CHALLENGING A TOWN’S IDENTITY: AN ANALYSIS OF CONFLICTS OVER THE TRADE CONDUCTED BY INDIANS IN A CITY OF THE GAUCHO HIGHLANDS

Authors

  • Juliane Bazzo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-6524.51124

Keywords:

urban anthropology, indians in cities, spatial conflicts.

Abstract

The article approaches the conflict over the commerce carried out by the Kaingang people in a tourist town located in the Gaucho Highlands, southern Brazil, under the light of the socio-historical process of elaboration of the city’s iconic identity. Despite the government and other local social segments opposing to their marketing activities, with the justification of a required commercial regulation, it is advocated here that the dispute has a deeper explanation -- the shock with the town’s representative identity, which is centered in the idea of a successful ethnic blend, provided by the German and Italian colonization. This shock occurs not only by the presence of the indians in the city, but also by the w of trade undertaken by them, classified as itinerant, as well as by the type of product sold, characterized as industrialized and made in Asia. From this central discussion, other historical and/or contemporary identity contrasts are discussed.

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Author Biography

Juliane Bazzo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Mestre em Antropologia Social pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Doutoranda em Antropologia Social pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Bolsista CNPq.

Published

2015-06-22

How to Cite

BAZZO, Juliane. CHALLENGING A TOWN’S IDENTITY: AN ANALYSIS OF CONFLICTS OVER THE TRADE CONDUCTED BY INDIANS IN A CITY OF THE GAUCHO HIGHLANDS. Espaço Ameríndio, Porto Alegre, v. 9, n. 1, p. 54, 2015. DOI: 10.22456/1982-6524.51124. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/51124. Acesso em: 23 sep. 2026.

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