The Menire and the concept of participation: an ethnography of a development project among the Xikrin women of the Trincheira Bacajá indigenous land

• Grant number: 14/12748-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2014
• End date: December 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Anna Catarina Morawska Vianna
• Grantee: Joaquim Pereira de Almeida Neto
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 15/23420-0 - The concept of participation: native and analytical perspectives, BE.EP.IC

Abstract

This research project in Anthropology of Development proposes to investigate the concepts of participation and participative development in projects developed by the Funai-Altamira and directed to various indigenous peoples. The objective is to develop an ethnography that critically reflects upon the mobilization and application of these concepts during the elaboration and implementation of these projects. (AU)