Emic classifications about nature – ethnobiology in Brazil and the socialization of natural species

Authors

  • Eduardo Carrara Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v5i5-6p25-46

Keywords:

Ethnobiology, Anthropology, Indian Societies, Nature

Abstract

Here I deal with the beginnings and the development of the Brazilian studies about ethnobiology i.e. the analysis of how societies with oral tradition (mainly Indian ones) perceive, name and classify plants and animals. I also discuss the theoretical perspectives of every study in order to reflect about emic classifications of nature not as formal, self-sufficient systems, but as products of a socialization of the natural species, put into action through activities and cosmological thinking.

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Author Biography

  • Eduardo Carrara, Universidade de São Paulo
    Mestre em Antropologia Social pela USP. Atualmente e’ pesquisador do Grupo Mari de Educagdo Indigena — USP

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Published

1996-03-30

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 5-6 (1996)

Section

Articles and Essays

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How to Cite

Carrara, E. (1996). Emic classifications about nature – ethnobiology in Brazil and the socialization of natural species. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 5(5-6), 25-46. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v5i5-6p25-46