O acervo etnográfico Xetá do Mãe-UFPR : tecnologia e fluxo de vivência dos artefatos

Abstract

The present work refers to the analysis of the flow of relations between the Xetá objects that are currently in the collection of the Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia da UFPR. These objects, collected, pillaged, bartered and produced together with the Xetá family groups, during scientific expeditions organized by the Department of Anthropology of the University of Paraná, between the years of 1955 and 1961, a period in which they were reported in the Serra dos Dourados forest, northwest region from the state of Paraná, Brazil, films, photographs, files, bibliographies and documentary and ethnographic interviews are mixed to reflect on the materiality of Xetá and its systemic relations of life between humans and non-humans. The purpose is to relate the various sociocultural contexts in order to understand the technological flows of Xetá materiality.

The present work refers to the analysis of the flow of relations between the Xetá objects that are currently in the collection of the Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia da UFPR. These objects, collected, pillaged, bartered and produced together with the Xetá family groups, during scientific expeditions organized by the Department of Anthropology of the University of Paraná, between the years of 1955 and 1961, a period in which they were reported in the Serra dos Dourados forest, northwest region from the state of Paraná, Brazil, films, photographs, files, bibliographies and documentary and ethnographic interviews are mixed to reflect on the materiality of Xetá and its systemic relations of life between humans and non-humans. The purpose is to relate the various sociocultural contexts in order to understand the technological flows of Xetá materiality.