Indigenous production in the brazilian Amazon

identities, ancestry and countercolonial representations

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present a part of this production developed in the Brazilian Amazon from the perspectives of identities under construction, the ancestry represented by the protagonism of indigenous peoples and against colonial representations that try to show another version of history through the eyes of indigenous peoples. The resistance of these peoples leads us to reflect on this production that permeates orality, writing and visual performances. They use writing as a strategy for the histories of each people, to resist the imposition that colonialism violently decreed, constructing narratives in which indigenous subjects were erased. Audiovisual narratives can provide greater visibility for indigenous people from collectives and filmmakers. The methodological path is based on a bibliographic and analytical investigation. We will use theorists that discuss this against colonial representativeness and indigenous productions such as: Dussel, Munduruku, Dorrico, Kambeba, Silveira, Schulze, Quirino, Thiél e Krenak. The analysis of such productions leads us to reflect on this production that permeates orality, writing and other visual resources, which use the written record as a strategy for their stories to resist the imposition decreed by colonialism, whose discursive productions erased indigenous subjects.