African Anthropology
Mostrando 1-12 de 12 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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1. Berimbau's "use value" and "exchange value": production and consumption as symbols of freedom in contemporary global Capoeira Angola
This article approaches the historical transformations surrounding the use of the berimbau - a musical instrument of African origin, which became Capoeira's greatest symbol - and the relation between this process with the history of the Afro-Brazilian population. In the perspective of the Anthropology of Economics, the berimbau is analyzed from the beginning
Vibrant, Virtual Braz. Anthr.. Publicado em: 2012-12
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2. Gestão do turismo em território de grande densidade religiosa: o caso do Novo México.
This dissertation explores relationships between tourism and religious identities hoping to contribute to the broadening of theoretical perspectives on tourism development and cultures. It assumes that many tourist destinies include temples and local religious festivals throughout the world even if the choice for the travel was not reflecting the primary rel
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 08/07/2011
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3. Antropologia dental : traços não-métricos de uma amostra brasileira / Dental anthropology : non-metric traits of a Brazilian sample
The non-metric traits in tooth morphology, for their excellent preservation, and inter-population variation, immune from selection pressure, are known to be one of the major sources of observation for researchers who analyze human variation and its relationship to the populations biological history. In a forensic context, the knowledge of the local morpholog
Publicado em: 2011
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4. The veiled and unveiled: images of the Feast of Congada / O velado e o revelado: imagens da Festa da Congada
Guarded and revealed: images of the Feast of Congada is a result of the research on processes of perception attributed to the look that report to the visible world, but also to the invisible world, which apprehension and understanding includes codes, modulation and education of senses diverse and specific. Based on fieldwork with images, the Feast of Congada
Publicado em: 2010
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5. The Mata Cavalo Quilombo, a black phoenix in Mato Grosso, Brazil : etnicity and struggle for land / Quilombo Mata Cavalo, a fenix negra mato-grossense : etnicidade e luta pela terra no estado de Mato Grosso
The Quilombo Mata Cavalo is located 10 kilometers away from the municipality of Nossa Senhora do Livramento, State of Mato Grosso, and 42 kilometers from Cuiaba, in the south of the state. The 14,700 hectares of this quilombo are home to 418 quilombola families, 60% of which reside in the area or at neighboring towns. Mata Cavalo is part or the Sesmaria Boa
Publicado em: 2009
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6. Um estudo sobre os sonhos no candomblé. / A study of dreams in candomblé.
The present paper studies the dreams on candomblé, its nature, importance and symbology, among individuals of Bahia state ketu candomblé and Pernambuco state xangô. The essay uses as its theoretical basis the presupposition of the so called the new anthropology of dreaming`, term coined by Barbara Tedlock on an article of the same name publised on Dreamin
Publicado em: 2008
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7. Identidade em Diálogo: A identidade cultural do negro africano a partir de uma análise da convivência em um Instituto missionário católico pluricultural
The major cultural changes that are emerging nowadays present a new identity and a sharp interrogation of its theories apart from social-relational tensions. In this respect, the object of this research presents a scientific theme in general for curiosity purposes. Brought to the camp of Religious Sciences, it aims at integrating the debate process about dif
Publicado em: 2007
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8. The South of Mozambique and the anthropology s history: the life in a South African tribe, by Henry Junod / O sul de Moçambique e a historia da antropologia : os usos e costumes dos bantos, de Henri Junod
The object of this research is the work Ufe in a $outh African Tribe, wrote in 1913 by the Swiss missionary and ethnographer Henri Junod (1863-1934). His ethnographic work in the south of Mozambique, particularly with the costumes study of what had been named "tsonga" group, had relevance in several themes in the anthropological debate. However, the anthropo
Publicado em: 2006
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9. A congada e a camera : ação afro-descendente e representação midiatica / Congada and the camera : african-descending action and media s representation
The Party of Congada of São Sebastião do Paraíso, MG, is a secular Party of afrodescendant origin, carried through, by means of the confluence of multiple interests articulated between the producers of the Party, called congadeiros and moçambiqueiros, the representatives of the City hall, Church, traders and farmers, and more recently the companies of me
Publicado em: 2005
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10. A cerâmica utilitária do povoado histórico Muquém: a etnomatemática dos remanescentes do Quilombo dos Palmares / The kichenware ceramic of the Muquém community: the Ethnomathematics of the remnants of the Quilombo of Palmares
The aim of this paper is to use the Ethnomathematics Program to develop a study and analysis of the work of a Brazilian crafstsperson. I intend to use the program in order to understand the mathematical skills involved in her works, as well as the way such skills were transmitted. Mrs. Marinalva Bezerra da Silva, an inhabitant of the Muquém community, a rem
Publicado em: 2005
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11. Crossroads and pathways / Encruzilhadas e travessias:o encontro do humano e do divino na casa de cadomblé Ilê Axé Kalamu Funfum, sob o olhar da psicologia transpessoal e da poética de Gaston Bachelard
This work is based both on specialized literature and field research at Ilê Axé Kalamu Funfum. Its main focus is Candomble, an African-Brazilian initiatic religion based on rituals structured around myths and transmitted orally. In order to study Candomble it is important to define what myths are as well as their meaning in the present time; to define the
Publicado em: 2005
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12. Misticism and Protestantism: A Phenomenologic Study of Religious Experiences. / MISTICISMO E PROTESTANTISMO: UM ESTUDO FENOMENOLÓGICO DAS EXPERIÊNCIAS RELIGIOSAS
The present thesis investigates the manifestations of mysticism in the Brazilian Protestantism, especially in its origins, having as observation field the activity missionary. This work is registered in the middle of studies that approach the relations between culture, religion and modernity, mainly when related with the symbolic field. It is a exploratory r
Publicado em: 2005