Arqueologia e ensino superior indígena: uma experiência na Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Campus de Barra do Bugres: 2006-2007

Abstract

This dissertation has as general objective to analyze the indigenous protagonism in the production of the knowledge about Archeology. The analyzed material was produced by a hundred indigenous teachers of twenty-two ethnic groups from the State of Mato Grosso who attend degree courses in the fields of Languages, Arts, Literatures; Mathematical , Natural; and Social Sciences of the “Indigenous Higher Education”, integrated into the “Intercultural Indigenous Higher Education Program” of the Mato Grosso State University (UNEMAT). The dissertation has as origin two courses accomplished in 2006 to these indigenous teachers: " Indigenous housing and Archeology” and " Archeology ". Besides that, the current study also discusses the historical construction about the Indian, in two aspects: the stereotype and the ethnic affirmation. Indigenous school education and the program called “Indigenous Higher Education” in Mato Grosso reflect a political vindicatory scene of the indigenous societies. The indigenous teachers inserted as protagonists in the context of the process of academic formation, investigation and knowledge production, demonstrate plural forms of reflecting, and acting on their historical and cultural patrimony. The importance of the research developed by the teachers stands out two points: the registration of the research and the return of the knowledge to the community. It was concluded that the group of ideas exposed by the teachers is related to political perspectives around Archeology, in their social, cultural, symbolic, and affective aspects.