Abstract

SCARAMUZZI, Igor. The arts of arremedar: acts of creation between humans and animals in the upper Trombetas (Pará, Brasil). Etnográfica [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.1, pp.69-86. ISSN 0873-6561.  https://doi.org/10.4000/etnografica.6329.

Among the Quilombolas of upper Trombetas river, in northern Pará state, arremedar is a set of devices used in hunting activities in order to create encounters with animals that are being chased in land or water. Arremedar includes not only the production of sounds rhythmically and melodically similar to those produced by animals, but also the creation by hunters and fishers of physical and sensible elements that are part of the habitats where these animals live and of its relations with other beings. In this article I argue that the notion of arremedar is part of a form of knowledge that acts in the constitution of human-animal relations. Arremedar, therefore, is associated to the environment and to perceptions, techniques and behaviors of different living beings. Finally, it is intended to address ways of learning how to arremedar to further elucidate the relationship between living beings and environments in the scope of processes and contexts in which this practice is employed.

Keywords : Amazon; knowledge; humans and animals; environment.

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