Amazônia em desenvolvimento entre o progresso e o regresso: Um olhar crítico sobre a memória biocultural

Abstract

Current study may provide a key interpretation on the concepts of environmental progress from the Amazon context, based on the relationship between the so-called modern society and primitive or rustic populations (people of the forest) in their way of thinking progress and environmental development. The origins of the modern concept of progress are analyzed, coupled to its application within the current context and the implications of the Amazońs economic, political and development practices, especially its impact on Amazon populations. The meaning of regression and what it means for forest peoples are investigated, whilst bio-culture memory is retrieved.