Despite the significance of sport in the modern evolution of the societies of Africa, until recently, there has been a lack of academic interest in the extent of its assimilation into the fabric of these societies. In contrast, this is a cultural history of sport in Tanzania. It involves both cultural continuity and change, of shifting ideologies over time in response to political stimuli, and of the social processes of diffusion, assimilation, alienation, rejection, adaptation and restoration of culture. The thesis examines the place of sport in Tanzanian society in precolonial, colonial and post-colonial periods. Underlying this approach is a revisionism that permits the exploration of sport from a Tanzanian and an African perspective. The consideration of the pre-colonial period traces the different types of physical activities of early eastern Africa and explores their functions in the lives of the indigenous peoples. Then follows a discussion of the arrival of the Arabs and t heir role in the spread of Islam in later eastern Africa and considers the negative attitudes towards sport that resulted from this Islamisation. Next is the review of the German colonisation of the country and the Teutonic introduction of Western education into German East Africa. Hand in hand with this education went marching drills, parades and German gymnastics which have become significant components of school sport in contemporary Tanzania. The crucial contribution of the British imperialist to modern Tanzanian sport in the form of team games, athletics and gymnastics in the shape of 'adapted Athleticism', is then described and analysed. Finally, sport in independent Tanzania and its association with nationalism, modernisation and globalisation is scrutinised. The central argument of this thesis is that modern sport in Tanzania has been a consequence of a multifaceted evolution embracing three distinct periods of the country's history and three disparate legacies: indigenous, Islamic and European, but that it was the British middle class colonial educationalists, more than others, who were responsible for the sport of modern Tanzania. Thus, in independent Tanzania, as in many other developing countries in Africa, modern sport has become clearly associated with Western culture but now, in addition, is linked to nationalism, modernisation and globalisation. The thesis concludes with the argument that Tanzania keenly aspires to integration into the world of global sport but at the same time searches for a distinctive identity by utilising Tanzanian 'sport', past and present, as an integral part of education and as an important ingredient in her culture.

South Africa currently faces multiple Cr(VI) contamination problems which are unsuccessfully remediated using available technologies. Cr(VI) is highly toxic, carcinogenic and mutagenic in nature and it is exclusively released through anthropogenic activities. A new treatment approach is proposed using locally isolated Cr(VI) reducing species of bacteria. This method is envisioned to be economical and ecologically friendly. Indigenous chromium(VI) reducing bacteria (CRBs) were isolated from a dried sludge consortium collected in the Brits Wastewater Treatment Plant, North-West Province (South Africa). Characterisation using 16S rRNA fingerprinting followed by taxonomic studies revealed a wide diversity of CRBs isolated under anaerobic conditions than under aerobic conditions. The consortium was determined to be predominantly gram-positive. The Cr(VI) reducing component of the culture was determined to be predominantly facultative, consisting predominantly of Bacillus sp., i.e. B. cereus, B. thuringiensis and B. mycoides. Batch experiments under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions showed a high Cr(VI) reducing performance under relatively high initial Cr(VI) concentrations. The reduction rate using this culture was 3 to 8 times higher than reduction rates reported in bacteria previously isolated and studied in North America and Europe. The culture performed best as a consortium with the different species operating cooperatively. The bacteria were acclimated to Cr(VI) toxicity through the long period of contact during the activated sludge treatment process at the source. A Monod like model was used to evaluate the rate of Cr(VI) reduction over a wide range of initial Cr(VI) concentrations. The model revealed that Cr(VI) reduction in the consortium culture followed quasi-first order kinetics with a Cr(VI) inhibitor term as a second exponential: C = C0 . exp [-p . exp (-q . C0 ) . t]. The parameter p and q for the semi-empirical first order model were statistically accurate with R2 values greater than 94% for all data ranges evaluated. Previous studies were not able to pick the variability of Monod coefficients, kmc and Kc, since at narrow ranges of initial Cr(VI) concentrations, the impact of the chromium toxicity variability was insignificant. This study demonstrates the potential of a biological approach using locally isolated Cr(VI) reducing bacteria to decontaminate Cr(VI) polluted sites in South Africa. / Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Chemical Engineering / unrestricted

