Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: HANNAH MACHADO CEPIK

Cosmopolitics and Ecological Catastrophe in Huni Kuin Contemporary Art

Climate Change; Cosmopolitics; Amerindian Perspectivism; Contemporary Art; Huni Kuin

In this qualification report, I present the research I have been developing, whose objective is to analyze the cosmopolitical meaning of Huni Kuin art for thought and action against ecological catastrophe in the Amazon and on the planet. Therefore, aiming to answer the question if (and how) actions are carried out to mitigate changes in nature, climate and environment by the Huni Kuin in Acre through multi-visual artistic expressions. I mobilize the debate on how the limits of adaptation and regeneration of ecosystems and the most vulnerable populations raise the need to criticize the concept of sustainable development. For a distinct and non-utilitarian approach, I sought to understand how nature is interpreted by these groups from the reading of Amerindian perspectivism. Nature, catastrophe and the end of the world were discussed in light of Huni Kuin mythology and his contemporary artwork. The preliminary conclusion of the work at this point is that the cosmopolitical mobilization in Huni Kuin art offers an alternative with greater radicality and sensitivity for understanding the phenomenon of climate change and its confrontation.