The indigenous alliance with new information technologies: the attacks of amazonian originating people through a multifacted scenario

Abstract

This work is the result of research carried out during the Master's Dissertation in Geography phase defended in 2020. The objective was to analyze the insertion of new information and communication technologies as a means of territorial defense within the Ashaninka Indigenous Territories located in the state of Acre and Paiter Suruí, from the state of Rondônia. In recent years, some indigenous peoples in the Brazilian Amazon have been looking for new methods to improve their well-being, defending their territory and preserving their cultural heritage. Territorial and cultural pressures after contact with the non-indigenous have become increasingly strong. In view of this, some of these peoples have taken a stand in the face of such threats by using modern devices as an opportunity not only for ancestral and historical resignification, but for indigenous autonomy, in a multifaceted and complex scenario. In order to reflect on these issues, we adopted the phenomenological method that consists of the science of phenomena and proposes to look at our experiences with a scientific stance. We adopted two techniques, the bibliographic and the oral source, the latter considered the oldest in the diffusion and propagation of knowledge. As a result, we present the use of technological equipment adopted by the two ethnic groups (Ashaninka and Paiter Suruí), which are considered fundamental for the defense of their territories, as well as for the establishment of strategic partnerships for their projects and strengthening their ethnic identities.