Plantas-filha e a beleza das roças: o lugar das plantas na cosmologia Apinajé

Abstract

This dissertation deals with the relationship between plants grown on the farm and the Apinajé indigenous people, from the Jê-Timbira group located in the Cerrado of Tocantins. The research aims to interpret the cosmologies existing on their small farms, and the intimacy with “child plants”, distinctive of the Apinajé’s agriculture. Starting from a strategic perspective about a specific village - the Brejinho village - we seek to comprehend the cycle of the farm and the relationship between mother and daughter established on the small farm. From a historical perspective of relationship with plants, attributed cosmologies and the recognition of agro-biodiversity on the small farms, as well as the traditional knowledge attributed to them.