The Pumé of the Plains with Silvana Saturno: The South America Podcast Episode 8

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The South America Podcast: From the Andes to the Amazon and almost to Antarctica

Silvana Saturno is an independent researcher, a former guest lecturer and research fellow at the ‪@UniversitaetMarburg‬. She has worked with the Pumé (formerly known as Yaruro) of the Venezuelan llanos (plains) an area linking Amazonia to the rest of the country).

The Llanos are home to many indigenous peoples and were made famous by the journey of the explorer Alexander von Humboldt.

Austin is pursuing a doctorate in linguistics (‪‪‪@FloridaState‬ ).He specialises in the intersection of cognitive science, anthropology and language sciences, using fieldwork to elucidate the interaction of culture and cognition. He is an ardent fan of poetry, theatre and language-learning. Puns and all forms of humour keep his mind sharp and his spirits high. Austin is an avid collector and taster of teas and other infusions. His masters and internships were completed in the Netherlands (MA from ‪‪‪@radboud_uni‬ Nijmegen and subsequent research assistantship at ‪‪‪@leidenhumanities‬ University) and Austria (Austrian Academy of Sciences ‪‪‪@OEAWVideo‬ ) His recent work has taken him from the edges of Anatolia to the rainforests of the Amazon.

#venezuela #indígenas #linguisticdiversity #biodiversity #abyayala #linguisticanthropology #culturalevolution #ethnography #languagecontact #populationhistory

Guests have included: Janis Nuckolls, Nick Emlen, Rik van Gijn and more!
Future wishlist: Pattie Epps, Dan Everett, Martín von Hildebrand