The historical construction of Guarani territoriality through its migrations

Abstract

The discussion about indigenous peoples' rights to territoriality is still quite incipient. This article offers a contribution to the debates on this theme, alluding to the Guarani dispersion in South American territories and considering migration as a long-term social dynamic among these peoples, which resulted in the historical construction of territorialities not sufficiently recognized. In this way, we rely on a brief bibliographical survey about archaeological research that deals with the Guarani occupation in South America around some of its most important rivers. Using a qualitative methodology of discourse analysis, we retrieve the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) with a view to the right to territoriality. As a conclusion, we note some points on the subject in Brazil.