As representações entremeadas no comércio de plantas medicinais em Goiânia/GO: uma reflexão geográfica / Entering the Representations of the Trade in Medicinal Plants Goiânia/Go: a Reflection Geographical
The use of herbs is common among the various societies. During this particular time and use theknowledge directly linked to it were ignored and even overlooked. However, this is a habit that remainedand withstood the test of time and the medical hegemony, since existence of people trading medicinalp...
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| Language: | English |
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Editora da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
2009-04-01
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| Series: | Sociedade & Natureza |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sociedadenatureza.ig.ufu.br/include/getdoc.php?id=1068&article=426&mode=pdf |
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| Summary: | The use of herbs is common among the various societies. During this particular time and use theknowledge directly linked to it were ignored and even overlooked. However, this is a habit that remainedand withstood the test of time and the medical hegemony, since existence of people trading medicinalplants is commonly found from small towns to cities in Brazil and worldwide. More than a common andsimple existence of traders of medicinal plants, this existence raises questions about why, how, where,what the connections, which ensures the existence and / or resistance.To reveal the relationship thiskind of people establish with the Cerrado - biome that covers much of central Brazil - to understandtheir arrival and stay in the city, its cultural roots leads us to look like the Cerrado is perceived andrepresented by them. Thus, we propose a brief reflection on the representations in the study of medicinalplants in Goiânia. These meanings and relationships established show that is possible to understandthis universe and its knowledge that currently invading the worlds urban, academic, scientific andpolitical. To do this analysis we seek a cultural geography of identifying the rooters(raizeiros), their knowledge, their views and representations on the Cerrado. |
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| ISSN: | 0103-1570 1982-4513 |