Das antropologia (em minúsculo) à Antropologia (em maiúsculo)? Notas epistemológicas sobre o fazer antropológico.

Abstract

This work, through elliptical notes, pretends, and although in an essayistic way, reflect on the place and reason of academic anthropology, as well as the relations such discipline establishes between, its interlocutors and itself. Therefore, are discussed, in what is possible, the role and the problem, both ways, of writing, whether as an ultimate result or as a relation. It is intended, therefore, to make a defense not only of anthropology, but of ethnography itself. Porteriorly, and through a specific bibliographic aid, is sought, understand expensive notions for the intended discussion, as ethnographic moment and the relations that involve the practice of anthropology, as well as the idea of invention and cultural creativity. In the same way, and complementarily, using empirical data, it is intended, in turn, to understand possible mistakes made by the discipline, as well as its probable reasons, in relation to its interlocutors.