Sabedorias, cosmologias e estratégias de caçadores numa unidade de conservação da Amazônia

Abstract

From an ethnoecological approach we study the knowledge, cosmologies and strategies of the hunters about the wild fauna of feeding importance. The study was conducted next to a quilombola community of Ipaú-Anilzinho’s Extractive Reserve, State of Pará, Brazilian Amazon. We use the methods of participant observation and semi-structured interviews as mechanisms to achieve the results, which were analyzed under qualitative and quantitative perspectives. Our study shows that traditional knowledge about hunting resources are essential in the life of quilombolas, since they are linked to processes of material and symbolic reproduction. Those knowledges about hunting are therefore mediated by both elements of practical and cosmological order, should be recognized as part of the cultural heritage. They should also be recognized in the conservation and management efforts of sociobiodiversity in the protected area studied, contributing to the involvement of the community in the strategies of intervention.

Keywords

• food
• quilombolas
• hunting
• sociobiodiversity
• Amazon