Anthropological practices, inter-group conflicts and shared colonial experiences in a regional context of the Lower Amazon

Práticas antropológicas, conflitos intergrupos e experiência colonial compartilhada em um contexto regional do Baixo Amazonas

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present new reflections on ethnographic research conducted in the Lower Amazon, in social situations investigated under fieldwork conditions over two and a half decades. During this period, nation-building developmental projects promoted by capitalist enterprises and the modernising state, regarded as the two most important powers that organise space today, have been implemented. In this context of hegemonic developmental policies, narratives related to territorial and cultural rights are produced, which equally count on the contribution of anthropologists through academic research and the elaboration of legal and administrative reports in Brazil as new narrative genres.

Key words:
Anthropological practices; Quilombolas; Munduruku of the Santarém Plateau; Territorial rights; Power relations