Sympathetic science: analogism in Brazilian ethnobiological repertoires among quilombolas of the Atlantic forest and Amazonian ribeirinhos

Autor: Helbert Medeiros Prado, Rui Sérgio Sereni Murrieta, Glenn Harvey Shepard, Tamires de Lima Souza, Marcelo Nivert Schlindwein
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1746-4269
DOI: 10.1186/s13002-021-00499-0
Popis: Abstract Background Drawing on Phillipe Descola’s comparative analysis of ontological regimes across cultures, this article identifies analogism guiding ethnobiological repertories among two distinctive traditional tropical forest communities in Brazil. Methods We carried out participant observation, semi-structured interviews and informal dialog with 48 individuals, among quilombolas of the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil and ribeirinhos of the Amazon. Results We documented 60 traditional practices governed by analogical principles, comprising hunting, ethnomedical practices, food taboos, and other interactions with non-human entities. We also identify and classify the analogical principles reported in the field data. Based on this classification, we address the phenomenological dimension of the ethnobiological repertoires and discuss the epistemological and ontological foundations of this form of reasoning. We also hypothesize on the role of analogism shaping ethnobiological repertories more generally in Brazil. Conclusion The heuristic model we apply—articulating phenomenology, epistemology and ontology—could prove valuable in ethnobiology and the emerging field of “anthropology beyond the human.”
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