An ethnographic overview of the Chami people of Colombia, South America /by Ronald K. Michael.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 1995.Description: viii, 174 leaves : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cmContent type:
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Contents:
The Background -- Delimitation of the Research Topic -- Importance of the Study -- Importance for Personal Ministry -- Data and Research Methodology.
The Historical Setting -- Location -- Group Identity.
Villages and Houses -- Dress and Ornaments -- Transportation -- Manufacture -- Life Cycle -- Esthetics and Recreational Activities.
Kinship in Buenavista -- Group Relationships in Buenavista -- Group Membership in Buenavista -- Group Activity in Buenavista.
Authoritative Spokesmen -- Decision-making -- Outside Influences.
The Chami View of People -- The Spirit-world -- The Shaman -- Material Things -- Time Orientation -- Evaluative Assumptions.
Behavior Patterns to Opposite Sex -- Social Conduct -- Social Dissonance -- Social Deviancy.
Priorities.
The Influence of Terrorism -- The Influence of Ecclesiastical Organizations -- The Factors Accelerating Acculturation.
Possile Strategies for Ministry to the Chami.
A Traditional Chami Story.
Ron Michael, People Living in Buenavista, a Chami Community (1982), 1995 -- Ron Michael, Kinship Chart for Buenavista, A Chami Community, 1995 -- Elizabeth Siebert, A Sketch of a Chami Man, 1983 -- Winifred Cheever, A Chami Shaman in a Healing Ceremony, 1994 - Winifred Cheever, A Chami Shaman Initiating an Apprentice, 1994 -- Ron Michael, Areas of Negative Influence, 1995 -- Software Toolworks, Incorporated, Map of Colombia, 1995 -- Ron Michael, Sawing boards for building The Community of Buenavista, 1983 -- Ron Michael, House construction, A typical Chami house, 1983 -- Jeff Evans, Language Learning in the Community of Buenavista, 1984 -- Ron Michael, A Chami man shooting a blowgun, A Chami man carrying a blowgun, 1983 -- Ron Michael, Initial literacy attempt, Some of the Chami people of Buenavista, 1984 -- Ron Michael, Chami people carrying loads, 1984 -- Ron Michael, Chami ladies and their children, a Chami woman, 1984 -- Ron Michael, Food preparation, 1984.
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Ministry Perspective Project submitted in partial fulfullment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions, Columbia, South Carolina, May 1995.

1. Introduction

The Research Topic -- The Background -- Delimitation of the Research Topic -- Importance of the Study -- Importance for Personal Ministry -- Data and Research Methodology.

2. The Setting

The Geographical Setting -- The Historical Setting -- Location -- Group Identity.

3. Aspects of the Chami Material Culture

Subsistence Activities -- Villages and Houses -- Dress and Ornaments -- Transportation -- Manufacture -- Life Cycle -- Esthetics and Recreational Activities.

4. Social Structure

Group Identity in Buenavista -- Kinship in Buenavista -- Group Relationships in Buenavista -- Group Membership in Buenavista -- Group Activity in Buenavista.

5. Flow of Communication

Communication Patterns -- Authoritative Spokesmen -- Decision-making -- Outside Influences.

6. World-View

Response to Environment -- The Chami View of People -- The Spirit-world -- The Shaman -- Material Things -- Time Orientation -- Evaluative Assumptions.

7. Social Control

Authority Patterns -- Behavior Patterns to Opposite Sex -- Social Conduct -- Social Dissonance -- Social Deviancy.

8. Values

Evaluative Basics -- Priorities.

9. External Pressures on the Chami Culture

The Influence of the National/Non-indigenous Culture -- The Influence of Terrorism -- The Influence of Ecclesiastical Organizations -- The Factors Accelerating Acculturation.

10. Ministerial Considerations

Areas of Negative Influence -- Possile Strategies for Ministry to the Chami.

Appendix

Excerpts from the 1991 Constitution of the Republic of Colombia -- A Traditional Chami Story.

List of Illustrations

Ron Micahel, Chami Areas in Colombia, 1995 -- Ron Michael, People Living in Buenavista, a Chami Community (1982), 1995 -- Ron Michael, Kinship Chart for Buenavista, A Chami Community, 1995 -- Elizabeth Siebert, A Sketch of a Chami Man, 1983 -- Winifred Cheever, A Chami Shaman in a Healing Ceremony, 1994 - Winifred Cheever, A Chami Shaman Initiating an Apprentice, 1994 -- Ron Michael, Areas of Negative Influence, 1995 -- Software Toolworks, Incorporated, Map of Colombia, 1995 -- Ron Michael, Sawing boards for building The Community of Buenavista, 1983 -- Ron Michael, House construction, A typical Chami house, 1983 -- Jeff Evans, Language Learning in the Community of Buenavista, 1984 -- Ron Michael, A Chami man shooting a blowgun, A Chami man carrying a blowgun, 1983 -- Ron Michael, Initial literacy attempt, Some of the Chami people of Buenavista, 1984 -- Ron Michael, Chami people carrying loads, 1984 -- Ron Michael, Chami ladies and their children, a Chami woman, 1984 -- Ron Michael, Food preparation, 1984.

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