Stephen Hugh-Jones's guest appearances

Stephen Hugh-Jones

The Lumieres Podcast

Private Passions

Michael Sheen

Siri Hustvedt

Isaiah Berlin

Jancis Robinson

Michael Craig-Martin

Helen Cammock

Tim Harford

Sugata Mitra

Andy McNab

Philippa Perry

Katy Brand

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Carlo Rovelli

John Finnemore

Pat Barker

OwlTail

My guest today is anthropologist Dr. Stephen Hugh-Jones who is a life fellow of King's College, Cambridge.Along with his wife Christine, Stephen spent two years in the late 1960s living alongside a village of Yucuna Indians in the Colombian Amazon, learning about their language, their customs, cosmology and cultural traditions. They were even initiated into the tribe and given new names, forever connecting them to this community on the other side of the world.Stephen shares his journey into anthropology and his life-long research and support of the Yucuna people he became so close to. He also recounts in vivid detail the Yurupari initiation rite he undertook back then, which involved a hefty dose of Ayahuasca in the darkness, amongst many other things.This is an absolutely fascinating conversation for anyone interested in hearing first-hand how an indigenous culture with minimal western influence operates. You’ll even hear about the story of The Spirit Without An Anus!CONNECT WITH JODYJody on InstagramLumieres on InstagramJody's WebsiteSUPPORTSupport the show on PatreonMUSICSix Organs of AdmittanceDrag City Records Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is anthropologist Dr. Stephen Hugh-Jones who is a life fellow of King's College, Cambridge.Along with his wife Christine, Stephen spent two years in the late 1960s living alongside a village of Yucuna Indians in the Colombian Amazon, learning about their language, their customs, cosmology and cultural traditions. They were even initiated into the tribe and given new names, forever connecting them to this community on the other side of the world.Stephen shares his journey into anthropology and his life-long research and support of the Yucuna people he became so close to. He also recounts in vivid detail the Yurupari initiation rite he undertook back then, which involved a hefty dose of Ayahuasca in the darkness, amongst many other things.This is an absolutely fascinating conversation for anyone interested in hearing first-hand how an indigenous culture with minimal western influence operates. You’ll even hear about the story of The Spirit Without An Anus!CONNECT WITH JODY<a href="https://instagram.com/lifeinfractals" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Jody on Instagram</a><a href="https://instagram.com/lumierespodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Lumieres on Instagram</a><a href="http://www.jodywhite.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Jody's Website</a>SUPPORTSupport the show on <a href="http://www.patreon.com/jodywhite" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a>MUSIC<a href="http://www.sixorgans.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Six Organs of Admittance</a><a href="http://www.dragcity.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Drag City Records</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Stephen Hugh-Jones - Adventures In Anthropology

Stephen Hugh-Jones is a fellow of King's College Cambridge and has spent 45 years researching - and living among - the Amazonian Indians who live on the Equator, in South-Eastern Colombia. They are still one of the most remote peoples on earth, and when Dr Hugh-Jones and his wife Christine first went to live there, in the late 1960s, this was a people, and a culture, completely untouched by modern life. This was partly because people were afraid of them; they had a reputation for being dangerous and cannibalistic.In fact, Dr Hugh-Jones discovered that really they were a pacific people, with a very sophisticated set of religious beliefs. And music is a key part of their religious ceremonies. For Private Passions, Stephen Hugh-Jones brings along musical instruments that he has brought back from Colombia, and recordings he has made of music there. He chooses, too, music which he took with him to listen to when he was living so far from home, particularly Bach - who caused a surprising reaction in the Amazon. Other choices include Purcell, Alfred Brendel playing Schubert, Beethoven's String Quartet No 15 in A minor, and Cuban music played by an African band. Produced by Elizabeth BurkeA Loftus production for BBC Radio 3.

Stephen Hugh-Jones is a fellow of King's College Cambridge and has spent 45 years researching - and living among - the Amazonian Indians who live on the Equator, in South-Eastern Colombia. They are still one of the most remote peoples on earth, and when Dr Hugh-Jones and his wife Christine first went to live there, in the late 1960s, this was a people, and a culture, completely untouched by modern life. This was partly because people were afraid of them; they had a reputation for being dangerous and cannibalistic. In fact, Dr Hugh-Jones discovered that really they were a pacific people, with a very sophisticated set of religious beliefs. And music is a key part of their religious ceremonies. For Private Passions, Stephen Hugh-Jones brings along musical instruments that he has brought back from Colombia, and recordings he has made of music there. He chooses, too, music which he took with him to listen to when he was living so far from home, particularly Bach - who caused a surprising reaction in the Amazon. Other choices include Purcell, Alfred Brendel playing Schubert, Beethoven's String Quartet No 15 in A minor, and Cuban music played by an African band. Produced by Elizabeth Burke A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3.