2019
DOI: 10.3167/sa.2019.630206
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The Name of the Relation

Abstract: Taking as a starting point an apparently minor event during my fieldwork—the fact that I received an indigenous name from the Aweti, a Tupi-speaking people who inhabit the upper reaches of the Xingu River—this article explores how personal qualities are elicited through names. A presentation of the Aweti onomastic system will highlight its analytical potential to interpret not only the case in question, but also a native theory of descent centered on the familial transmission of chiefdom. Personal names emerge… Show more

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“…AQUA-HQE aims to control the impacts of a constructive or rehabilitation project on the external environment, comfort and health of users along the pre-project, design and execution phases (Fundação Vanzolini e Cerway, 2018). Since the AQUA-HQE started in Brazil, 502 projects have been certified (Fundação Vanzolini, 2019).…”
Section: Aqua-hqementioning
confidence: 99%