Shaping attitudes about indigenous languages and cultures: the exhibition project “Os Caxinauás – autonomia e contato” in Belém, State of Pará, Brazil

Abstract

The paper approaches the subject of using a multimedia documentation corpus on indigenous language and culture in a broader perspective: its promotion via an exhibition – and by means of this making research stored in a digital archive available to a general public and encouraging a debate between representatives of the majority society and of the speech community itself. The exhibition “Os Caxinauás – autonomia e contato” (Belém, 2018) described here is the result of a collaborative project between linguists, an artist and members of the Cashinahua (Huni Kuin) community.