Perspectivismo kamayurá: as nuances dos “interditos de vida” e os impactos do Projeto de Lei da Câmara 119/2015

Abstract

The present work aims to present the discussion that falls on the Kamayurá “life interdicts”, which are commonly known as representations of the so-called “indigenous infanticide”, and the impacts that the bill of the chamber (PLC) 119/2015 may cause in traditional practices. It is a research consolidated by the quantitative survey of votes of agreement or not with the summary of the referred bill, through access to the website of the Federal Senate, media ethnography and the bibliographical and documental review of theses, dissertations, articles in magazines, periodicals, legislation, books and reports related to the rights of indigenous peoples and Kamayurá perspectivism on “life interdicts”. Given the conflict between the right to cultural diversity and the right to life, the approval of PLC 119/2015, without prior consultation, points to a forced state intervention in internal cultural issues. Intercultural dialogue and listening to indigenous voices, through prior consultation, are effective alternatives for reducing cases of “life bans” among the Kamayurá. The suppression of the rights of ethnic minorities, through legislative impositions, in addition to characterizing acts of institutional violence, violates human dignity, compromising the ability to recognize and identify communities whose dissemination of collective memory is a prerequisite for the perpetuation of their societies.