SHAMAN, CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AND TERMINOLOGY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN PARKATEJÊ.

Abstract

This paper consists in the study of the medicinal plants methodology, which is used for medicinal treatment and healing of the Parkatêjê diseases, an indigenous community localized in the Mãe Maria Indigenous Land, in Bom Jesus do Tocantins, southeast of Pará. The practical result of this work was the elaboration of a socioterminological glossary of medicinal plants, which emerges from the Pajé’s speech; he is considerate a specialist in indigenous health, according to Athias (2015). The study is based on theoretical and methodological presupposes of Socioterminology (FAULSTICH, 1990, 1995, 2006, 2010a e 2010b; GAUDIN, 1993), and Cultural Terminology (DIKI-KIDIRE, 2009). To the organization and treatment of the database, the computational program Flex was used, and for the glossary elaboration, the software Lexique Pro. The glossary contains, as preliminary results, 111 terms, shown in alphabetical order, 33 being illustrated. The choice of this subject was made due to its cultural and social importance. We expect that this terminographical work might contribute for the fortification and preservation of cultural and linguistic knowledge.