The body aesthetics among amerindian peoples of western Amazonia

• Grant number: 12/22428-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2013
• End date: February 28, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Pedro de Niemeyer Cesarino
• Grantee: Ligia Balestra Vasconcelos
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project is dedicated to the aesthetics and the body ornamentation of lowland South America indigenous people. It proposes a bibliographical survey of studies published about this topic, focusing on productions of indigenous people of western Amazonia. From such a bibliographic survey, the project aims to investigate the possible relationship between ethnology and art history, in order to understand the notions of image and materiality for Amerindian people.(AU)