The question of indigenous health in the social territories of Rio Grande do Norte

notes about the colonial period and the Covid-19 pandemic

Authors

  • Victor André Costa da Silva Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21680/1984-817X.2021v17n1ID22064

Keywords:

Indigenous health. Social Territories. Rio Grande do Norte. Covid-19.

Abstract

This article proposes to discuss the main challenges faced by indigenous people in Rio Grande do Norte regarding the issue of health in their social territories – concept proposal for anthropologist Paul Little – raising reflections regarding both the colonial period and the present day in the context of the covid-19 pandemic, when dialoguing with Historical Anthropology, through authors such as Barth; Almeida; Pacheco; Neves; among others. Through the analysis of documentary sources from the colonial period; official governments data; and oral reports by indigenous leaders in the state, there was intenses relationships between access to land and quality health, as well as the continuous resistance exerted by indigenous peoples, in the colonial period and also today in Rio Grande do Norte.

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Author Biography

Victor André Costa da Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Doutorando em História pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Mestre em História pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) e Especialista em Etnologia Indígena pela Universidade Venda Nova do Imigrante (FAVENI), vinculado ao grupo de pesquisa "Formação dos Espaços Coloniais: economia, sociedade e cultura" (FEC/UFRN/CNPq). Currículo Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/1790616482223788. E-mail: victor_acds@hotmail.com.

Published

28-03-2021

How to Cite

DA SILVA, V. A. C. The question of indigenous health in the social territories of Rio Grande do Norte: notes about the colonial period and the Covid-19 pandemic. Espacialidades Journal, [S. l.], v. 17, n. 1, p. 413–435, 2021. DOI: 10.21680/1984-817X.2021v17n1ID22064. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/espacialidades/article/view/22064. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.