ollowing Seeds: Circuits and Paths of the Satere-Mawe Craftwork in Urban Amazoni

Author(s)

Serta, Ana Luisa ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Birkbeck Univ London, London - England

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: BULLETIN OF LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH; v. 41, n. 1 SEP 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

In the 1990s, seed craftwork became an important practice among Satere-Mawe women in Manaus, Brazil, following initiatives for their political and territorial organisation in the city. This article ethnographically explores how the production of seed necklaces mobilises an extensive circuit of people, plants, skills and knowledges that challenges strict divides between Amazonian cities and villages. In the city, seed variety reflects the ability of indigenous women to maintain multiple and multilocal relationships. Following the paths of the seeds, this article discusses how Satere-Mawe groups produce fluid spatialities and manage relations with human and non-human `others' between urban and forest areas. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/23881-0 - Following seeds: a study on Sateré-Mawé circuits and paths in the Amazon
• Grantee: Ana Luísa Sertã Almada Mauro
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master