INVESTIGADORES
LADIO Ana Haydee
artículos
Título:
Medicinal plant knowledge in a context of cultural pluralism: a case study in Northeastern Brazil
Autor/es:
ABREU, DIEGO; SANTORO, FLAVIA; ALBUQUERQUE, ULYSSES; LADIO, ANA H; MEDEIROS, PATRICIA
Revista:
JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
Editorial:
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2015 vol. 175 p. 124 - 130
ISSN:
0378-8741
Resumen:
Ethnopharmacological relevance: The studyofplantuseincontextsofmigrationscangiveimportantinsights toculturalevolution,sincepeoplefacerapidchangesintheirenvironmentsandoftenstartinteractingwithnativedwellers,bothconstitutingforcesthatcanleadtochange.Therefore,thisstudyfocused onmedicinalplantknowledgeandtransmissioninordertounderstandwhathappenstosuchknowledgewhenpeoplefromseveralregionsconvergetoasingleplacealreadyinhabitedbynativepeople.Methods: The studywascarriedoutintheruralcommunityofCaeté-Açu(knownasCapãoValley),placed inthestateofBahia(NEBrazil).Nativeandmigrantpeople'sknowledgeonmedicinalplanswasaccessed withafreelisting.Peoplewerealsoaskedaboutwhominthecommunityoncetaughtthemabout medicinalplants.Fourgroups(native,regionalmigrants,nationalmigrantsandinternationalmigrants) werecomparedintermsofnumberofcitedplants,plantrepertoiresandknowledgetrans-mission. Foreachgroupwealsoransimpleregressionsbetweenageandnumberofcitedplantsandresidence timeandnumberofcitedplants.Results anddiscussion: Wefoundnodifferencesamonggroupsintermsofnumberofknownspecies.However,plantrepertoiresdifferinsomeextentamonggroups.Whilemigrantsclaimtohavelearntwithboth nativepeopleandothermigrants,mostnativeclaimtohavelearnedmainlywithothernatives.Ageinfluences plantknowledgeonlyforthenatives,whatstrengthensevidencethatthisgroup'sknowledgeis basedonexperiencewhilemigrants'? knowledgeisbasedonanactivesearch.Residencetimeinthecommunity didnotinfluence migrants? knowledge.Conclusion: Nativeandmigrantpeoplehavedifferencesintheirwaysofacquiringmedicinalplantknowledgeandlesspopularspeciesarealsodifferentbetweengroups.However,wecanobserveatendency offusionandindissolubilityofmigrantandnativeknowledgesincethenewgenerationsareincontact withbothsources.
