Rameando identities in the Caminhada dos Tupinambá of Olivença-Ba
Tupinambás de Olivença; Ethnic Identity; Sociopolitical Organization; Indigenous
cultural production; Activism.
This dissertation analyzes movements of resistance and identity affirmations carried out
by the Tupinambá from Olivença-Ba, starting from the event known as Caminhada dos Tupinambás de Olivença, made since 2001, it was produced in an intercultural and interethnic context of material and symbolic disputes. These movements run through the dispute of the meanings of indianity and also the place that these identities occupy in the constitution of society and the State. This research sought to identify the aspects of a positive reconstitution of its subjectivities, to the collective strengthening of the sociopolitical organization, the cultural dynamics and the material life of the Tupinambá. The analyses are made mostly from oral sources of the Tupinambá, through direct interviews or brought from researches and publications, seeking to perceive the senses and effects produced by these movements that feature especially the Caminhada, besides the ways in which they mobilize, present, update and affirm narratives and representations of ethnic identity, in regard both internally and externally
to this identity.