Author Daniel Munduruku: Non‑indigenous vision of future is alienating
Daniel Munduruku is far from naive. Whether he is traveling the world to talk about literature and promote the more than 60 books he has written or acting in a soap opera on Brazil’s highest-rated TV broadcaster, he is aware that access to places until recently inaccessible to indigenous people can be used against the centuries-old struggle of his kind.“The fact that we’ve found ourselves a spot in literature, academia, politics, and a number of other places can mislead us into thinking we’re doing a great thing when in fact we’re only helping feed the economic system that we reject,” he stated.Invited to imagine the future of indigenous peoples for a new series of interviews* with intellectuals, indigenous leaders, and activists to be published by Agência Brasil for Indigenous Peoples...