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Animals and Plants in Cultural Productions about the Amazon River Basin

Descripción del proyecto

Dar voz a los habitantes de la Amazonia

La selva amazónica es el bosque tropical más grande de la Tierra y tiene la mayor densidad de especies animales y vegetales del mundo. Durante siglos, la información sobre la Amazonia se ha difundido a través de la mitología, leyendas, canciones, ensayos y literatura, así como a través de escritos de viajes, el cine y las artes. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos ECO evaluará la forma en que las producciones culturales humanas sobre la Amazonia dan voz a los animales y las plantas. Para ello, recurrirá al pensamiento amazónico y al campo académico de la ecocrítica. Concretamente, reunirá y analizará recursos que describen animales y plantas amazónicos desde principios del siglo XX en adelante. Los resultados de este proyecto contribuirán a las humanidades ambientales con una perspectiva amazónica.

Objetivo

Animals and plants feature prominently in cultural productions about the Amazon, testifying to the centrality of the region’s natural environment both for local populations and for the earth’s biosphere. The key hypothesis of ECO is that texts (broadly understood to include mythology, folk tales, the lyrics of songs, essays, literature, travel writings, etc.), cinema and art about this area highlight the ways in which non-human beings dynamically shape human cultural life. The project’s main challenge is to resort both to Amazonian thought and to the academic field of ecocriticism to assess how human cultural productions about Amazonia lend a voice to animals and plants. ECO develops the concept of zoophytography to describe the inscription of non-humans in texts, films and artworks, thus decentering humanity as the sole source of meaning-making.

Research stream I. “Amazonian Zoophytography” formulates a definition of this notion and traces its roots to Indigenous and riverine epistemologies and to Western philosophy. Through archival research, ECO will then gather and analyze sources that portray Amazonian animals and plants from the beginning of the twentieth century onwards in two other research streams: II. “Animal Talk: Zoography Spelled Out” focuses on the articulation of animals in cultural productions about the Amazon; III. “Flora’s Voice: Phytographic Conversations” analyzes plant inscription in texts, cinema and artworks that question the role of vegetal life as a passive form of existence.

ECO will make a significant contribution to the environmental humanities, offering an Amazonian perspective on ecocriticism, environmental philosophy and post-colonial studies. By creating a deeper understanding of conceptions of Amazonian fauna and flora, the project will reveal the interdependence of humans and non-humans, draw attention to environmental degradation in Amazonia and uncover more equitable views on animals and plants from the region.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS clasifica los proyectos con EuroSciVoc, una taxonomía plurilingüe de ámbitos científicos, mediante un proceso semiautomático basado en técnicas de procesamiento del lenguaje natural.

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Régimen de financiación

ERC-COG - Consolidator Grant

Institución de acogida

CENTRO DE ESTUDOS SOCIAIS
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 1 999 291,00
Coste total
€ 1 999 291,00

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