CURRICULUM VITAE

Glenn H. Shepard Jr.

Personal Data

 

Born September 8, 1965 in Augusta, Georgia.

Married July, 1998 to Dr. Maria Nazareth Ferreira da Silva of Manaus, Brazil.

Children:  Lucas Jehu and Thaís Alice Issana, born October 27, 2001.

Permanent address:  36 Barclay Rd., Newport News, VA  23606, Tel. (757) 930-3526

Current address: Conjunto Villar Camara, Rua 3, Casa 105, Manaus AM, Brazil  69083-000

Tel.:  (55)(92) 644-3848; Email:  GShepardJr@aol.com;  E-fax:  (413) 254-0830 (U.S.A.)

Affiliation

 

Senior Research Associate, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA

Post-doctoral Fellow, Departments of Botany, Ecology, National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA), Manaus, Brazil (2000-2003).

 

Education

 

1990-99        University of California, Berkeley:  MA 1991, Ph.D. 1999 Dept. Anthropology, Joint Program in Medical Anthropology with U.C. San Francisco.

1987-88        Georg-August Universität and Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (IWF), Göttingen, Germany:  Fulbright Fellow in Anthropology, Ethnographic Film.

1983-87         Princeton University:  AB 1987 Independent Major Program (Medical Anthropology and Ethnobotany).

1978-83         Hampton Roads Academy, Newport News, VA:  High School Diploma 1983.

 

Awards and Fellowships

 

2005  Best Poster, School of Biological Sciences Departmental Colloquium, University of East Anglia, U.K., “People vs. Parks: The sustainability of hunting in Manu National Park, Peru,” with J. Ohl, D.W. Yu and C.A. Peres.

2004  Leverhulme Trust Biodiversity Programme Research Fellowship, “ Subsistence Hunting, Demography, and Economic Change among the Matsigenka of Manu National Park, Peru” (2004-2007), with D. Yu, C. Peres, J. Ohl. 

2003  Amazon State Research Support Foundation (FAPEAM) Research Fellowship, “Social-Environmental Sustainability of Arumã (Ischnosiphon spp.) Harvest on the Upper Rio Negro,” with R. Mesquita (INPA).

2002  Brazilian National Science Council (CNPq) Research Fellowship, “Social-Environmental Sustainability of Arumã (Ischnosiphon spp.) Harvest on the Upper Rio Negro,” with R. Mesquita (INPA).

2000  CNPq Post-doctoral Fellowship, Dept. Botany, INPA, “Ethnobiology, Ecology and Conservation of the Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa).”

1998   A.L. Green Fund Fellowship, Harvard University (with Douglas W. Yu), “Ethnobotanical ground truthing and forest diversity in Amazonia.”

1996   National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant.

1995   Best Student Film (with Thor Anderson), Society for Visual Anthropology Film Festival, Zapatistas:  Voices from the Edge of Revolution.

1995   Winner, W.H.R. Rivers Prize Competition, Society for Medical Anthropology, “Three days for weeping:  Dreams, emotions and death in the Peruvian Amazon.”

1995   Second Place, Dorothea Lange Documentary Photography Competition, U.C. Berkeley, “Indigenous people:  Continuity and change in Chiapas and Peru.”

1995   Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship, Wenner-Gren Foundation.

1994  Emmy Award, Best Cultural/Informational Film:  Spirits of the Rainforest (SuperFlow Productions and The Discovery Channel).

1993   CINE Golden Eagle Award:  Spirits of the Rainforest.

1990  Ira and Georgina Abrahams Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley.

1988   Fulbright Fellowship for Study Abroad, Göttingen, Germany.

1987   Labouisse Prize Fellowship, Princeton University.

1987   Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa Society, Princeton University

1986   President’s Fund, Dean of the College Award for Senior Thesis Research, Princeton University.

1985   Jerry Horton (‘42) Fund, University Chapel Fund for Summer Research, Princeton University.

1983   National Merit Scholarship, Princeton University.

1983   Finalist, Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship, Duke University.

1983   Co-Valedictorian, Hampton Roads Academy.

 

Field Research

 

2004-07       Manu National Park, Peru: Subsistence Hunting, Demography, and Economic Change among the Matsigenka

2004  Rio Marari, Amazonas, Brazil: Preliminary Ethnobotanical and Ethnozoological Survey of the Yanomami; with Brazilian PROBIO research team, Museo Nacional.

