Legal Sensibilities and Situations of Violence Among Women in the Amazons

Abstract

The research analyzes, in light of the canonical legacies of Legal Anthropology, gender studies, and feminist studies, the ways in which feminist and indigenous women in the Amazonian context construct legal sensibilities and memories regarding violence and rights violations in the region. Drawing upon years of research and experience culminating in both a master's dissertation and a doctoral thesis, this study proposes ethnographic research that emphasizes the life stories of the interlocutors, considering them as active agents in their trajectories and as part of a polyphonic web of women's voices that possess a plural, non-homogeneous, and non-universal character. Given the historical erasure of social, legal, and political processes in the Amazon(s), the research opens up avenues for expanding the listening to silenced voices and knowledge at the national level. This expansion aims to provide support for conceptions of justice and violations of rights that remain largely unknown to the rest of the country, but which can be invaluable in informing the development of public policies, drafting legislation, and producing more informed theoretical constructions about diversity.