Paiter People and the use of technologies for the management of the Indigenous Reserve Sete de Setembro, RO

Abstract

Several indigenous peoples have sought ways where the implementation of ethno-development is often mirrored in short-term, merely economic, regional processes in which ethnotechnology and the use of natural resources are disconnected from concerns about environmental impacts generated. Paiter Suruí people is one of those many indigenous peoples in Brazil who has bet on the technological force for the maintenance of their cultural and territorial preservation. This work aims to show the ordinary reality lived by the Paiter Surui by struggling in search of conquests and guarantees to their traditional territories and culture. For this, the knowledge and qualification of using technological tools by the Surui Paiter were and still are important transcultural-territorial means and strategies for the cultural-identity strengthening and for confrontation to the postcolonial discourses. This paper was based on the methodological approach of participant research, once the first author is indigenous of this ethnic group, while the second author has long experience with the native peoples of Rondônia and develops several activities in Indigenous Reserve Sete de Setembro, the territory of the Paiter Suruí.

Keywords

• Brazilian Amazon
• Cultural Strengthening
• Territory