Indigenous Peoples, Multicultural Policies and Rights Grounded in Cultural Difference

Autores/as

  • Dominique Tilkin Gallois Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas. Departamento de Antropologia
  • Tatiane Klein
  • Talita Lazarin Dal’ Bo Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas. Departamento de Antropologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9060.v15i0p31-48

Palabras clave:

Indigenous Rights. Indigenous Political Actions. Knowledge Practices. Public Policies

Resumen

The huge indigenous diversity in Brazil consists today of 246 people speaking more than 160 languages. This is a scenario that can be seen both from above, presenting a mosaic of historical situations and ways of life, but also seen in its complexity, vertically. Nevertheless, this diversity is still subsumed under the generic category of "Indian", which guides public policies for this minority. But at the same time, the identification with this generic category that allows many different peoples to know the common threats and fight to have their fundamental rights recognized, including the right to be different - to continue being who they are, beyond that categorization. In the article, we present some ways in which indigenous political actions try to deal with this situation, to evidence the complexity of the challenges for recognition of their claims and the guarantee of the rights established by the Federal Constitution of 1988

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Biografía del autor/a

  • Dominique Tilkin Gallois, Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas. Departamento de Antropologia
    docente do Departamento de Antropologia e coordenadora do Centro de Estudos Ameríndios da FFLCH-USP
  • Tatiane Klein
    mestre em antropologia social e pesquisadora do Instituto Socioambiental
  • Talita Lazarin Dal’ Bo, Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas. Departamento de Antropologia
    doutoranda em antropologia social pelo PPGAS-USP

Publicado

2016-06-30

Número

Sección

Dossie: As minorias e a sociedade

Cómo citar

Indigenous Peoples, Multicultural Policies and Rights Grounded in Cultural Difference. (2016). Revista De Cultura E Extensão USP, 15, 31-48. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9060.v15i0p31-48