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Sorcery, ghostly attack and the presence and absence of shamans among the Ulwa and Miskitu of eastern Nicaragua (2008)
Journal Article
Jamieson, M. (2008). Sorcery, ghostly attack and the presence and absence of shamans among the Ulwa and Miskitu of eastern Nicaragua. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 14(3), 554-571. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2008.00517.x

This article considers mystical violence and the role of shamans in two villages in eastern Nicaragua. In one of these villages – a predominantly Ulwa community called Karawala – sorcery accusations and intimations constitute an important area of dis... Read More about Sorcery, ghostly attack and the presence and absence of shamans among the Ulwa and Miskitu of eastern Nicaragua.

Estilos de habla e idiomas secretos entre los ninos de una comunidad miskita = Speech styles and secret languages among children in a miskitu village (2007)
Journal Article
Jamieson, M. (2007). Estilos de habla e idiomas secretos entre los ninos de una comunidad miskita = Speech styles and secret languages among children in a miskitu village. Wani, 50, 75-90

Este artículo analiza materiales lingüísticos recopilados en la comunidad miskita de Kakabila, en la RAAS, que muestran de manera clara diferencias en el uso del lenguaje entre los niños y los adultos; según estas categorías son concebidas localmente... Read More about Estilos de habla e idiomas secretos entre los ninos de una comunidad miskita = Speech styles and secret languages among children in a miskitu village.

Compasión, enojo y corazones rotos: ontología y el rol del lenguaje en el lamento miskito = Compassion, anger and broken hearts: ontology and the role of language in the Miskitu lament (2007)
Journal Article
Jamieson, M. (2007). Compasión, enojo y corazones rotos: ontología y el rol del lenguaje en el lamento miskito = Compassion, anger and broken hearts: ontology and the role of language in the Miskitu lament. Wani, 49, 6-18

Este ensayo sobre el lamento mortuorio miskito sugiere la posibilidad de que estas manifestaciones de emoción, no son meramente la exteriorización bruta de los sentimientos, sino que son construcciones culturales: al mismo tiempo, conjuro ritual y ex... Read More about Compasión, enojo y corazones rotos: ontología y el rol del lenguaje en el lamento miskito = Compassion, anger and broken hearts: ontology and the role of language in the Miskitu lament.

Language and the process of socialisation amongst bilingual children in a Nicaraguan village (2007)
Journal Article
Jamieson, M. (2007). Language and the process of socialisation amongst bilingual children in a Nicaraguan village. Durham anthropology journal, 14(1),

Social scientists have in recent years devoted a good deal of attention to the role of language in the lives of children. Few, however, have focused on the relationship between language and the logic by which categorical distinctions between children... Read More about Language and the process of socialisation amongst bilingual children in a Nicaraguan village.

Miskitu or Creole? Ethnic identity and the moral economy in a Nicaraguan Miskitu village (2003)
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Jamieson, M. (2003). Miskitu or Creole? Ethnic identity and the moral economy in a Nicaraguan Miskitu village. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 9(2), 201-222. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.00146

This article examines dual 'ethnic identity' in a bilingual and 'mixed' Miskitu and Creole village in eastern Nicaragua. Following Kindblad's (2001) discussion of the existence of Parry and Bloch's (1989) 'short-term' and 'long-term cycles of exchang... Read More about Miskitu or Creole? Ethnic identity and the moral economy in a Nicaraguan Miskitu village.

Ownership of sea shrimp production and perceptions of economic opportunity in a Nicaraguan Miskitu village (2002)
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Jamieson, M. (2002). Ownership of sea shrimp production and perceptions of economic opportunity in a Nicaraguan Miskitu village. Ethnology: An International Journal of Cultural and Social Anthropology, 41(3), 281-298

This article on the catching and processing of sea shrimp investigates the relationship between differing degrees of access to the means of production and the generation of economic inequalities among the Miskitu people of Kakabila in Nicaragua's Pea... Read More about Ownership of sea shrimp production and perceptions of economic opportunity in a Nicaraguan Miskitu village.

Masks and madness: ritual expression of the transition to adulthood among Miskitu adolescents (2001)
Journal Article
Jamieson, M. (2001). Masks and madness: ritual expression of the transition to adulthood among Miskitu adolescents. Social Anthropology, 9(3), 257-272. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0964028201000209

This article considers two forms of action among Miskitu adolescents, both of which encode in ritualised form anxieties and desires concerned with the imminent categorical transition from adolescence to adulthood. The first of these is a masked dance... Read More about Masks and madness: ritual expression of the transition to adulthood among Miskitu adolescents.