Redes de comunicação indígenas na Amazônia: mapeando a Rede Wayuri na construção de territorialidades desde a informação à mobilização no território

Abstract

This dissertation examines indigenous communication practices in the Upper and Middle Rio Negro region, focusing on the Wayuri Network, which operates in articulation with the Federation of Indigenous Organizations of the Rio Negro (FOIRN). Grounded in the understanding that communication and territory are inseparable dimensions for indigenous peoples, the study analyzes how traditional forms of transmitting knowledge, rooted in oral practices, rituals, and relationships with forest and river environments, are combined with contemporary technologies such as community radio, loudspeaker systems, digital platforms, and audiovisual production. The research is based on bibliographic review, documentary analysis, and fieldwork conducted between April and June 2022, which included semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and detailed systematization of materials produced by Wayuri communicators. The findings indicate that indigenous communication is not merely a technical resource, but a political field through which identities are affirmed, territorial claims are strengthened, and historical silencing is confronted. In a context where Brazil lacks specific public policies for indigenous communication, the Wayuri Network emerges as a collective strategy capable of combating misinformation, amplifying local voices, and sustaining community organization. The study shows that the appropriation of communication technologies does not replace traditional modes of relating to knowledge and territory; instead, it enhances the circulation of indigenous worldviews and expresses processes that can be understood as the indigenization of modernity. In this sense, the Wayuri Network demonstrates how indigenous communication networks operate simultaneously as spaces of resistance, cultural continuity, and the production of possible futures.