Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: CRISTIANO LUCAS DE MENEZES ALVES

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : CRISTIANO LUCAS DE MENEZES ALVES
DATE: 19/05/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Modalidade remota via google meet
TITLE:

DIVERSITY AND FOOD HABITS AMONG THE TUPARI PEOPLE IN RONDONIA, BRAZIL

KEY WORDS:

Tupari; Food culture; Food and nutricional security.

PAGES: 94
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Antropologia
SUBÁREA: Etnologia Indígena
SUMMARY:

The social and health dynamics of indigenous peoples in Brazil are directly impacted by agricultural expansion, current agricultural and environmental policies, and the actions of groups interested in land exploitation. The contact between indigenous peoples and society imposes changes in cultural and dietary habits, division of labor, consumption, and subsistence. The Rio Branco Indigenous Land in Rondonia is marked by these transformations and is surrounded by cities with great economic activity, with the implementation of fish farming, agro-pastoralism, and infrastructure projects, such as hydroelectric plants. Recent research reports nutritional transition, persistent unfavorable health and nutrition indicators, extreme health inequities, and disadvantages in relation to the non-indigenous population. Based on the ethnographies among the Tupari indigenous people carried out by Emil Heinrich Snethlage and Franz Caspar, in the first half of the 20th century, this study seeks to identify factors contributing to the process of continuity of traditional eating habits, observing the records described in the literature, comparing ethnographic and historical information to the current context verified, as well as recording the Tupari food diversity, characterizing the importance of agricultural items and environmental management.Through remote interviews and chat applications, a dialogue is established about the texts already produced about indigenous agriculture, and the production, management and persistence of indigenous agricultural cultivars has been investigated. The recruitment of participants was guided by the technique known as Snowball Sampling, in order to structure a chain of references for qualitative and ethnographic research. A fantastic persistence of traditional techniques and knowledge in food management and production among the Tupari has been observed, despite the historical process of weakening of the ethnic group. The traditional production process, narrated in the first ethnographies, still remains among the majority of the indigenous group. Some cultivars such as peanuts, tubers and corn are examples of diversity that derive from varieties that have accompanied the ethnic group since contact. However, mechanization in agriculture, monoculture for large-scale commercialization and climate changes such as strong heat waves and extreme drought, are challenges and aggressors that currently tend to compromise Tupari food diversity, loss of traditional knowledge and nutritional scarcity. Recording and encouraging knowledge of Tupari productive diversity and food culture should constitute actions in learning and cultural appreciation spaces, including those linked to the health and sustainability sector.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 396494 - ARI MIGUEL TEIXEIRA OTT
Interna - 2079305 - DEBORA FRANCIELLY DE OLIVEIRA
Interna - 2440330 - MONICA PEREIRA LIMA CUNHA
Externa ao Programa - 396637 - ARNEIDE BANDEIRA CEMIN - UNIRExterna ao Programa - 2140911 - GEAN CARLA DA SILVA SGANDERLA - UNIRExterno ao Programa - 1734141 - CARLOS AUGUSTO ZIMPEL NETO - UNIRExterno à Instituição - FELIPE FERREIRA VANDER VELDEN - UFSCAR