2001-04       Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil:  Social and environmental sustainability in the production and sale of arumã (Ischnosiphon spp.) basketry among the Baniwa of the Upper Içana.

2000-01       Amazonas, Pará and Rondônia, Brazil:  Historical ecology and genetic diversity of the Brazil nut (Bertholettia excelsa).

2000  Tapajos River, Pará, Brazil:  Preliminary ethnobotanical survey of the proposed Environmental Protection Area of Alter-do-Chão.

2000  Rondônia, Brazil:  Preliminary study of insect-borne diseases with mammalian hosts in the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau  Indigenous Territory (with M. Aranha and M.N.F. da Silva).

1999   Manu River, Peru:  Ethnobotanical ground truthing of satellite images (with Douglas W. Yu).

1997   Picha River, Peru:  Ethnoecology of the Cordillera Vilcabamba (with Conservation International). 

1995-97         Manu, River, Peru:  Pharmacognosy and the senses in two Amazonian societies (Doctoral dissertation research).

1994  Chiapas, Mexico:  Ethnographic research,  filming of Zapatistas:  Voices from the Edge of Revolution (with Thor Anderson).

1993   Northern Thailand:  Ethnomycology of the Karen, Lisu, Lahu, and Akha hill tribes (with David Arora and Christina Fink).

1992   Manu, Peru:  Ethnographic research,  filming of Spirits of the Rainforest.

1992   Chiapas, Mexico:  Ethnomycology of the Tzeltal and Tzotzil Maya (U.C. Berkeley-Chiapas Field School).

1987-88        Manu River, Peru:  Ethnomedicine and ethnobotany of the Matsigenka (Labouisse Prize Fellowship, Princeton University).

1986   Madre de Dios, Peru:  Ethnography and ethnobotany of the Piro and Matsigenka (Senior Thesis research).

1985   Eastern Jordan:  Ethnomedicine of the Rwala Bedouin (Junior Paper research).

1984  Holland and Germany:  Archeological excavation of Neolithic sites (summer field schools of Leiden University and University of Frankfurt A.M.). 

1983   Yorktown, VA:  Volunteer diver, Yorktown Association of Marine Archeology. 

 

University Teaching Experience

 

2001  Instructor, Introduction to Theory and Methods in Ethnobiology, Mini-Course for the Master’s Degree in Conservation and Resource Management, Instituto Ecológico, Universidad Nacional de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia.

1994  Instructor, Anthro. 138B, “Ethnographic Video Production,” U.C. Berkeley, Spring 1994.

1993   Graduate Student Instructor, Anthro. 115B, “Introduction to Medical Anthropology,” Instructor Linda Anne Rebhun, U.C. Berkeley, Spring 1993.

1991   Graduate Student Instructor, Anthro. 3, “Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology,” Instructor Jack Potter, U.C. Berkeley, Fall 1991.

1991   Graduate Student Instructor, Anthro. 114B, “Special Topics in Anthropological Theory,” Instructors Brent Berlin and Ruth Tringham, U.C. Berkeley, Spring 1991.

 

Professional Consulting Experience

 

2001  Ethnobotanical and anthropological consultant, Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Brasil:  Social and environmental sustainability in the production and sale of arumã (Ischnosiphon spp.) basketry among the Baniwa of the Upper Içana.

1999   Film Consultant, Norwegian National Broadcasting (NRK):  Secrets of the Vine.

1998   Anthropological consultant, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Lima, Peru:  Matsigenka Ecotourism Project, Manu.

1997   Consultant and field research team, Conservation International:  Participatory rapid ethnoecological appraisal of the proposed Vilcabamba Communal Reserve, Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Picha River, Peru. 

1996   Consultant and contributing photographer, Tsamaren: Children of the Amazon, CD-ROM by Terra Nuova/UNICEF, Lima, Peru.

