White Men and Electric Guns: Analysing the Amazonian Dystopia through Shipibo-Konibo Children's Drawings

Autor/in	de Carvalho, Thaís
Titel	White Men and Electric Guns: Analysing the Amazonian Dystopia through Shipibo-Konibo Children's Drawings
Quelle	In: Global Studies of Childhood, 11 (2021) 1, S.40-53 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (de Carvalho, Thaís)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2043-6106
DOI	10.1177/2043610621995837
Schlagwörter	Whites; Males; American Indians; Weapons; Victims; Freehand Drawing; Maps; Rural Areas; Violence; Multiracial Persons; Human Body; Crime; Comparative Analysis; Light; Energy; Race; Economic Development; Foreign Countries; Researchers; American Indian Education; Elementary School Students; Peru + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? White; Weißer; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; American Indian; Indianer; Weapon; Waffe; Victim; Opfer; Drawing; Zeichnen; Map; Karte; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Gewalt; Mischling; Menschlicher Körper; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Licht; Energie; Rasse; Abstammung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Ausland; Researcher; Forscher
Abstract	In Andean countries, the "pishtaco" is understood as a White-looking man that steals Indigenous people's organs for money. In contemporary Amazonia, the Shipibo-Konibo people describe the "pishtaco" as a high-tech murderer, equipped with a sophisticated laser gun that injects electricity inside a victim's body. This paper looks at this dystopia through Shipibo-Konibo children's drawings, presenting composite sketches of the "pishtaco" and maps of the village before and after an attack. Children portrayed White men with syringes and electric guns as weaponry, while discussing whether organ traffickers could also be mestizos nowadays. Meanwhile, the comparison of children's maps before and after the attack reveals that lit lampposts are paradoxically perceived as a protection at night. The paper examines changing features of "pishtacos" and the dual capacity of electricity present in children's drawings. It argues that children know about shifting racial dynamics in the village's history and recognise development's oxymoron: the same electricity that can be a weapon is also used as a shield. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01