Sociocultural, Political and Economic Transformations of the Baniwa People: insertion into the globalized world
Transformations. Indigenous. Baniwa. Rio Negro. Rio Içana
The theme discussed here, "Sociocultural, Political and Economic Transformations of the
Baniwa People: insertion into the globalized world", seeks to study and present factors and
experiences that have contributed, over time, to changes in the sociocultural, sociopolitical
and socioeconomic traditions of the Baniwa people in the region of the Içana river and its
tributaries. These are transformations that occur from the period of life in a situation without
much contact with other peoples to the 'civilized' life with intensive contact with other peoples
or life in a globalized society (effective contact with the whole world). The discussion of
these issues is based on the stories contacted by ancestors, academic experiences,
professionals and participation in indigenous movements and non-indigenous policies, as well
as the analysis of indigenous leaders and professionals from different areas of knowledge. The
descriptions are organized into five parts: the first part deals with the questions that guide the
research, such as theme, justifications, methodologies and bibliographic basis. The second
part provides descriptions of the author's 'Ethnic and geographic origin', discusses and
analyzes issues related to the identification of the village of origin; characterization of the
Awadzoro clan. It also succinctly describes the history of the first characters of social, cultural
and geographic transformation based on forced contacts with the colonizers. It also discusses
kinship terms, not in the sense of how kinship terms are organized among the Baniwa, but
from the point of view of the transformation or exchange of kinship terms by names in other
languages, such as Portuguese and Spanish. In this analysis, the consequences that these
transformations of traditions bring about in the daily life of communities and families. The
third part comes with descriptions of academic experiences, professional experiences,
positions and occupations, participation in non-indigenous policies and in the indigenous
movement of the Rio Negro. And the fourth part analyzes and reflects on the transformations
of access to public universities in Brazil, the use in alimentation and therapeutic use of
pepper, prejudiced terms used in the upper Içana river region, as well as the transformation of
conflict management among the Baniwa. The purpose is to understand the transformations
brought about by the introduction or acceptance of the cultures of other peoples by the
Baniwa, in particular, Western culture. The study was done from several angles through
observations, participations, interviews, conversations and other means of obtaining
information. With this, it is expected to expose to the reader public important information
about the current reality of the Baniwa people as an important tool for political decision-
making in various fields of interest to the Baniwa communities, as well as serving as a
reference for further studies.