Representações Kalankó

metodologias e fontes para o estudo dos indígenas do Alto Sertão de Alagoas

Abstract

The Kalankó indigenous people are one of the ethnic groups existing in the sertaneja region of the state of Alagoas. They were formed between the 19th and 20th centuries through various migrations led by Indians coming from Pernambuco due to persecution and third-party violence. Silence was one of the characteristics present in this process and in the following years, until the 1980s, when they gradually began an internal organization in the search for recognition by the State. The records that allow the writing of the group's history and the narration of its past come from varied sources (oral, written and material), explored in this production. Thus, we opted for a methodology based on documentary research, according to the parameters of Micro-History, in the perspective of Ginzburg (2007), and the bibliographical review in the scope of New Cultural History, described by Pesavento (2007). As a result, we will analyze different historical evidence about the Kalankó and related methodological aspects.