Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

PanAmazônia sob o viés do Processo Civilizador

2016; Volume: 16; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.29327/233099.16.2-1

2316-4123

Glaucio Gomes de Matos,

Academic Research in Diverse Fields

The conference brings a reflection to attend the Working Group Civilizational Processes in PanAmazonia, as a result of the II International Seminar Society and Culture in PanAmazonia / 2016.Two basic questions are raised: what does PanAmazonia have to do with the civilizing process?What is there in common between these countries to allow an analysis under the bias of the civilizing process?Supported by field research and procedural analysis, the article highlights: networks of extended interdependencies; points out the European -colonizer -in his self -image, to consider the inhabitants of the new world as uncivilized beings; the presence of religious missions among ethnic groups; the ongoing integration process; individualization and social differentiation occurring; the 1 Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação Sociedade e Cultura na Amazônia (PPGSCA/UFAM) Somanlu, ano 16, n. 2, jul./dez.2016 development of technologies and their effects; the environmental discussions in process; the outbreak of descivilizadores on ethnic groups, the mechanisms of social control implanted and the new figurations occurring in the Amazonian universe.