Práticas socioculturais de comercialização na formação intercultural indígena do Oiapoque-Amapá: resistências e mudanças frente às amarras da colonialidade.

Abstract

The socio-cultural practices of commercialization among the indigenous peoples of OiapoqueAmapá are shaped by the socio-cultural traditions of indigenous communities and have been adapted over the years. In this regard, this work offers reflections on the socio-cultural practices of commercialization among indigenous academics of the Indigenous Intercultural Teaching Degree Program at UNIFAP, Oiapoque-Amapá. The aim is to problematize the socio-cultural practices of commercialization among the indigenous peoples of Oiapoque-Amapá within the scope of teacher education, which has been operationalized in the face of the shackles of coloniality. Through the voices of indigenous individuals in training in the intercultural indigenous teaching degree program, I present accounts of commercialization practices highlighting the influences of coloniality that permeate various activities in their communities. In this work, coloniality is understood as the continuation of the propagation of colonial thought, expressed in various dimensions of social life through dominant relations of power, knowledge, and being, which are present in various forms and in the discourses reproduced daily in society. Methodologically, the research adopts a decolonial approach that does not propose a universal method but points to epistemological possibilities in the methodologies used by researchers. Thus, the adopted methodology sought to build knowledge collectively, attempting to bring forth the voices and visibility of the peoples, valuing their knowledge, experiences, and perspectives. From the reflections shared in this work on the socio-cultural practices of commercialization among indigenous peoples in training at UNIFAP, it is evident that although indigenous peoples have been influenced by colonialities that permeate their lives, they still resist the forms of domination of certain patterns of action in commercialization practices and their exchange relations caused by the dominant Western culture.