Amazonian materialisms: The life of machines among the Yagua people
Published online on February 23, 2026
Abstract
Journal of Material Culture, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 30-47, March 2026.
This article presents different vignettes on the life of matter and machines among the Yagua people in northwestern Amazonia. Based on an extended period of ethnographic fieldwork, it highlights the potential ubiquity, plurality and complexity of life-...
This article presents different vignettes on the life of matter and machines among the Yagua people in northwestern Amazonia. Based on an extended period of ethnographic fieldwork, it highlights the potential ubiquity, plurality and complexity of life-...