Garcia Briceno, Luis (2019) Baptised by mercury: indigenous worlds in the Anthropocene. LSE Research Festival 2019, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Abstract
After an intense evangelising campaign among the Ye’kwana in the Caura river in the Venezuelan Amazon, a Ye’kwana pastor takes a dip. The level of mercury in the bodies of the Ye’kwana is one of the highest in the world due to illegal gold mining in the Caura basin.
| Item Type: | Audio/visual resource |
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| Additional Information: | © 2019 The Author |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology |
| Date Deposited: | 03 May 2019 09:36 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Sep 2025 23:40 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/100553 |
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