1996   Volunteer Consultant, “Contingency plan for encounters with uncontacted indigenous groups of the Piedras River (Block 77),” Mobil Exploration and Producing, Lima, Peru. 

1995   Film Consultant, ABC Kane Productions/PBS:  Manu:  Peru’s Hidden Rain Forest.

1994  Consultant, Department of Ethnobotany, Shaman Pharmaceuticals Inc., South San Francisco, CA.

1993-94        Associate Producer, Consultant, The Discovery Channel:  The Spirit Hunters.

1992-93         Film Consultant, The Discovery Channel:  Spirits of the Rainforest.

 

Workshops, Festivals and Exhibits

 

1997-98        Fund raising, project design and classroom instruction, “Workshop on Applied Ethnobotany for the Native Communities of Manu Biosphere Reserve,” sponsored by COE (Italy) and APECO, Manu, Peru, October

1997 and November 1998.

1994  Anthropological consultation and loaning of indigenous artifacts, “The Living Rainforest” exhibit, Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA.

1994  Organizer, “3rd Annual Ethnographic Video Festival,” Berkeley, CA, May 1994. 

1993   Fund raising and instruction, “Workshop on the Legal Rights and Responsibilities of Native Communities in Natural Protected Areas,” sponsored by CEDIA and Ministry of Agriculture, Manu, Peru, October 1993.

 

Publications (authored by G.H. Shepard Jr. unless otherwise noted)

 

in preparation: G.H. Shepard Jr., A. Lopes da Silva, F. dos Santos e Souza and R. Mesquita. “Baskets of plenty: Gender, markets, and Marantaceae fiber sustainability in Baniwa agroforestry, Upper Rio Negro, Brazil.” In: S. Klappa and D. Russell (Eds.) Cultured Trees: Transformations in Agroforestry Systems.

in press:       G.H. Shepard Jr., K. Rummenhoeller, J. Ohl and D. Yu “Trouble in Paradise:
Indigenous populations, anthropological policies, and biodiversity conservation in Manu National Park, Peru.” Journal of Sustainable Forestry.

2005  “Venenos divinos: Plantas psicoativas dos Machiguenga do Peru.” In: Labate, B. and Goulart, S. O Uso Ritual das Plantas de Poder. São Paulo: Editora Mercado de Letras.

2005  “Psychoactive botanicals in ritual, religion and shamanism.” Chapter 18 in: E. Elisabetsky & N. Etkin (Eds.), Ethnopharmacology. Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Theme 6.79. Oxford, UK: UNESCO/Eolss Publishers. <http://www.eolss.net>

2004  “A sensory ecology of illness and therapy in two Amazonian societies.” American Anthropologist 106(2): 252-266.

2004  “Native Central and South American shamanism.” In: Walter, M.N. and E.J.N. Fridman (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Shamanism. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.

2004  “Preemptive Anthropology: FAQs.” Anthropology News 45(2): 60.

2004  G.H. Shepard Jr., D.W. Yu and B.W. Nelson “Ethnobotanical ground-truthing and forest diversity in the Western Amazon.” Advances in Economic Botany 15: 133-170.

2004  G.H. Shepard Jr., M.N.F. da Silva, A.F. Brazão & P. van der Veld. “Arte Baniwa: Sustentabilidade socioambiental de arumã no Alto Rio Negro.” In: F. Ricardo (Ed.), Terras Indígenas e Unidades de Conservação da Natureza: O desafio das sobreposições. São Paulo: Instituto Socioambiental, 129-143.

2003  C. Izquierdo and G.H. Shepard Jr. “The Matsigenka.” In: Ember, C.R. and M. Ember (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World’s Cultures. Vol. 2: Cultures. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 823-837.

2003  C.A. Peres, C. Baider, P.A. Zuidema, L.H.O. Wadt, K.A. Kainer, D.A.P. Gomes-Silva, R.P. Salomão, L.L. Simões, E.R.N. Franciosi, F. Cornejo, R. Gribel, G.H. Shepard Jr., M. Kanashiro, P. Coventry, D.W. Yu, A.R. Watkinson and R.P. Freckleton  “Demographic threats to the sustainability of Brazil nut exploitation.” Science 302: 2112-2114.