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2016-08-25T11:54:20Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Alexsandro Cosmo de Mesquita.pdf: 5966656 bytes, checksum: 7ed1bc2625d60907e4411ae04781eaa3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-25T11:54:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alexsandro Cosmo de Mesquita.pdf: 5966656 bytes, checksum: 7ed1bc2625d60907e4411ae04781eaa3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-30 / The theme of this research is the indigenous technology and identity, which aimed to detect aspects perceived in the building of the indigenous communities, during a training experience that can help in understanding the role of communication technology for these communities. The method chosen was that of action research, because this enabled the researcher to become a social practitioner, performing actions in order to provide improvements in the environment in which it was inserted, and watch him and record his experience in a diary board. The topic treated in the theoretical framework is related to construction concepts and loss of indigenous identity, rescue me, rights and access to technology. The study was conducted during a training indigenous communities, in order to develop action plans in Earth Posts project. Some elements of the narrative, recorded during the training process, such as physical contact, conducting training workshops and contact with the reality experienced by indigenous communities in the Northeast, which the author had contact, were analyzed and interpreted in the Johari's. In conclusion, the training process was evaluated in the researcher's view, in the light of aspects of indigenous identity, in addition, put in relief the important role of communication technology for these communities in contemporary society / O tema desta pesquisa é a identidade indígena e tecnologia, a qual teve como objetivo detectar os aspectos percebidos na construção da identidade das comunidades indígenas, durante uma experiência de formação, que podem auxiliar na compreensão do papel da tecnologia da comunicação para essas comunidades. O método escolhido foi o da pesquisa-ação, pois este permitiu ao pesquisador tornar-se um praticante social, realizando ações com a finalidade de proporcionar melhorias no ambiente em que esteve inserido, além de observá-lo e registrar sua experiência em um diário de bordo. O tema abordado, tratado no referencial teórico, está relacionado aos conceitos de construção e perda de identidade indígena, resgate do eu, direitos e acesso à tecnologia. O estudo foi desenvolvido durante uma formação de comunidades indígenas, com o objetivo de desenvolver planos de ação, no projeto Mensagens da Terra. Alguns elementos da narrativa, registrada durante o processo de formação, tais como, o contato físico, a realização de oficinas de formação e o contato com a realidade vivida pelas comunidades indígenas do Nordeste, a qual o autor teve contato, foram analisados e interpretados à luz do referencial teórico. Em conclusão, o processo de formação foi avaliado na visão do pesquisador, sob a luz de aspectos da identidade indígena, além do que, colocou-se em relevo a importância do papel da tecnologia da comunicação para essas comunidades, na sociedade contemporânea

