Danilevicz VM, Nunes VASV, Profice CC. Ruptures: land-forest-worlds. Interface (Botucatu). 2025; 29: e240487. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.240487
Abstract
This theoretical essay discusses the indissoluble connection between indigenous health and guaranteeing the demarcation of indigenous lands. The aim is to reaffirm the indigenous cosmovision of the fundamental need to guarantee the preservation of the territory they have inhabited since time immemorial. We conducted a rhizomorphic or network literature review, prioritizing indigenous thinkers, writers, artists and shamans. The body of theory is subdivided into three indissoluble concepts: land, forest and worlds, forming one single concept of land-forestworlds (urihinari a). These concepts unfold in becoming, which is the process of subjectivation that allows a break from the predatory and capitalistic way of life that causes and produces illness. Finally, we discuss the limitations of this study, as well as its possible contributions to mental and public health that enable good living.
Keywords
Indigenous mental health; Sociocultural territory; Environmental psychology; Human rights
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