Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: CARMELITA COSTA ZUZART

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : CARMELITA COSTA ZUZART
DATE: 19/06/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: videoconferência
TITLE:

"And they do not fire arrows that do not employ them": paths to indigenous diplomacy in the midst of the Dutch wars in the northern captaincies (1630-1654)

KEY WORDS:

indigenous diplomacy, Letramento, Dutch wars, potiguaras, indigenous mediators.

PAGES: 40
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

Between 1630 and 1654, the Dutch West India Company (WIC) invaded the Captaincies of Northern Brazil. As at other times in the history of Brazilian colonization, the Portuguese resistance forces had the crucial military support of thirds of black and indigenous men, this last led by Antônio Felipe Camarão, first governor of the region’s Indians. Likewise the Flemish side also had the support of the indigenous. Through indigenous messengers and Tupi envoys, WIC officials learned that the various peoples in the provinces north of Pernambuco were eager to make an anti-Portuguese alliance. Therefore, a small group of indigenous Potiguaras was taken to the Republic of the Seven United Provinces of the Netherlands to be educated and transformed into trusted diplomats and mediators. Disputed by each side of the war, these leaders had knowledge of the tactics, the ways of the land and the power of dialogue, being men who knew how to play in the conflicting context of the captaincies of the northern seventeenth century. Thus, the objective of this work is to trace the paths that led these indigenous leaders to prestigious positions within European colonial structures and how they used such positions to mark their interests. Through the analysis of the letters exchanged between leaders on both sides of the war, this work seeks to show the impressive ability of the Potiguar leaders to adopt different discourses, taking advantage of non-indigenous cultural practices, such as writing itself, for specific purposes consistent with their political plans. Although they were loyal supporters, these indigenous people never considered themselves subjects of the colonial order. Instead, Potiguar diplomats saw these moments of alliance as an opportunity to promote indigenous autonomy against European colonialism. From Letramento, we will realize that these warlords not only knew, but also mastered the rules of the colonial game

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externo à Instituição - EDUARDO SANTOS NEUMANN - UFRGS
Externa à Instituição - KARINA MOREIRA RIBEIRO DA SILVA E MELO - UPE
Presidente - ***.450.301-** - VANIA MARIA LOSADA MOREIRA - UFRRJ