Espelho nativo: Reflexões e imagens compartilhadas entre os Tremembé de Almofala

Abstract

This monograph in Social Sciences approach a particular social group, the Tremembé of Almofala, habitant in northwestern coast of Brazil’s State of Ceará, through the concepts of photoethnography, visual anthropology, indigenous ethnology and ethno-history. The text seeks an initial theoretical contributions in an attempt to methodologically approach the object "imagery of Ceará Indians" (Chapter 1 - The image as ethnographic method: contributions to an indigenous ethno-history), then give way to reflect on the field research process and the production of it resulting in five years of direct involvement in the Indigenous Area of Almofala (2005-2009), between stints in other communities and villages, it was produced a photo essay and a documentary film (Chapter 2 - The Tremembé of the Almofala and the image as ethnographic device). Finally, the final considerations treat the film Native Mirror and its consequences, considering some different aspects of your film proposal and conditions of issue until native receptions and circulation, pointing to a transformation in the relation of the researcher into a partner, and of process of researching into a image production and museum phenomenon.