The agricultural system of Middle Jequitinhonha indigenous peoples: resilience and formation of landscapes

• Grant number: 23/02218-5
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: December 01, 2023
• End date: November 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology - Indigenous Ethnology
• Principal Investigator: Joana Cabral de Oliveira
• Grantee: Joana Cabral de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Daniel Rocha Cangussu Alves ; Fernanda Antunes Carvalho
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/22477-8 - WHEN RELATIVES KEEP MEMORIES: Aranã Caboclo Genealogy of the Middle Jequitinhonha, Agencies in a Context of Ethnogenesis, BP.IC

Abstract

This project aims to empirically investigate the dynamics of constitution of a Traditional Agricultural System (TAS) of indigenous peoples of the middle Jequitinhonha River (MG), as well as the impact and risk factors that threaten and transform it. Operating with theoretical discussions of multispecies ethnography and decolonial criticism, the aim is to contribute to the dissemination and consolidation of discussions in Brazilian anthropology in these areas, as well as to position itself in the international debate. It is also intended that this project will allow subsidizing discussions in the field of public policies that act with the maintenance and safeguard of SATs. (AU)