TERRITORIALITY AND IDENTITY: A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN THE IDENTITY (RE)CONSTRUCTION OF THE OFAIÉ PEOPLE (Atena Editora)

Abstract

This article is the result of research carried out to produce a Master's dissertation and aimed to give visibility and problematize the representation of the indigenous subject Ofaié and the white subject, based on the analysis of excerpts from the book: ``O território ofaié pelos caminhos da história`` by Dutra (2017). The conditions of production were based on Foucauldian archaeogenealogy, problematizing the social, cultural and historical situations of these people, identifying displacements and the struggle for land ownership, from a transdisciplinary perspective. We sought Foucault (1990, 1992, 2010) to identify and describe the voices that permeate their subjectivities, power relations and the identity process. From the perspective of transdisciplinarity, ideology and language, we use the studies of Coracini (2007,2010) and Orlandi (2003) to address the meanings expressed by speech in a historical social context. Based on the hypothesis that the acquisition of their territory and the mastery of language and culture give empowerment to the Ofaié, we raise the following questions: did the territorial acquisition enable the empowerment of the Ofaié? Are there traces of subjectivity of the Ofaié people present in the clippings taken from the book that was the subject of the research analysis? Is there a relationship of intrinsic power of the other over Ofaié? As a result, we identified that in a discursive process of alterity, the Ofaié reconstructed a new identity crossed by other discourse, as proof of resistance they reemerged strong, demonstrating their power/knowledge, capable of facing the social, economic and political challenges of today.