Psicologia e bem viver indígena: práticas de bem viver e suas relações com a (re)existência de idosos da etnia Pitaguary de Monguba (CE)

Abstract

This text refers to the process of a Master's research project in Psychology, which investigates the links between Psychology, resistance and Indigenous Well-Living. The aim of the research is to investigate the practices of living well in a group and their relationship with resistance strategies of elderly people from the Pitaguary ethnic group in Monguba (CE). It uses theoretical references about the construction of Psychology as knowledge, the understanding of colonial violence in its multiple facets, as well as Well-Living as a tool of resistance and (re)existence for the Pitaguary indigenous people. The research, which has a qualitative approach and is exploratory in nature, is organized into different methodological routes. Immersion in the territory was carried out through participant observation in the Pitaguary village of Monguba (CE), as a strategy for creating links in the process of insertion, providing learning from contact with the practices that circulate in the community. As a result, a field diary was started as a strategy for reporting on the process, contact with the territory and participants, recording information and mapping experiences from the meetings. Group activities are also being carried out through culture circles, with the aim of understanding the conceptions of Well-Living and resistance that circulate in the Pitaguary territory, considering the life trajectories and narratives of the village elders. Through the narratives shared, it was possible to access the memories of the struggle and resistance of the uprising movement of the Pitaguary people, as well as to learn about the strategies for (re)existence in the face of historical oppression, such as orality, ancestry and collectivity as the main practices of Well-Living in the community.