀I฀thank฀warmly฀the฀anonymous฀reviewers,฀whose฀critical ฀insights฀have฀improved฀various฀aspects฀of฀the฀argument฀in฀no฀uncertain฀ way. ฀ There฀have฀been฀numerous฀others฀who฀must฀be฀thanked฀along฀the฀way:฀ 00.FM.i-xiv_Uzen.indd฀฀฀11 8/3/05฀฀฀11:37:14฀AM xii acknowledgments Renault฀Neubauer,฀Luz฀María฀de฀la฀Torre,฀Frank฀Salomon,฀Carmen฀Chuquín,฀ and฀others฀who฀helped฀me฀to฀learn฀Quichua.฀I฀would฀especially฀like฀to฀thank฀ Professor฀Fernando฀García฀of฀FLACSO฀and฀the฀director฀of฀the฀Fulbright฀ program฀in฀Ecuador,฀Susana฀Cabeza฀de฀Vaca.฀I฀also฀thank฀my฀two฀dear฀ friends,฀Simon฀Bickler฀and฀Syed฀Ali,฀who฀spent฀a฀lot฀of฀time฀reading฀parts฀ or฀entire฀chapters฀of฀this฀book.฀Others฀who฀have฀helped฀along฀the฀way฀are฀ Carissa฀Neff,฀Cheryl฀Ward,฀Bill฀Parkinson,฀Brian฀Selmeski,฀Mark฀Becker,฀Tod฀ Swanson,฀and฀Alexander฀King. ฀ I฀also฀thank฀the฀many฀Napo฀Runa฀people฀who฀have฀contributed฀to฀this฀ project฀and฀have฀helped฀me฀to฀understand฀something฀of฀their฀world.฀I฀would฀ like฀to฀thank฀my฀parents,฀Don฀and฀Linda฀Uzendoski,฀and฀my฀two฀sisters,฀ Kerry฀and฀Kathy,฀for฀much฀support฀and฀encouragement.฀Lastly,฀I฀especially฀ thank฀my฀wife฀and฀my฀family฀in฀Ecuador,฀all฀of฀whom฀have฀contributed฀ greatly฀to฀this฀cause.฀To฀the฀many฀people฀I฀have฀not฀mentioned฀I฀offer฀my฀ apologies.฀While฀I฀have฀received฀much฀help฀along฀the฀way,฀I฀accept฀full฀and฀ complete฀responsibilities฀for฀any฀errors฀or฀shortcomings. 00.FM.i-xiv_Uzen.indd฀฀฀12 8/3/05฀฀฀11:37:14฀AM The฀Napo฀Runa฀฀ of฀Amazonian฀Ecuador 00.FM.i-xiv_Uzen.indd฀฀฀13 8/3/05฀฀฀11:37:14฀AM 00.FM.i-xiv_Uzen.indd฀฀฀14 8/3/05฀฀฀11:37:14฀AM ...