"It is better to be safe, for we are invisible to Brazilian state: traditional Sateré-Mawé practices as a protection strategy

This article, written by a Sateré-Mawé researcher and a non-indigenous anthropologist, lists traditional avoidance and retreat save practices from the Sateré-Mawé, considering their notions of body, health and disease. Some critical historical moments in which the Mawé people had to retreat and how...

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Main Authors: Souza, Josias Ferreira de, Fiori, Ana Letícia de
Format: Online
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2021
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Online Access:https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/maloca/article/view/13789
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Summary:This article, written by a Sateré-Mawé researcher and a non-indigenous anthropologist, lists traditional avoidance and retreat save practices from the Sateré-Mawé, considering their notions of body, health and disease. Some critical historical moments in which the Mawé people had to retreat and how those traditional save practices can teach protection strategies against coronavirus nowadays, as once more the actions of the Brazilian state put indigenous peoples in risk in face of a new genocide menace. Some emerging conflicts during the pandemics are mentioned, in order to give context to the struggles of the Sateré-Mawé during the pandemic.
ISSN:2675-3111