Paper short abstract:

This discussion introduces the Hantxa Kuin (Kaxinawá) terms, paxka (pashka), to share, and medabe (medabeh), to help, as an approach to collaborative research practice through a case study of the film, Yupumá, the creative ethnographic film that emerged from my fieldwork in the Amazon rainforest.

Paper long abstract:

This paper introduces the Hantxa Kuin terms, paxka (pashka), to share, and medabe (medabe), to help, as an approach to collaborative research practice through a case study of the film, Yupumá, the creative ethnographic film that emerged from my fieldwork during 18 months in the Amazon rainforest with the Huni Kuin (Kaxinawá) community.