Percepções sobre o uso de álcool em uma comunidade indígena potiguar,

Barreto, Ivan Farias; Dimenstein, Magda; Leite, Jáder Ferreira

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“…Mind/body dualism is the foundation for what Latour (1993, p. 12) refers to as "the Great Divide" between the human (Culture) and nonhuman (Nature) realms that characterizes modern Western thought. The mind/body dichotomy is not such a problem for Amazonian Indigenous peoples (e.g., Barreto, 2022;McCallum, 1996;Taylor, 1996;Viveiros de Castro, 1996), but it is for Western scientists, anthropologists, and policymakers, who are constantly tripping over Cartesian dualism and the related nature/culture divide in their efforts to implement sustainable development goals. There is no doubt that the reductive, rationalist principles established by Descartes and other early Enlightenment philosophers and scientists contributed to the phenomenal growth and success of Western science and technology over the ensuing centuries.…”

Section: Indigenous and Western Science: Possibilities And Limitation...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Sensory Ecology, Bioeconomy, and the Age of COVID: A Parallax View of Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge

Shepard

Daly

2023

Topics in Cognitive Science

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Drawing on original ethnobotanical and anthropological research among Indigenous peoples across the Amazon, we examine synergies and dissonances between Indigenous and Western scientific knowledge about the environment, resource use, and sustainability. By focusing on the sensory dimension of Indigenous engagements with the environment—an approach we have described as “sensory ecology” and explored through the method of “phytoethnography”—we promote a symmetrical dialogue between Indigenous and scientific understandings around such phenomena as animal–plant mutualisms, phytochemical toxicity, sustainable forest management in “multinatural” landscapes, and the emergence of new diseases like the novel coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2 (COVID‐19). Drawing examples from our own and other published works, we explore the possibilities and limitations of a “parallax view” attempting to hold Indigenous and scientific knowledge in focus simultaneously. As the concept of “bioeconomy” emerges as a key alternative for sustainable development of the Amazon, we encourage a critical and urgent engagement between dominant Western conceptions and Indigenous Amazonian knowledge, practices, and cultural values. Cognitive science, which has long contributed to studies of Indigenous categorization and conceptualization of the natural world, continues to play an important role in building bridges of mutual communication and respect between Indigenous and scientific approaches to sustainability and biodiversity conservation.

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Section: Indigenous and Western Science: Possibilities And Limitation...mentioning

confidence: 99%