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| Niño Vargas is an Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology, ] where he teaches linguistic anthropology, ethnology, and historical anthropology courses. | Niño Vargas is an Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology, ] where he teaches linguistic anthropology, ethnology, and historical anthropology courses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AcademyCv |url=https://academia.uniandes.edu.co/AcademyCv/jcnino |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=academia.uniandes.edu.co}}</ref> | ||
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| Juan Camilo Niño Vargas | |
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| Alma mater | University of the Andes (MA), School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (Ph.D) |
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| Notable work | Diccionario de la lengua ette |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropology, Ethnology |
| Institutions | University of the Andes |
| Thesis | Cosmos Ette: Ethnographie d'un univers du nord de la Colombie |
| Doctoral advisor | Philippe Descola |
Juan Camilo Niño Vargas is a Colombian anthropologist and ethnologist whose research focuses on the indigenous populations of northern Colombia, particularly the Ette people and the broader Chibchan-speaking societies of the Isthmo-Colombian area. He is recognized for documenting endangered indigenous languages, examining socio-cosmologies, and contributing to comparative studies of Amerindian peoples.
Early life and education
Niño Vargas completed his undergraduate and master's degrees in Anthropology at the Universidad de los Andes, with additional studies in History, Philosophy, and Geography. He subsequently earned a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology and Ethnology from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris under the supervision of Philippe Descola. His doctoral dissertation, Cosmos Ette: Ethnographie d'un univers du nord de la Colombie, proposed new frameworks for understanding indigenous cosmologies in northern Colombia.
Academic career
Niño Vargas is an Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology, University of the Andes where he teaches linguistic anthropology, ethnology, and historical anthropology courses.
- Halbmayer, Ernst (2022-02-08). "Some reflections on principles of Isthmo-Colombian Amerindian ontologies". Estudios Latinoamericanos. 41: 9–28. doi:10.36447/Estudios2021.v41.art1. ISSN 0137-3080. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- Niño Vargas, Juan Camilo (2018-11-24). Cosmos Ette. Ethnographie d'un univers du nord de la Colombie (These de doctorat thesis). Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE).
- "AcademyCv". academia.uniandes.edu.co. Retrieved 2025-01-04.