A construção do domínio etnozoológico “inseto” pelos moradores do povoado de Pedra Branca, Santa Terezinha, Estado da Bahia - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v26i1.1662

Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto; Josué Marques Pacheco

doi:10.4025/actascibiolsci.v26i1.1662

The construction of the ethnozoological dominion “insect” by the inhabitants of the village of Pedra Branca, Santa Terezinha, Bahia state, Brazil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v26i1.1662

Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto UEFS
Josué Marques Pacheco Universidade Federal de São Carlos

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v26i1.1662

Abstract

This article discusses the perception and the construction of the ethnozoological dominion “insect” by the inhabitants of Pedra Branca village, Santa Terezinha, central-west region of Bahia. Data were obtained from February to May 2001 through open and semi-structured interviews, and also by observations of behaviors of 74 males and 79 females, from 4 to 108 years old. It was noted that the linguistic label “insect” is used as a broad ethnotaxonomic category that brings together different organisms not systematically related (rat, snake, lizard, etc.), besides the Linnean insects. According to the data recorded both in this village and from the literature, it could be hypothesized that the dominion “insect” occurs as a pattern in the ethnobiological classification systems. An apprenticeship process based on suitable sensorial stimulus could lead people change their attitudes toward insects, making them more bearable to live together with these organisms

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Author Biography

Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto, UEFS

Possui graduação pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas (1994), mestrado em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas (1998) e doutorado em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos (2003). Pós-doutorado na UNAM pelo Instituito de Biología (2005), onde trabalhou em etnoentomologia junto com a Dra. Julieta Ramos-Elorduy. Professor Adjunto B lotado no Departamento de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, onde desde 1995 atua na disciplina Etnobiologia. Tem experiência na área de Ecologia, com ênfase em Ecologia Aplicada, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: etnoentomologia, etnozoologia, conhecimentos tradicionais, zooterapia e medicina tradicional Currículo Lattes

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2008-04-01

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Costa Neto, E. M., & Pacheco, J. M. (2008). The construction of the ethnozoological dominion “insect” by the inhabitants of the village of Pedra Branca, Santa Terezinha, Bahia state, Brazil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v26i1.1662. Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 26(1), 81-90. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v26i1.1662

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Vol 26 No 1 (2004)

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Biology Sciences

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