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Niño Vargas's research explores the distinctions between Amazonian animism, Mesoamerican-Andean analogism, and Chibchan socio-cosmologies.<ref name="c081">{{cite book |title=Amerindian Socio-Cosmologies between the Andes, Amazonia and Mesoamerica: Toward an Anthropological Understanding of the Isthmo–Colombian Area |date=2020-01-10 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-003-01048-7 |page= |doi=10.4324/9781003010487-4}}</ref> By analyzing myths, agricultural practices, and dream interpretations, he has shown that Chibchan-speaking groups, such as the Ette, maintain unique ontological visions in which deities, humans, and animals occupy intersecting but hierarchically arranged realms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SALSA 2019 PANEL 04: The Chibchan Peoples - SALSA-Tipití |url=https://salsa-tipiti.org/conferences/salsa-2019/salsa-2019-panels/the-chibchan-peoples/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |language=en-US}}</ref> His work on Ette cosmology has drawn attention to how indigenous peoples articulate decay, transformation, and regeneration concepts in ecological and spiritual contexts.<ref name="r012">{{cite book |last=Niño |first=Juan Camilo Vargas |title=Ooyoriyasa |date=2007-09-01 |publisher=Universidad de los Andes |isbn=978-958-695-296-5 |publication-place=Bogotá |page= |language=es |oclc=231444144}}</ref> Niño Vargas's research explores the distinctions between Amazonian animism, Mesoamerican-Andean analogism, and Chibchan socio-cosmologies.<ref name="c081">{{cite book |title=Amerindian Socio-Cosmologies between the Andes, Amazonia and Mesoamerica: Toward an Anthropological Understanding of the Isthmo–Colombian Area |date=2020-01-10 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-003-01048-7 |page= |doi=10.4324/9781003010487-4}}</ref> By analyzing myths, agricultural practices, and dream interpretations, he has shown that Chibchan-speaking groups, such as the Ette, maintain unique ontological visions in which deities, humans, and animals occupy intersecting but hierarchically arranged realms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SALSA 2019 PANEL 04: The Chibchan Peoples - SALSA-Tipití |url=https://salsa-tipiti.org/conferences/salsa-2019/salsa-2019-panels/the-chibchan-peoples/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |language=en-US}}</ref> His work on Ette cosmology has drawn attention to how indigenous peoples articulate decay, transformation, and regeneration concepts in ecological and spiritual contexts.<ref name="r012">{{cite book |last=Niño |first=Juan Camilo Vargas |title=Ooyoriyasa |date=2007-09-01 |publisher=Universidad de los Andes |isbn=978-958-695-296-5 |publication-place=Bogotá |page= |language=es |oclc=231444144}}</ref>

A substantial portion of his ethnographic fieldwork concerns traditional agriculture. He has argued that these practices reveal complex interactions between humans and non-human entities, contributing to broader debates on Amerindian conceptions of nature.

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Juan Camilo Niño Vargas
Alma materUniversity of the Andes (MA), School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (Ph.D)
Occupations
  • Anthropologist
  • ethnologist
Notable workDiccionario de la lengua ette
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology, Ethnology
InstitutionsUniversity of the Andes
Thesis Cosmos Ette: Ethnographie d'un univers du nord de la Colombie
Doctoral advisorPhilippe 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.

He has served on editorial boards for publications addressing Indigenous cultures and languages. He is a member of the Colombian Academy of History, the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America, and the Center for Anthropological and Cultural Historical Research AIP - Panamá (CIHAC).

Research focus and contributions

Niño Vargas's research explores the distinctions between Amazonian animism, Mesoamerican-Andean analogism, and Chibchan socio-cosmologies. By analyzing myths, agricultural practices, and dream interpretations, he has shown that Chibchan-speaking groups, such as the Ette, maintain unique ontological visions in which deities, humans, and animals occupy intersecting but hierarchically arranged realms. His work on Ette cosmology has drawn attention to how indigenous peoples articulate decay, transformation, and regeneration concepts in ecological and spiritual contexts.

A substantial portion of his ethnographic fieldwork concerns traditional agriculture. He has argued that these practices reveal complex interactions between humans and non-human entities, contributing to broader debates on Amerindian conceptions of nature.

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  2. 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).
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  7. "SALSA 2019 PANEL 04: The Chibchan Peoples - SALSA-Tipití". Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  8. Amerindian Socio-Cosmologies between the Andes, Amazonia and Mesoamerica: Toward an Anthropological Understanding of the Isthmo–Colombian Area. Routledge. 2020-01-10. doi:10.4324/9781003010487-4. ISBN 978-1-003-01048-7.
  9. "SALSA 2019 PANEL 04: The Chibchan Peoples - SALSA-Tipití". Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  10. Niño, Juan Camilo Vargas (2007-09-01). Ooyoriyasa (in Spanish). Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes. ISBN 978-958-695-296-5. OCLC 231444144.