In the Production of Life: The Walking and Stopping of the Nukak
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https://doi.org/10.5433/2176-6665.2022v27n2e43903Keywords:
Nukak, nature, culture, transformation, environment, landscapeAbstract
The result of a work of biographical nature, this article is the result of a research carried out for the conclusion of a Master's Degree. The present work aims to discuss the ways of inhabiting the Nukak forests. Inhabitants of the Colombian Amazon, in the interfluve of the Middle Guaviare and the Upper Inírida, their mother tongue belongs to the Makú-puinave linguistic group. In particular, addressing this issue through two thematic axes: planting - food production and disposal - vegetative generation. We realized that through daily practices and disposal activities and constant mobilizations, the Nukak promote a transformation of the landscape in which they live. Furthermore, we discuss in the following lines how a dwelling model that prioritizes movement can act as a catalyst for changes in the environment. Finally, we discuss how mobility is a possible form of interaction that involves inhabiting and transforming the forest, in the case of the studied group.Downloads
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LINS, Juliana et al. Pre-Columbian floristic legacies in modern homegardens of Central Amazonia. Plos One, San Francisco, v. 10, n. 6, e0127067, 2015.
MAHECHA RUBIO, Dany et al. Los Nukak: um mundo nomada que se extingue. Santafé, Bogota: Coama, 1998. Documento de Trabajo, n. 6.
ORGANIZACIÓN NACIONAL INDÍGENA DE COLÔMBIA. Pueblos indígenas de Colombia. Disponível em: https://www.onic.org.co/pueblos. Acesso em: 22 fev. 2022.
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POLITIS, Gustavo G. Nukak: ethnoarchaeology of an Amazonian people. California: Left Coast Press Inc., 2007.
POLITIS, Gustavo G. Plant exploitation among the Nukak hunter-gatherers of Amazonia: between ecology and ideology. In: GOSDEN, C.; HATHER, J. (ed.). The prehistory of food: appetites for change. London: Routledge, 1999. p. 99-126.
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STEEGE, Hans ter et al. Hyperdominance in the Amazonian tree flora. Science, Washington, n. 342, e1243092, 2013.
SURRALLÉS, Alexandre; HIERRO, Pedro García (org.). The land within: indigenous territory and the perception of the environment. Copenhagen: Iwgia, 2015.
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ROMPINELLI, Raphael Gouvêa. In the Production of Life: The Walking and Stopping of the Nukak. Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais, Londrina, v. 27, n. 2, p. 1–16, 2022. DOI: 10.5433/2176-6665.2022v27n2e43903. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/43903. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.
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