2003  G. Shepard and C. Izquierdo “Los Matsiguenka de Madre de Dios y del Parque Nacional del Manu.” In: B. Huertas and A. Garcia (Eds.), Los Pueblos Indígenas de Madre de Dios: Historia, Etnografía e Coyuntura. Lima: International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), 111-126.

2003  “Los Yora/Yaminahua.” In: B. Huertas and A. Garcia (Eds.), Los Pueblos Indígenas de Madre de Dios: Historia, Etnografía e Coyuntura. Lima: IWGIA. 144-155.

2003  “Shamanes y la ambigüedad entre el bien y el mal entre los Matsiguenka.” In: B. Huertas and A. Garcia (Eds.), Los Pueblos Indígenas de Madre de Dios: Historia, Etnografía e Coyuntura. Lima: IWGIA, 243-257.

2003  G.H. Shepard Jr. and D.W. Yu “Vanishing cultures (comment).” New York Review of Books, 50(6): 92 (April 10, 2002).

2002  “De yerbas amargas y fragantes: Etnofarmacología y los sentidos entre los Matsiguenka y los Yora del Manu.” Recursos Naturales 1(1): 84-93. Lima: Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales (INRENA).

2002  “Prólogo.” In: Huertas, B., Los Pueblos Indígenas en Aislamiento: Su lucha por la sobrevivencia y la libertad . Lima: IWGIA, 11-14.

2002  “Primates in Matsigenka subsistence and worldview.” In: Fuentes, A. and L. Wolfe (Eds.), Primates Face to Face. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 101-136.

2002  “Three days for weeping: Dreams, emotions and death in the Peruvian Amazon,” Medical Anthropology Quarterly 16(2): 1-30.

2002  “Nature’s Madison Avenue: Sensory cues as mnemonic devices in the transmission of medicinal plant knowledge.” In: Stepp, J.R., F.S. Wyndham and R.K. Zarger (Eds.), Ethnobiology and Biocultural Diversity: Proceedings of the 7th International Congress of Ethnobiology. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 326-335.

2002  G.H. Shepard Jr. and D.W. Yu “Conocimientos tradicionales, biodiversidad y alternativas para el desarrollo en la Amazonía.” In: Rodriguez, L. (Ed.), Manu y otras experiencias de investigación y manejo de bosques neotropicales: Actas y memorias del Simposio Internacional, Puerto Maldonado, 2001. Lima: Pro-Manu/Gobierno del Perú/Unión Europea.

2002  “[Seven reasons] Why I sometimes wish I were an armchair anthropologist.” Anthropology News 43(1): 65.

2001  G.H. Shepard Jr., D.W. Yu, M. Lizarralde and M. Italiano “Rainforest habitat classification among the Matsigenka of the Peruvian Amazon.” Journal of Ethnobiology 21(1):1-38.

2001  G.H. Shepard Jr. and A. Chicchon “Resource use and ecology of the Matsigenka of the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Vilcabamba.” In: Alonso, A.E., A. Alonso, T.S. Schulenberg & F. Dallmeier, (Eds.), Biological and Social Assessments of the Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru. Washington, D.C.: Conservation International. (RAP Working Papers No. 12), 164-174.

2001  G.H. Shepard Jr. and D.W. Yu “Verificación etnobotánica de imágenes de satélite: La intersección de conocimientos tradicionales y científicos.” Debate Agrario 33: 19-24 (Lima: Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales).

2001  “An ethnobotanist dreams of scientists and shamans collaborating.” In: J. Narby & A. Huxley (Eds.) Shamans through Time. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 298-300. Excerpted from Shepard (1998), J. Psychoactive Drugs.

1999   “Pharmacognosy and the Senses in Two Amazonian Societies.” Ph.D. Thesis, Medical Anthropology Program, University of California, Berkeley.

