Indigenous Agency in the Conquest of the Frontiers: Military Strategies and Indigenous Troops in the ‘Barbarian War’ (1651-1704)

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Autor(a) principal: Silva, Kalina Vanderlei
Data de Publicação: 2019
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Estudos Ibero-Americanos
Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/31722
Resumo: This paper analyzes the social roles played by indigenous troops in the barbarian war (guerra dos bárbaros) in Brazilian Seventeenth century, emphasizing their roles as agents of the colonization or as its adversaries, and reflecting about the military performance as mechanism to generate agency by indigenous social actors. To fulfil this objective, we analyze the main strategies and military tactics employed by the indigenous societies involved in the war as much as by the colonial troops, looking also for the changes in indigenous military culture provoked by the contact with Europeans and the colonization itself. Our considerations are based in the study of administrative correspondence written by colonial authorities, specially Pernambuco’s Governor and the Brazilian General Governor, today archived in the AHU (Lisbon) and the Nacional Library (Rio de Janeiro); a collection of sources analyzed under the light of authors such as Pedro Puntoni, John Manuel Monteiro, Pierre Clastres and Sherry Ortner.
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spelling Indigenous Agency in the Conquest of the Frontiers: Military Strategies and Indigenous Troops in the ‘Barbarian War’ (1651-1704)Agencia Indígena en la Conquista del ‘Sertão’: Estrategias Militares y Tropas Indígenas en la ‘Guerra de los Bárbaros’ (1651-1704)Agência Indígena na Conquista do Sertão: Estratégias Militares e Tropas Indígenas na ‘Guerra dos Bárbaros’ (1651-1704)Indigenous troops. Barbarian war. Strategies and tactics. Agency.Tropas indígenas. Guerra de los Bárbaros. Estrategias y taticas. Agencia.Tropas indígenas. Guerra dos bárbaros. Estratégias e táticas. Agência.This paper analyzes the social roles played by indigenous troops in the barbarian war (guerra dos bárbaros) in Brazilian Seventeenth century, emphasizing their roles as agents of the colonization or as its adversaries, and reflecting about the military performance as mechanism to generate agency by indigenous social actors. To fulfil this objective, we analyze the main strategies and military tactics employed by the indigenous societies involved in the war as much as by the colonial troops, looking also for the changes in indigenous military culture provoked by the contact with Europeans and the colonization itself. Our considerations are based in the study of administrative correspondence written by colonial authorities, specially Pernambuco’s Governor and the Brazilian General Governor, today archived in the AHU (Lisbon) and the Nacional Library (Rio de Janeiro); a collection of sources analyzed under the light of authors such as Pedro Puntoni, John Manuel Monteiro, Pierre Clastres and Sherry Ortner.En este artículo buscamos estudiar los papeles sociales desarrollados por los hombres actuantes en las tropas indígenas durante la ”guerra de los bárbaros” en el siglo XVII. Buscamos así los agentes indígenas que actuaran en defensa de la colonización y aquellos que combatieran la misma, observando estas actuaciones como formas de creación de agencia por los indígenas en la sociedad colonial de la América portuguesa. Para alcanzar este objetivo estudiamos las estrategias y taticas militares utilizadas por las sociedades indígenas que vivían en los interiores continentales de las capitanías del norte del Estado do Brasil, así como las estrategias coloniales de conquista territorial y las formas como estas sociedades y sus culturas bélicas se cambiaran en el contacto. Basamos nuestro estudio en la correspondencia administrativa de las autoridades coloniales, principalmente los gobernadores, lo General y lo de Pernambuco, que está hoy en los archivos del AHU (Lisboa) e de la Biblioteca Nacional de Rio de Janeiro. Y leemos estos documentos a partir de las reflexiones de autores como Pedro Puntoni, John Manuel Monteiro, Pierre Clastres y Sherry Ortner.Neste artigo procuramos refletir sobre os papéis desempenhados pelas tropas indígenas atuantes na “guerra dos bárbaros”, tanto enquanto agentes da colonização, quanto como suas adversárias, observando essas atuações enquanto campos de criação de agência perante a sociedade colonial do Estado do Brasil nos séculos XVII e XVIII. Para tanto, discutimos as principais estratégias e táticas militares utilizadas pelas sociedades indígenas do semiárido e pelas tropas coloniais durante a ‘guerra dos bárbaros’ e o quanto o contato entre indígenas e colonos modificou tanto os modelos de guerra indígena quanto construiu os modelos coloniais. Baseamos nossas considerações na volumosa correspondência administrativa seiscentista do governo de Pernambuco, das