A produção política da repulsa e os manejos da diversidade na saúde indígena Brasileira

Abstract

Given the persistence of practices and perceptions concerning the principle hygienism and search for behavioral changes observed in everyday actions of health and sanitary engineering professionals in the Amerindian context, this article aims to reflect on the political, normative and technical processes, that end up supporting that principle in the current context of conquest of rights by indigenous peoples. In that direction, the article points out the management of cultural diversity in the recent history of our country, which, on behalf of the inclusion of indigenous peoples, seems to be producing new civic and civilizatory hierarchies. By focusing the analysis of the training manual for the Indian agent of sanitation, placing it in the context of recent construction of Brazilian indigenous health policy, this paper seeks to contribute to the understanding of specific processes of nationalization which articulate practices and norms, rules and emotions representations and values, health (and engineering) professionals, Indian (“users” and leaders) and managers at the heart of the construction of differentiated citizenship.