Renzo Duin (1974) obtained a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Florida (USA). His dissertation looks at on the socio-political landscapes in the Eastern Guiana Highlands, northern Amazonia. His research and publications cover a broad range topics ranging from material culture, intangible heritage, social memory, oral history, identity, ethno-astronomy, historical ecology, decolonization, and the intertwining nature of these topics. He has held research and teaching positions at the University of Florida (USA) and Leiden University (the Netherlands), as well as research positions at Oxford University (UK) and University College London (UK). In the latter capacity, in which position he led and participated in various international research projects. He has organized and participated in several international symposia and exhibitions. Between 1996 and 2018 he conducted over 40 months of fieldwork in the Guianas (Suriname, French Guiana, and Guyana) consisting of 17 fieldtrip ranging from 1 to 6 months.

• List of Figures and TablesAbout the Translator and Editor of the Present VolumeBook SummaryPart 1: Introduction and Context1 Definitions and Aspirations2 The Significance of Lodewijk Schmidt’s Accounts to Anthropology Today3 The Politics of Authorship and Circumstances of First Publication4 Mapping the Unknown (or: An Audacious Colonial Endeavor)5 Notes on the Translation1 A Short Note on Indigenous Peoples and African Diaspora Communities2 Some Surinamese Socio-political Concepts3 Some Typical Surinamese Terms4 A Short Note on Geographic NamesPart 2: Ethnographic Accounts from Three Voyages in Amazonian Guiana6 Introduction to the Original Publication7 Notes on Wayana and Trio Demographics and Settlement Names8 Account of the First Expedition9 Account of the Second Expedition10 Account of the Third ExpeditionPart 3: The People, and other Important Things11 General Comments12 Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of the List of Names of Inhabitants13 The Inhabitants of the Wayana Villages on the Litani and Mapahoni Recorded by Lodewijk Schmidt between November 1940 and January 194114 The Inhabitants of the Trio and Wayana Villages in South Suriname and in North Brazil Recorded Between November 1940 and March 194215 The Inhabitants of the Wayana Villages on the Jari and Paru de l’Este Recorded Between November 1940 and January 194116 AfterthoughtBibliographyIndex

Renzo Duin (1974) obtained a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Florida (USA). His dissertation looks at on the socio-political landscapes in the Eastern Guiana Highlands, northern Amazonia. His research and publications cover a broad range topics ranging from material culture, intangible heritage, social memory, oral history, identity, ethno-astronomy, historical ecology, decolonization, and the intertwining nature of these topics. He has held research and teaching positions at the University of Florida (USA) and Leiden University (the Netherlands), as well as research positions at Oxford University (UK) and University College London (UK). In the latter capacity, in which position he led and participated in various international research projects. He has organized and participated in several international symposia and exhibitions. Between 1996 and 2018 he conducted over 40 months of fieldwork in the Guianas (Suriname, French Guiana, and Guyana) consisting of 17 fieldtrip ranging from 1 to 6 months.

• List of Figures and TablesAbout the Translator and Editor of the Present VolumeBook SummaryPart 1: Introduction and Context1 Definitions and Aspirations2 The Significance of Lodewijk Schmidt’s Accounts to Anthropology Today3 The Politics of Authorship and Circumstances of First Publication4 Mapping the Unknown (or: An Audacious Colonial Endeavor)5 Notes on the Translation1 A Short Note on Indigenous Peoples and African Diaspora Communities2 Some Surinamese Socio-political Concepts3 Some Typical Surinamese Terms4 A Short Note on Geographic NamesPart 2: Ethnographic Accounts from Three Voyages in Amazonian Guiana6 Introduction to the Original Publication7 Notes on Wayana and Trio Demographics and Settlement Names8 Account of the First Expedition9 Account of the Second Expedition10 Account of the Third ExpeditionPart 3: The People, and other Important Things11 General Comments12 Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of the List of Names of Inhabitants13 The Inhabitants of the Wayana Villages on the Litani and Mapahoni Recorded by Lodewijk Schmidt between November 1940 and January 194114 The Inhabitants of the Trio and Wayana Villages in South Suriname and in North Brazil Recorded Between November 1940 and March 194215 The Inhabitants of the Wayana Villages on the Jari and Paru de l’Este Recorded Between November 1940 and January 194116 AfterthoughtBibliographyIndex

Renzo Duin (1974) obtained a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Florida (USA). His dissertation looks at on the socio-political landscapes in the Eastern Guiana Highlands, northern Amazonia. His research and publications cover a broad range topics ranging from material culture, intangible heritage, social memory, oral history, identity, ethno-astronomy, historical ecology, decolonization, and the intertwining nature of these topics. He has held research and teaching positions at the University of Florida (USA) and Leiden University (the Netherlands), as well as research positions at Oxford University (UK) and University College London (UK). In the latter capacity, in which position he led and participated in various international research projects. He has organized and participated in several international symposia and exhibitions. Between 1996 and 2018 he conducted over 40 months of fieldwork in the Guianas (Suriname, French Guiana, and Guyana) consisting of 17 fieldtrip ranging from 1 to 6 months.

• List of Figures and TablesAbout the Translator and Editor of the Present VolumeBook SummaryPart 1: Introduction and Context1 Definitions and Aspirations2 The Significance of Lodewijk Schmidt’s Accounts to Anthropology Today3 The Politics of Authorship and Circumstances of First Publication4 Mapping the Unknown (or: An Audacious Colonial Endeavor)5 Notes on the Translation1 A Short Note on Indigenous Peoples and African Diaspora Communities2 Some Surinamese Socio-political Concepts3 Some Typical Surinamese Terms4 A Short Note on Geographic NamesPart 2: Ethnographic Accounts from Three Voyages in Amazonian Guiana6 Introduction to the Original Publication7 Notes on Wayana and Trio Demographics and Settlement Names8 Account of the First Expedition9 Account of the Second Expedition10 Account of the Third ExpeditionPart 3: The People, and other Important Things11 General Comments12 Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of the List of Names of Inhabitants13 The Inhabitants of the Wayana Villages on the Litani and Mapahoni Recorded by Lodewijk Schmidt between November 1940 and January 194114 The Inhabitants of the Trio and Wayana Villages in South Suriname and in North Brazil Recorded Between November 1940 and March 194215 The Inhabitants of the Wayana Villages on the Jari and Paru de l’Este Recorded Between November 1940 and January 194116 AfterthoughtBibliographyIndex