capitanias anexas e do governo geral pertencente aos acervos do Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (Lisboa) e da Biblioteca Nacional (Rio de Janeiro); fontes questionadas a partir das reflexões de autores como Pedro Puntoni, John Manuel Monteiro, Pierre Clastres e Sherry Ortner, e cotejadas com a historiografia que hoje se debruça sobre história indígena colonial.Editora da PUCRS - ediPUCRS2019-07-16info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/3172210.15448/1980-864X.2019.2.31722Estudos Ibero-Americanos; Vol. 45 No. 2 (2019): Dossier: Memories of Colonial Violence: recognizing the past and struggles for the future; 77-90Estudos Ibero-Americanos; Vol. 45 Núm. 2 (2019): Dossier: Memorias de la Violencia Colonial: reconocimientos del pasado y luchas por el futuro; 77-90Estudos Ibero-Americanos; v. 45 n. 2 (2019): Dossiê: Memórias da Violência Colonial: reconhecimentos do passado e lutas pelo futuro; 77-901980-864X0101-406410.15448/1980-864X.2019.2reponame:Estudos Ibero-Americanosinstname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSporhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/31722/18033Copyright (c) 2019 kalina vanderlei paiva da silvahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSilva, Kalina Vanderlei2019-07-22T20:05:28Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/31722Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/iberoamericanaPRIhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/iberoamericana/oaieditora.periodicos@pucrs.br||eia@pucrs.br1980-864X0101-4064opendoar:2019-07-22T20:05:28Estudos Ibero-Americanos - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Indigenous Agency in the Conquest of the Frontiers: Military Strategies and Indigenous Troops in the ‘Barbarian War’ (1651-1704)
Agencia Indígena en la Conquista del ‘Sertão’: Estrategias Militares y Tropas Indígenas en la ‘Guerra de los Bárbaros’ (1651-1704)
Agência Indígena na Conquista do Sertão: Estratégias Militares e Tropas Indígenas na ‘Guerra dos Bárbaros’ (1651-1704)
title Indigenous Agency in the Conquest of the Frontiers: Military Strategies and Indigenous Troops in the ‘Barbarian War’ (1651-1704)
spellingShingle Indigenous Agency in the Conquest of the Frontiers: Military Strategies and Indigenous Troops in the ‘Barbarian War’ (1651-1704)
Silva, Kalina Vanderlei
Indigenous troops. Barbarian war. Strategies and tactics. Agency.
Tropas indígenas. Guerra de los Bárbaros. Estrategias y taticas. Agencia.
Tropas indígenas. Guerra dos bárbaros. Estratégias e táticas. Agência.
title_short Indigenous Agency in the Conquest of the Frontiers: Military Strategies and Indigenous Troops in the ‘Barbarian War’ (1651-1704)
title_full Indigenous Agency in the Conquest of the Frontiers: Military Strategies and Indigenous Troops in the ‘Barbarian War’ (1651-1704)
title_fullStr Indigenous Agency in the Conquest of the Frontiers: Military Strategies and Indigenous Troops in the ‘Barbarian War’ (1651-1704)
title_full_unstemmed Indigenous Agency in the Conquest of the Frontiers: Military Strategies and Indigenous Troops in the ‘Barbarian War’ (1651-1704)
title_sort Indigenous Agency in the Conquest of the Frontiers: Military Strategies and Indigenous Troops in the ‘Barbarian War’ (1651-1704)
author Silva, Kalina Vanderlei
author_facet Silva, Kalina Vanderlei
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Silva, Kalina Vanderlei
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Indigenous troops. Barbarian war. Strategies and tactics. Agency.
Tropas indígenas. Guerra de los Bárbaros. Estrategias y taticas. Agencia.
Tropas indígenas. Guerra dos bárbaros. Estratégias e táticas. Agência.
topic Indigenous troops. Barbarian war. Strategies and tactics. Agency.
Tropas indígenas. Guerra de los Bárbaros. Estrategias y taticas. Agencia.
Tropas indígenas. Guerra dos bárbaros. Estratégias e táticas. Agência.
description This paper analyzes the social roles played by indigenous troops in the barbarian war (guerra dos bárbaros) in Brazilian Seventeenth century, emphasizing their roles as agents of the colonization or as its adversaries, and reflecting about the military performance as mechanism to generate agency by indigenous social actors. To fulfil this objective, we analyze the main strategies and military tactics employed by the indigenous societies involved in the war as much as by the colonial troops, looking also for the changes in indigenous military culture provoked by the contact with Europeans and the colonization itself. Our considerations are based in the study of administrative correspondence written by colonial authorities, specially Pernambuco’s Governor and the Brazilian General Governor, today archived in the AHU (Lisbon) and the Nacional Library (Rio de Janeiro); a collection of sources analyzed under the light of authors such as Pedro Puntoni, John Manuel Monteiro, Pierre Clastres and Sherry Ortner.
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