Abstract
Ever since Charles Wagley's initial public health work in Gurupá in the 1940s, followed by his and Eduardo Galvão's pioneering ethnographic studies, there has been a steady stream of anthropologists conducting research in the community. As a result of this activity, to date there are books, dissertations, theses, articles, and reports from at least 17 different authors/organizations (mostly anthropologists) and approximately 15 years of collective on-site research. In this article we examine how our current research as the third generation following in Wagley's footsteps builds upon and expands his original research in areas ranging from public health, child labor, the influence of media, and the potential impact of the Belo Monte Dam.
Highlights
While all the contributors to this Special Edition of the Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Ciências Humanas are able to write about their personal experiences with Charles Wagley – as friends, colleagues, or former students – our generation never had the pleasure of meeting him
With our time spent in Gurupá, reading his various works, and hearing so many personal accounts of his life, we have come to know him in our own way
Summary
While all the contributors to this Special Edition of the Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Each of us has built upon this initial undergraduate experience and developed graduate research agendas to continue work in Gurupá on topics ranging from child labor in açaí extraction, to the public health and socioeconomic challenges created by the construction of the Belo Monte Dam, to the use of media to support and contest the potentially massive socioenvironmental impacts of the dam.
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