Abstract
The article explores Huni Kuin practices that simultaneously
constitute sociality, persons and their relationship with the environment.
When creating themselves in a material and social sense in inter-subjective
processes occurring in speci!c space-time con!gurations, they forge contingent
connections of ownership between people and places, and create the
conditions to open temporary clearings of human space in a world guarded
and cared for by non-human entities. 6e article begins by recalling the
commitment of Huni Kuin leaders to defending their ownership rights and
insisting on the demarcation of indigenous lands, as specified by Brazilian
law, for which they use a non-indigenous discursive language. The main
focus of this essay, however, is on indigenous practices of everyday life. It
explores the notion that, in an important sense, for this Amazonian people,
territory is not fixed, but depends on the constant transformation of the
co-presence of Huni Kuin who are involved in relationships with each other
and with other entities and persons from the surrounding world.
constitute sociality, persons and their relationship with the environment.
When creating themselves in a material and social sense in inter-subjective
processes occurring in speci!c space-time con!gurations, they forge contingent
connections of ownership between people and places, and create the
conditions to open temporary clearings of human space in a world guarded
and cared for by non-human entities. 6e article begins by recalling the
commitment of Huni Kuin leaders to defending their ownership rights and
insisting on the demarcation of indigenous lands, as specified by Brazilian
law, for which they use a non-indigenous discursive language. The main
focus of this essay, however, is on indigenous practices of everyday life. It
explores the notion that, in an important sense, for this Amazonian people,
territory is not fixed, but depends on the constant transformation of the
co-presence of Huni Kuin who are involved in relationships with each other
and with other entities and persons from the surrounding world.
| Translated title of the contribution | Space, person and movement in Amerindian sociality: : On Huni Kuin modes of relatedness. |
|---|---|
| Original language | Portuguese |
| Pages (from-to) | 223-256 |
| Journal | Revista de Antropologia |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Space
- Sociality
- Cashinahua
- Territory
- Amazonian Socio-cosmology