Uma perspectiva da noção de tempo: Uma análise comparativa entre as etnias indígenas e a astrofísica moderna

Abstract

The main objective of this article is to analyze the concept of time in modern Western society, in light of quantum physics and astrophysics, and to compare it with the indigenous perception of time in Brazil. Drawing on ethnographic and theoretical bibliographic sources, the article provides a historical overview of how, since the dawn of societies, humans have sought to unravel the mysteries of the cosmos in various ways — whether through sky observation, religious practices, experiments, myths, or tales — ultimately arriving at the most contemporary conception of time: the theory of general relativity. The intention is to demonstrate how this latter conception parallels indigenous understandings of time, in which time also loses its presumed linearity and objectivity, and in which multiple temporalities can coexist, such as those of myth and history.