MEDIATING DIFERENT WORLDS: A REFLECTION ON POSTURE OF PRAGMATIC SOCIOLOGY WHEN DIALOGUING WITH INDIGENOUS COLECTIVES

Authors

  • Marcela Meneghetti Baptista UFRGS
  • Gabriela Coelho-de-Souza UFRGS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-6524.16147

Keywords:

pragmatic sociology, symmetrical anthropology, symmetry in mediation, symmetry between human and non-human actors.

Abstract

This essay discusses mediation related to indigenous collectives from the pragmatic approach of sociology, in which the researcher is not in a privileged position, and where all actors have the critical capacity. It is emphasized that while recognizing the different human actors and their voice right, it is still missing "to civilize politics", which allows the entry of non-human entities that previously had no right to speak. In this process, two symmetries are fundamental: between human actors from different worlds and between humans and non-humans. The essay concludes that it is necessary to know of what the world of the other is done - in this case the indigenous world - and their concepts for the mediation become symmetrical.

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Author Biographies

Marcela Meneghetti Baptista, UFRGS

Bacharel em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Rural, Pesquisadora DESMA - Núcleo de Estudos em Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável e Mata Atlântica da Universidade Federal do rio Grande do Sul (PGDR/UFRGS).

Gabriela Coelho-de-Souza, UFRGS

Profa Depto Ciências Econômicas, Faculdade de Ciência Econômicas, DESMA - Núcleo de Estudos em Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável e Mata Atlântica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Rural, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Published

2011-06-29

How to Cite

BAPTISTA, Marcela Meneghetti; COELHO-DE-SOUZA, Gabriela. MEDIATING DIFERENT WORLDS: A REFLECTION ON POSTURE OF PRAGMATIC SOCIOLOGY WHEN DIALOGUING WITH INDIGENOUS COLECTIVES. Espaço Ameríndio, Porto Alegre, v. 5, n. 1, p. 160, 2011. DOI: 10.22456/1982-6524.16147. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/16147. Acesso em: 10 sep. 2026.

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ESSAY