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Accepted Paper:
The historiography of Brazilian Anthropology from an invisible trajectory: the case of researcher Waldemar Valente (1908-1992) and the studies of Afro-Brazilian religions
Roberta Campos
(UFPE)
Having in mind the field of Afro-Brazilian religions we question the conventional terms by which the history of the discipline has been fixed. We rescue W. Valente's contribution to the field of Afro-Brazilian religions in order to open space for a new way of relating to our own disciplinary past.
Paper long abstract:
Every area of knowledge when it reaches maturity begins to ponder its production, however they always do so in a peculiar way. This article guides a reflection on the constitution of Brazilian anthropology based on a thematic review of the field of Afro-Brazilian religions. By rescuing the ethnographic work of a marginilized brazilian author, Waldemar Valente, we intend to question the conventional terms by which the history of the discipline has been fixed and present a more inclusive proposal, which takes into account other referents by which we can learn the pluralism dimension of our national anthropology . We rescue Valente's contribution to the field of Afro-Brazilian religions in order to open space for a new way of relating to our own disciplinary past.