Enciclopédia de Antropologia

 
The intention from the outset was for this encyclopaedia of anthropology to be used as a work tool. Initially resulting from a partnership between students and professors of the Anthropology Department at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, it was born in the classroom, fed by the exchanges and debates that took place on the regular graduate courses. The project expanded, overflowing its original spaces, although remaining faithful to the spirit that first guided it – a spirit marked by experimentation and mutual learning, which, day by day, defined the profile and content of the work. Reflecting the way it has grown and evolved, the name attributed to the project (‘Encyclopaedia’) should not give the illusion of totality or completeness. On the contrary, it is a work in continual formation whose developments and additions will be defined by the research and the combined reflections of staff and students. While it diverges from the idea of a totality that usually informs the encyclopaedic project, it retains the dimension of a collective collaboration, hence the decision to maintain the name.

The Enciclopédia de Antropologia contains individually authored and alphabetically organized entries covering biographies of authors and activists, publications (books, essays, edited volumes), concepts and debates, intellectual currents, subfields, and institutions. Deliberately synthetic and presented in an accessible language, the entries are designed as guides for those interested in learning more about concepts, works, and authors central to anthropological reflection. A work and training tool for those who produced the texts, the EA is also intended as a research and learning tool for the reader, who, in addition to being able to browse through the published texts, will also have access to a bibliography, allowing them to explore new paths if they so wish.

Entries on subjects related to Brazil were translated into English – see the list below. They are accompanied by editor's notes containing additional explanations and contextual information aimed at international readers.

Our objective is to disseminate the knowledge produced in the university: readers are therefore more than welcome to circulate the published texts as long as they are fully cited with the title of the entry, the name of the author(s), the website address and the date when the entry was consulted. We offer examples on how to cite each entry at the end of them.

List of entries in English:

Amerindian perspectivism [concept]
Sandra Benites [author]
Roberto Cardoso de Oliveira [author]
Ruy Coelho [author]
Eduardo Galvão [author]
Hutukara Yanomami Association [institution]
Kabengele Munanga [author]
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of the University of São Paulo [institution]
Antônio Bispo dos Santos [author]

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ISSN: 2676-038X.