Indexinterpretivism, 382
intersubjectivity, 13 , 98 , 124 – 25 , 144 , 149 , 252 ,
262 , 330
intimacy, 16 , 258 , 346
intoxication, 24 – 25 , 29 .See also alcohol
Inuit cosmology, 163 , 175
Inuit spirituality (ajurnaqmat,ajurnarmat), 87 ,
158 – 82
Inuktitut, 167
Islam, 8 , 169 – 70
Japan, 20 , 322 , 342 , 388 – 418
justice (aboriginal), 218
Kamchatka, 16 , 36 – 52
knowing, modes of, 5 , 76 , 91 , 183 , 201 , 216 ,
234 , 255 , 282 , 290 , 308 , 321 , 329 – 30 ,
346 – 47 , 413
knowledge, true, 11 , 75 , 225 ; power of, 80 ,
214 ; acquisition of, 330 ; transmission of,
183 ; and time, 4 , 13 , 77
Koriak, 39 , 52
Lake Atitlán, 283 , 287 – 88 , 301
language, legal, 188
learners, of culture, 194 , 196
Legros, Dominique, 212 , 214 , 221
lifeworld, 4 , 5 , 13 , 76 , 184 , 208 , 210 , 217 ,
223 , 225
Malinowski, Bronislaw, 11 , 21 , 125 , 322 , 331 ,
396 , 398
Mandinga, 167 – 70
Marcus, George, 1 , 6 ;Writing Culture, 47
Master-disciple institution (guru-shishya
parampara), 339
Maya, 256
Mazatecs, 255 , 258 – 82
medium (spiritual), 127 – 45 , 325
memory, xi, 13 , 138 , 168 , 176 , 231 , 278 , 308 ,
340 , 366 , 378 , 394
Menchú, Rigoberto, 305
mentor, 2 , 12 , 85 , 218 , 321 , 353
method(s), 11 , 89 , 95 , 99 , 124 , 136 , 159 ; field,
ix, 88 ; objective, 93 ; research, 2 , 5 , 160 ;
scientific, 25
Miller, Bruce, 13 , 183 , 186 – 207 , 220 , 222 , 223 ,
231 , 233
mind, out of, xi–xii, 1 , 5 , 16 , 36 – 38 , 45 , 47 ,
50 – 51 , 75 , 89 , 189 , 237 , 239 – 40
models, 186 , 197 , 220 , 264 , 286 , 323 , 353 ,
381 , 386 – 88 , 412
modernity, 10 , 94 , 97 , 158
myth, 21 , 43 , 48 , 51 , 59 , 163 , 184 , 210 – 12 ,
250 , 296 , 307 , 408
Nawalism, 286 , 290 , 301 , 307
Nibutani, 397 , 403
Northern Dene, 17 , 21
Northern Territory (Australia), 90
Northwest Territories (Canada), 17 – 18 , 160
Obseyeskere, Gananath, 4 , 37
Openness, 13 , 39 , 51 , 89 , 100
paradox, 15 , 17 , 36 , 94 , 101 , 115 , 125
participation observation, 88 , 133 , 135 , 209 ,
324 , 330 – 31 , 348 , 281 , 404 , 406 , 410
passion, 16 , 66 , 94 , 108 – 9 , 169 , 203 , 333 , 375
phenomenology (phenomenological), 2 , 10 ,
16 , 288
photography, 29 , 32 , 47 , 49 , 92 , 333 , 358 , 361 ,
363
pollution, 401 – 2
power, 3 , 4 , 6 , 15 – 17 , 27 – 32 , 48 , 61 – 63 , 67 ,
80 , 97 , 130 , 157 , 159 , 163 , 169 , 171 , 174 ,
182 , 187 , 194 – 95 , 199 – 205 , 224 , 237 – 53 ,
260 , 262 , 273 , 282 , 284 – 90 , 296 , 303 , 306 ,
324 , 331 , 378 , 408 , 411 ; acquired, 3 , 185 ,
244 , 246 ; animal, 245 , 252 ; gender, 113 ,
288 , 293 , 304 – 5 , 307 ; malevolent, 205 ;
manipulation of, 15 , 17 ; relations, 4 , 241
presence, xi, xv, 11 , 16 , 36 – 52 , 61 , 69 , 91 , 94 ,
113 , 142 , 153 , 156 , 158 , 163 , 165 , 169 – 73 ,
175 – 82 , 188 , 195 , 206 , 242 , 258 , 273 , 281 ,
294 , 298 , 377 , 411
protective spirit beings, 27 , 76 , 187 , 191 , 268
Qur’an, 168
radical participation, 10 – 11 , 184 , 195 , 223 ,
225 , 233 – 34
rationality, 3 , 11 , 120 , 211 , 233
reciprocal obligations, 79 , 202
recognition, 13 , 198 , 234
reflexivity, xi, 381
reincarnation, 77 , 87 , 158 – 82 , 204 – 5
religion, xi, 7 – 10 , 29 , 38 , 123 , 125 , 134 – 36 ,
154 , 164 – 66 , 173 , 177 , 202 , 209 , 211
representation, x, xv, 4 , 11 , 44 , 89 , 106 , 113 ,
125 , 151 , 256 , 259 , 268 , 278 , 280 , 286 ,
330 , 349