1999   “Shamanism and diversity: A Matsigenka perspective.” In: Posey, D.A. (Ed.), Cultural and Spiritual Values of Biodiversity. London: United Nations Environmental Programme and Intermediate Technology Publications (Supplement to the U.N.E.P. Global Biodiversity Assessment), 93-95.

1999   D.W. Yu and G.H. Shepard Jr., “The mystery of female beauty: Yu and Shepard reply.”  Nature 399: 216.

1998   D.W. Yu and G.H. Shepard Jr., “Is beauty in the eye of the beholder?”  Nature 396: 321-322.

1998   “Psychoactive plants and ethnopsychiatric medicines of the Matsigenka,” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 30(4): 321-332.

1998   “Gift of the harpy eagle: Hunting medicines of the Machiguenga,” The South American Explorer 51: 9-11, 21.

1997   “Noun classification and ethnozoological classification in Machiguenga, an Arawakan language of the Peruvian Amazon.” Journal of Amazonian Languages 1(1):29-57. Pittsburgh: Dept. Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh.

1987   “Ancient Visions of Healing, Hopes for Modern Health: A Medical Ethnography of Rival Peruvian Villages.” Senior Thesis, Princeton University.

 

Conference Papers, Reports and Manuscripts

 

2005  D.W. Yu, G.H. Shepard Jr., J. Ohl, C.A. Peres and T. Levi. “Indigenous populations, conservation policies and bushmeat hunting in Manu National Park, Peru.” Paper presented at the Society for Conservation Biology meetings, Brasilia, Brazil, July, 2005.

2005  J. Ohl, G.H. Shepard Jr., D.W. Yu and C.A. Peres. “People vs. Parks: The sustainability of hunting in Manu National Park, Peru.” School of Biological Sciences Departmental Colloquim, University of East Anglia, U.K., July, 2005.

2005  “Applied ethnoecology as a tool in the participatory management of indigenous reserves: Case studies from Peru and Brazil. “ Paper presented at the invited session, “Planning for biodiversity conservation in the várzea floodplains of the Amazon Basin” (organizers: R. Pressey, A. Albernaz, C. Scaramuzza & A. Oviedo), Society for Conservation Biology meetings, Brasilia, Brazil, July, 2005.

2005  “Etnobotânica, etnoecologia e sustentabilidade socioambiental do artesanato de arumã (Ischnosiphon spp.) entre os Baniwa do alto Rio Negro.” 15 pgs. Report to Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brasilia, D.F., Brazil, March, 2005.

2004  G.H. Shepard, R. Mesquita; A. Lopes da Silva; F. Santos e Souza. “Ischnosiphon spp. (MARANTACEAE) harvest and commercialization among the Baniwa of the Upper Rio Negro, Brazil.” Paper presented at the invited session “Ethnoecology of tropical lowland South America” (organizer K. Jernigan), International Congress of Ethnobiology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, June 2004.   

2003  Mesquita, R., F. Souza, G. Shepard and A. Lopes. “Ecologia,  manejo e sustentabilidade da extração das fibras do Arumã (Ischnosiphon spp.) entre os Baniwa do Alto Rio Negro. “ Paper presented at the Congresso Brasileiro de Ecologia, Belém, Brazil, August 2003.

2003  G.H. Shepard and D. Yu, “Conceptos indígenas relevantes al manejo de caza en el Parque Nacional del Manu.” Paper presented at the invited Symposium “30 Years of Research and Conservation in Manu National Park,” Cuzco, Peru, August, 2003.

2002  “Bioprospecting, biopiracy and bioparanoia.” Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA, November, 2002.

2002  “Etnobiologia e variabilidade genética dos castanhais da Amazônia.” 18 pgs. Report to Report to Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brasilia, D.F., Brazil, April, 2002.

2001  “Arte Baniwa: Avaliação preliminar da sustentabilidade socioambiental da produção e comercialização de artesanato de arumã (Ischnosiphon spp.) no Alto Içana (‘Baniwa Art: Preliminary evaluation of the social and environmental sustainability of the production and commercialization of arumã (Ischnosiphon spp.) basketry in the Upper Içana’). Report submitted to Instituto Socioambiental, São Paulo, Brazil. 

