Urbanidade rural, território e sustentabilidade: relações decontato em uma comunidade indígena no noroeste amazônico

Mobilização social em saúde e saneamento em processo de pesquisa-ação em uma comunidade indígena no noroeste amazônico

“…As an intervention strategy and sustainability perspective, this initiative emerged with the identification of a strong indigenous militancy for political questions, which has been marked, during more than 20 years of struggle, by the recognition of the right to and homologation of their land and, more recently, by the strong presence of the Indians in the process of social control of health. This process used to be restricted to welfare discussion; it still had not headed towards preventive health (Toledo et al, 2009), as was expected as the unfolding of the process proposed in the question of basic sanitation and good sanitary practices.…”

“…In the attempt to respond to these interests, the data that constituted the Report that had been produced in the first stage of the action research process (2005 -2006) began to be analyzed. These data were related to the socio-environmental diagnosis and to the health/disease representations of the local indigenous population (Giatti et al, 2007;Toledo et al 2006;2009). It is important to highlight that this document was one of the main subsidies for the course, because, although there was the collaboration of the Indians who participated in the action research, it was necessary to deepen the discussion of some themes, aiming to qualify and strengthen the group, and to enable that the Report was effectively legitimated as a political instrument.…”

“…Regarding the newspaper's content, three aspects were considered very positive: the approach to the importance of natural resources and their conservation; the adequate analysis of the local sanitary problems, with direct and indirect consequences to human health, as well as the possible solutions to them; and the inclusion of a section with indigenous myths, in view of their relevance, as the local inhabitants' understanding of the health-disease process took into account the sanitary conceptions that came from the contact agencies, but with significant re-signification in light of the local culture (Giatti et al, 2007;Toledo et al, 2009).…”

“…We also highlight that the work of the Indian health agents was more valued. Toledo et al (2009) have identified in Iauaretê an indigenous logic that was imposed in the process of organization of the local space. Even though it is characterized by urban features, values and beliefs related to mythology have been relevant both in the use and handling of natural resources (for example, in fishing and hunting), and in the actions of prevention and cure, associated in many cases with food restrictions.…”

Impressões e compreensões sobre uma comunidade rural na Amazônia, Brasil

“…Enfim, chegada a hora, o ensaio deve soltar as amarras e tentar, por sua vez, ser ele mesmo uma obra, de sua própria e vacilante autoridade. 1 Concluindo, no trabalho de "pensar por imagens" (p) na comunidade de Rio Pardo, este espaço localizado entre o rural, a mata e uma urbanidade rural 4,5 , a "vacilante autoridade" de nosso discurso trilhou os ramais que se fazem perder de vista pela mata, mas que, no entanto, nos levaram ao encontro de vidas e suas histórias. Homens, mulheres, crianças, jovens e idosos que nos recepcionaram com invejável cordialidade.…”