Sympathetic science: analogism in Brazilian ethnobiological repertoires among quilombolas of the Atlantic forest and Amazonian ribeirinhos

Autor(es)

Prado, Helbert Medeiros ^[1] ; Murrieta, Rui Sergio Sereni ^[2] ; Shepard, Jr., Glenn Harvey ^[3] ; de Lima Souza, Tamires ^[4] ; Schlindwein, Marcelo Nivert ^[5]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Fed Univ Para, Philosophy & Social Sci Inst, Augusto Correa Str, BR-66075110 Belem, PA - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Biosci Inst, 277 Matao Str, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[3] Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Dept Anthropol, 1901 Perimetral Av, BR-66077830 Belem, PA - Brazil

^[4] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Ctr Sci & Technol Sustainabil, Highway 110km, BR-18052780 Sorocaba, SP - Brazil

^[5] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Washington Luis Highway 235km, BR-13565905 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; v. 18, n. 1 JAN 3 2022.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Background Drawing on Phillipe Descola's comparative analysis of ontological regimes across cultures, this article identifies analogism guiding ethnobiological repertories among two distinctive traditional tropical forest communities in Brazil. Methods We carried out participant observation, semi-structured interviews and informal dialog with 48 individuals, among quilombolas of the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil and ribeirinhos of the Amazon. Results We documented 60 traditional practices governed by analogical principles, comprising hunting, ethnomedical practices, food taboos, and other interactions with non-human entities. We also identify and classify the analogical principles reported in the field data. Based on this classification, we address the phenomenological dimension of the ethnobiological repertoires and discuss the epistemological and ontological foundations of this form of reasoning. We also hypothesize on the role of analogism shaping ethnobiological repertories more generally in Brazil. Conclusion The heuristic model we apply-articulating phenomenology, epistemology and ontology-could prove valuable in ethnobiology and the emerging field of ``anthropology beyond the human.{''} (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 16/04680-4 - A práxis na paisagem e a experiência do conhecimento ecológico entre quilombolas e caboclos (Mata Atlântica e Amazônia)
• Beneficiário: Helbert Medeiros Prado
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Jovens Pesquisadores
• Processo FAPESP: 19/18730-1 - Conectando plantas, animais e pessoas: uma análise ontológica a partir de uma abordagem etnobiológica entre quilombolas e ribeirinhos (Mata Atlântica e Amazônia)
• Beneficiário: Tamires de Lima Souza
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado
• Processo FAPESP: 17/25105-0 - A práxis na paisagem e a experiência do conhecimento ecológico entre quilombolas e caboclos (Mata Atlântica e Amazônia)
• Beneficiário: Helbert Medeiros Prado
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Jovens Pesquisadores