2000  “Fragrance, healing and desire: An olfactory ethnobotany of two Amazonian societies.” Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association Meetings, San Francisco, CA, November, 2000.

2000  G.H. Shepard Jr. and K. Rummenhoeller, “Paraíso para quem?: Populações indígenas e o Parque Nacional do Manu” (‘Whose paradise?: Indigenous populations and Manu National Park, Peru’). Paper presented at the Brazilian Anthropological Association (ABA) Meetings, Brasilia, Brazil, July, 2000; paper available for downloading at <ftp://ftp.unb.br/pub/download/dan/F.3-22RBA/sessao2>.

2000  “Verificação etnobotânica de imagens de satélite” (‘Ethnobotanical ground-truthing of satellite images’). Paper presented at the Brazilian Society for Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology (SBEE) Meetings, Piracicaba, Brazil, July, 2000.

2000  “Ventanas sobre el bosque: Imágenes de satélite y la visión indígena “ (‘Windows on the forest: Satellite images and the native vision’). Report submitted to National Institute of Natural Resources (INRENA), Peru, January, 2000.

1999   G.H. Shepard Jr., D.W. Yu  and B.W. Nelson, “Ethnobotanical ground-truthing of satellite images from the Western Amazon.” Paper presented at the International Botany Congress, St. Louis, MO, August, 1999.

1998   “Cultural constructions of medicinal plant efficacy in two societies of the Peruvian Amazon.” Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, December 1998.

1998   “Evaluación del Proyecto Albergue Matsiguenka, Fase 1: Realización de objetivos, efectividad de capacitación y impactos socio-culturales” (‘Evaluation of the Matsigenka Tourist Lodge Project, Phase 1: Fulfillment of objectives, effectiveness of capacity-building and socio-cultural impacts’). Report submitted to National Institute of Natural Resources (INRENA) and German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Lima, Peru, December 1998.

1998   “Uncontacted native groups and petrochemical exploration in Peru.” Paper presented at the International Society for Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (ICAES) Conference, Williamsburg, VA, August 1998.

1998   “History and ecology of the Cordillera Vilcabamba: A Matsigenka perspective.” Report submitted to Conservation International, April, 1998.

1998   “Poblaciones indígenas aisladas en áreas de exploración petrolera” (‘Uncontacted indigenous populations  in areas of petroleum exploration’). Report presented at the Workshop on Uncontacted Indigenous Groups, Lima, Peru, March, 1998.

1997   “Monkey hunting with the Matsigenka: Medicine, magic, mythology and ecology.”  Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association Meetings, Washington, D.C., November 1997.

1997   “Etnomedicina y etnobotánica de los Matsiguenka y Yora del Manu” (‘Ethnomedicine and ethnobotany of the Matsigenka and Yora of the Manu’). Report submitted to National Institute of Natural Resources (INRENA), Peru, February, 1997. 

1996   “Los grupos indígenas aislados del Río Piedras: Informes 1 y 2” (‘The isolated indigenous groups of the Piedras River: Parts 1 and 2’). Reports submitted to Mobil Prospecting Peru and to Manu National Park, Survival Int’l, Conservation Int’l, Oilwatch and other organizations monitoring petroleum exploration, October, 1996.

1996   “Etnobotânica, etnofarmacologia e etnomedicina dos Machiguenga, grupo indígena do Parque Nacional do Manu (Madre de Dios, Peru)” (‘Ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology and ethnomedicine of the Matsigenka, indigenous people of Manu National Park, Madre de Dios, Peru’). Paper presented at the Seminar of the Amazon, INPA, Manaus, Brazil, January, 1996. 

1995   G.H. Shepard and N. Cueva, MD, “Informe preliminar sobre la situación de salud de las poblaciones Matsiguenka aisladas de las cabeceras del Río Sotileja del Parque Nacional del Manu” (‘Preliminary health survey of the isolated Machiguenga populations of the upper Sotileja river, Manu National Park’). Report submitted to Ministry of Health and Manu National Park, Peru, December,1995.

1994  “The forgotten kingdom: Mushrooms and ethnobiology.”  Paper presented at the  American Anthropological Association Meetings, Atlanta, GA, November 1994.

