Ok I got it there are some people interested in what kind of work I do in the Amazon… Since most of you already know the basics (I guess, but in any case it’s about community mapping of landscapes in the Madidi National Park and adjacent communities). The main difficulty, let me think which one is the main, because there are so many…. 🙂
No seriously, the main difficulty is that many researchers before me have done very unethical work and its become difficult to do any type of research. As my thesis is about mapping, I am in so far lucky as this is a very hot topic and many people are still interested in collaborating, although not all of course… If I were an archeologist I would not even dare to set foot on community land after what they did here (and no, I’m  not talking about the conquistadores or the 1860’s, but about the year 2005, robbing indigenous graveyards and the like…!)
Some impressions from field work (in the field, and a community mapping workshop):
@Fraenzi: Zu dinere spezifische Frag: ich schaffe  jetzt mit eme linguischt zaeme, aber es haett kei vorhaeng sondern er  nimmt sini date unter freiem himmel uuf!! Vilicht soettsch ihn mal kennelerne zum dis bild vo feld-linguiste aazpasse. 😀
@Icebear: see north face blouse put to good use in the ‘jungle’ AND at workshop. 🙂
@Fraenz: sorry natuerli ganz vergaesse aber Du haesch scho richtig gseh, s gruene Liibli isch natuerli vo Dir und es leischtet mir sehr gueti dienscht wells vo de Sunnae und vo de Mugge/Sandfluege etc. schuetzt!
