Smoked natures: the Tembé and the carbon credit market

Author(s)

Rodrigo Gomes Lobo

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2015-11-27

Examining board members

Marta Rosa Amoroso; Stelio Alessandro Marras; Guilherme José da Silva e Sá; Renzo Romano Taddei; Felipe Ferreira Vander Velden

• Advisor: Marta Rosa Amoroso

Abstract

In mid-2006 the collective Tupi Tembé - Tenetehara from the Indigenous land of the Alto Rio Guama began various negotiation processes involving projects in the carbon credit market. This thesis examines these connections placing them in the native view of relationships. The analysis emphasizes the implied cosmographic differences, presenting a model of the Tembé\'s cosmos architecture based on the native mythological corpus, studies of indigenous astronomy, research on shamanism and the pan-Amerindian multi-naturalism. (AU)