Karajá Presence: biographies and biophilia in an investigation of material culture

Abstract

The Iny / Karajá are an indigenous people living on the banks of the Araguaia River. Their women are the owners and producers of the knowledge of making ceramic dolls called ritxoko. This article aims to present some of the first results of the Presença Karajá research project: material culture, plots and colonial transits (stage 1, 2017-2020), and some of the contextural and epistemological issues that led to the Iny Indigenous Health Action / Karajá during the COVID-19 epidemic.