Projektinformation
Beskrivning (abstrakt)
The aim of this research carried out in the University of Helsinki and Ethnology and Comparative Sociology Research Institute/EREA (Enseignement et Recherche en Ethnologie Amérindienne), Université Paris X Nanterre, France, is to study comparatively how young indigenous people draw upon what they call their cultural traditions. The focus is on the production of cultural, social, and ethnic capitals (resources) through indigenous traditions. The studied groups will be Manchineri and Apurinã youths living in Brazilian Amazonia. In looking at how these two groups employ their cultural traditions, the aim is also to find out if their use of these traditions relates to the Amerindian way of viewing differences and similarities between different actors that has its basis in producing different bodies and constructing certain social relations.
The research questions are the following:
1) Is the young natives’ way of reproducing traditions related to the Amerindian way of viewing differences and similarities between different subjects?
2) How cultural traditions relate to the question of power as well as new forms of leadership and social roles hold by the young people?
3) What do older generations expect from the transition to adulthood and how it impacts indigenous adolescence?
4) What are the differences between young female and male natives in representing and producing cultural traditions in their bodies?
5) How do the embodied cultural models of Amazonian natives operate in current rural and urban environments?
6) How have the cultural traditions and ritualistic practices of young people changed in the history of Manchineris and Apurinãs, and how is the change to be understood comparatively taking into account environmental changes, economic, political, social, and legal processes?
The data will consist of ethnographic material collected from interviews, participant observation, photographs, and video recordings, drawings made by indigenous young people, and archival data to be collected in Paris. The fieldwork is has been partly carried out, but will be continued in rural and urban areas: the Manchineri reserve, the Apurinã reserve, and Rio Branco, the capital of Acre state. Thus, the study compares urban and rural contexts, as well as two different ethnic groups.
The research questions are the following:
1) Is the young natives’ way of reproducing traditions related to the Amerindian way of viewing differences and similarities between different subjects?
2) How cultural traditions relate to the question of power as well as new forms of leadership and social roles hold by the young people?
3) What do older generations expect from the transition to adulthood and how it impacts indigenous adolescence?
4) What are the differences between young female and male natives in representing and producing cultural traditions in their bodies?
5) How do the embodied cultural models of Amazonian natives operate in current rural and urban environments?
6) How have the cultural traditions and ritualistic practices of young people changed in the history of Manchineris and Apurinãs, and how is the change to be understood comparatively taking into account environmental changes, economic, political, social, and legal processes?
The data will consist of ethnographic material collected from interviews, participant observation, photographs, and video recordings, drawings made by indigenous young people, and archival data to be collected in Paris. The fieldwork is has been partly carried out, but will be continued in rural and urban areas: the Manchineri reserve, the Apurinã reserve, and Rio Branco, the capital of Acre state. Thus, the study compares urban and rural contexts, as well as two different ethnic groups.
| Status | Slutfört |
|---|---|
| Gällande start-/slutdatum | 01/01/2009 → 30/12/2012 |