Open AccessO impacto da escrita na sociedade Waimiri-Atroari
Author(s) -
Stephen Grant Baines
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
cadernos de linguagem e sociedade
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2179-4790
pISSN - 0104-9712
DOI - 10.26512/les.v2i1.2948
Subject(s) - indigenous , political science , style (visual arts) , administration (probate law) , ethnology , history , humanities , economic growth , art , law , archaeology , ecology , biology , economics
This article examines the impact of the written word on the Waimiri-Atroari, an indigenous people who live in the north of Amazonas and south of Roraima States. I briefly outline the history of interethnic contact of these people with segments of the national society, and the process of colonization, which includes the colonization of thejr language. I then focus a new style of Indian policy administration subordinated to the large-scale economic development interests of big companies, which I call "entrepreneural Indian policy", reinforced by an intensive marketing campaign at the national and international level, incorporating some Waimiri-Atroari into the propaganda to make it appear that the company funded assistance programme has "saved" the Waimiri-Atroari from extinction.