Abstract

RITA RAMOS, Alcida. On ethnic misunderstandings. univ.humanist. [online]. 2015, n.80, pp.53-75. ISSN 0120-4807.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.UH80.smai.

The phenomenon known by terms such as méconaissance, cross purposes, productive misunderstandings, wrong compatibilities, etc. are studied. They refer to the socio-political consequences of imperfect communication in the context of interethnic relations between indigenous people and the surrounding society. Within a wide spectrum, three concepts were chosen based on the obvious contrast between indigenous and national interpretations: democracy, power and nepotism. These concepts and their practices exemplify a new phase of Indigenism that could be called not interethnic, but epistemic friction in Brazil and abroad.

Keywords : indigenism; false understanding; democracy; power; nepotism.

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