1992   G.H. Shepard Jr. and D. Arora “The grace of the flood: The naming and use of mushrooms among the Tzeltal and Tzotzil Maya of Chiapas.”  Paper presented at the International Society of Ethnobiology Meetings, Mexico City, November, 1992.

1991   “Kepigari:  The concept of medicines as poisons among the Machiguenga of Peru.”  Paper presented at the Kroeber Anthropological Society Meetings, Berkeley, California, April 1991.

1987   “The use of the hallucinogen Brugmansia for healing among the Piro, Machiguenga, and mestizo of Madre de Dios.”  Paper submitted to the Steven Polgar Prize Competition, June 1987.

in preparation      “From shamans’ breath: Biodiversity in Matsigenka folklore.” Manuscript, 35 pgs., expect submission to Journal of Ethnobiology.

in preparation      M.N.F. da Silva, D.W. Yu and G.H. Shepard Jr., “Prey mortality patterns among primates hunted by the Matsigenka of Manu.” Manuscript, 8 pgs., expect submission to Neotropical Primates.

in preparation       “A Matsigenka ethnobotanical calendar.” Manuscript, 15 pgs., expect submission to Economic Botany during 2003.

in preparation       D.W. Yu, S.R. Proulx and G.H. Shepard Jr. “Masculinity, culture and the paradox of the lek.” Manuscript, 17 pgs.

in preparation       “Isolated indigenous groups and economic development in the western Amazon (Peru, Brazil).” Manuscript, 35 pgs.

in preparation       “Dizzy in the head, crazy in the head: The understanding and treatment of insanity (chawoj/jowel) among the highland Maya of Chiapas.” Manuscript, 18 pgs.

in preparation       “Matsigenka classification and use of the Acanthaceae.” 15 pgs.

 

Films, Videos and Multimedia

 

ongoing       : (with Kim MacQuarrie) Drilling in the Heart of the Rainforest, a participatory video project to document the impact of the Camisea gas fields on local indigenous populations.

1999   Anthropological Consultant, Secrets of the Vine, Documentary film on Amazonian ethnobotany, aired in Norway in 2000 by National Broadcasting (NRK).

1998   Anthropological Consultant, Photography, Tsamaren: Children of the Amazon.  CD-ROM by Terra Nuova/UNICEF, Lima, Peru. 

1997   Native Peoples of Manu, http://www.pbs.org/edens/manu/people.htm. Text and photos by G.H. Shepard Jr., website design by PBS Online.

1997   Anthropological Consultant, Manu: Peru’s Hidden Rain Forest, narrated by Robert James Olmos. Natural history film (60 min.), Best Natural History Film, Jackson Hole Film Festival (October 1997), first aired November 1997 on PBS.

1995   (with Thor Anderson) Zapatistas: Voices on the Edge of Revolution. Ethnographic video (50 min.), Best Student Film, Society for Visual Anthropology Film Festival, November 1995. 

1994  Associate Producer, Anthropological Consultant, Additional Cinematographer, The Spirit Hunters, narrated by James Earl Jones. Ethnographic film (50 min.), first aired September 1994 on The Discovery Channel.

1993   Anthropological Consultant, Additional Cinematographer, Spirits of the Rainforest, narrated by Linda Hunt. Ethnographic/natural history film (90 min.), winner of two Emmy Awards and CINE Golden Eagle, first aired November 1993 on The Discovery Channel.

1993   The Grace of the Flood: Mushrooms and Mayan Culture in Chiapas, featuring David Arora.  Ethnographic video (20 min.) presented at the Student Video Festival, Berkeley, California, May 1993 and at the International Society of Ethnobiology Meetings, Lucknow, India, November 1994.

 

Foreign Language Proficiency

 

Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Polish, Arabic, rudimentary Thai.

Indigenous  American Languages:  Matsigenka (Arawakan), Piro (Arawakan), Yaminahua (Panoan), Tzeltal and Tzotzil (Mayan).

Hobbies

Bluegrass music, capoeira, fly fishing, poetry.