The Encounter
In the first contacts, the autochthonous population was by no means characterised by Europeans as decadent, ugly or miserable. On the contrary, they were viewed with admiration and astonishment.
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The Colonial
World
As Portugal strengthened its control over the region and trade became more regular and intensive, relations ceased to be occasional and symmetrical, and bonds of dependency and enslavement of the Indians began to be generated.
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The Indigenous
World
Identities, often marked by cultural differences, are not equally static. They are used situationally and can be combined in different ways. Identities do not exclude each other.
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Contemporary
World
Culture cannot be understood as an element that is frozen in time. It is modified and transformed through the actions of subjects located in specific historical situations, according to the possible conditions of its practice.
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