Esta dissertação tem como questão central as noções de beleza feminina corporal da infância feminina Kaingang moradora da cidade. A investigação foi realizada com dezesseis meninas com idades entre quatro e doze anos residentes em uma comunidade indígena localizada no bairro Lomba do Pinheiro em Porto Alegre. A pesquisa se desenvolveu entre os anos de 2009 e 2011 e buscou investigar, analisar e discutir em que medida as representações de beleza dos corpos femininos veiculadas nos meios de comunicação funcionam como pedagogias visuais e afetam as noções de beleza corporal feminina das meninas Kaingang. Procurou ainda compreender como essas meninas Kaingang absorvem as práticas de embelezamento e da cultura da cidade ao se relacionarem em diferentes territórios urbanos. Foram analisados aspectos corporais relacionados aos marcadores de gênero, classe social, raça e cor como construções históricas, sociais e culturais. A pesquisa de campo de cunho participante foi embasada em aportes da etnografia e em referenciais teóricos dos Estudos da Infância, Estudos Culturais e da Cultura Visual. As análises foram qualitativas nas quais foram cruzados os dados gerados a partir dos dizeres, desenhos e registros fotográficos das meninas Kaingang. Os resultados demonstraram que as meninas Kaingang da cidade possuem preocupações com a aparência de seus corpos que influenciam em suas feminilidades. Pela forma de lidarem com suas peles e cabelos, suas maneiras de vestir e se comportar as análises denotaram que suas valorações quanto ao que consideram ser belo e feio nos corpos femininos são absorvidas por meio das pedagogias culturais e visuais. A investigação explicitou ainda, que as meninas Kaingang sofrem influências dos ambientes territoriais nos quais circulam. Os meios midiáticos ou mesmo sociais e culturais da cidade reverberam nos valores que atribuem à beleza dos corpos femininos e, consequentemente, em suas identidades femininas infantis. / The main objective of this dissertation is clarifying notions of urban Kaingang female children‟s bodily beauty. The investigation was conducted with sixteen four- and twelve-year-old girls living in an Indigenous community at Lomba do Pinheiro in Porto Alegre (RS). The research was developed between 2009 and 2011 and sought to investigate, analyse and discuss how representations for female bodies‟ beauty provided in the media work as visual pedagogies and act on notions of Kaingang girls‟ bodily beauty. It has also sought to understand how these Kaingang girls receive cosmetic practices and the city culture as they live in different urban territories. Bodily aspects concerning gender, class, race, and colour markers were analysed. The participating field research was drawn on ethnographic issues and theoretical referential for Child Studies, Cultural Studies and Visual Culture. Analyses were qualitative and data from Kaingang girls‟ statements, drawings and photographic shots were cross-referenced. The results demonstrated that Kaingang girls are concerned about how their bodies look like, which affect their femininity. In tune to the way they treat their skin and hair, the way they dress and behave, analyses noted that the value of what they regard as beautiful and ugly in female bodies are received through cultural and visual pedagogies. The investigation has also shown that the environment act on Kaingang girls. The city media, society and culture act on values ascribed to female bodily beauty and so their female child identities.

The aim of this research was to explore the relationship between culture and the educational leadership of six secondary school principals in Samoa. Educational leadership is a bounded process and is subject to the cultural traditions and values of the society in which it is exercised. To date, no research has been undertaken on this topic in Samoa. This qualitative study used a semi-structured interview process to gather data from the secondary school principals who had been principals for more than three years in government schools. It also sought to explore how professional development of the principals might be undertaken. The principals in this study were interviewed both face-to-face and by telephone. The findings revealed that culture significantly impacted on their leadership. The matai culture was particularly influential. For example, respect, Christianity, role modelling and the importance of using the Samoan language to communicate within the school context were all influential. The findings also revealed the effective leadership styles applicable to Samoan school context in relation to indigenous cultural leadership. For example, inclusive/consensus/collaborative leadership style that is practiced in Samoan culture is effectively used by principals to lead schools. The organisational culture of the Ministry of Education Sports and Culture in Samoa (MESC) also considerably impacts on educational leadership. For example, the policies from the MESC sometimes contradict with the practice of the principals, such as the principal's practice of corporal punishment is a crime in the MESC and United Nation policies. This research also revealed the gap between the western models of leadership and the Samoan indigenous cultural context and leadership practice by the principals. Therefore, all the principals involved in this study positively engaged with their Samoan cultural values and beliefs to lead schools effectively. However some Samoan indigenous cultural values and beliefs impact negatively on the education system. They need to be considered so as not to inhibit the development of educational leadership of Samoan principals. Today's education has grown rapidly in terms of technology therefore educational leaders must adapt and change their leadership. Principals must be professionally trained so that they would lead effectively. According to Smith (1992, p. 9) To change education is to change society

This work argues that Cameroonian cinema is in the thick of cultural reclamation and human rights debates in the country. The crux of the problem is this: in a country colonized for over a century by three major western powers (Germany, France and Great-Britain), what is left of Cameroonians and their indigenous culture? Did colonialism demolish them into a mass of emasculated cultural bastards led by self-loathing elites locked into the country colonial archives, or did some withstand that colonial onslaught to reclaim their humanity, from within, consistent with a genuine, homegrown progressive indigenous culture? To answer these questions, this author argues that three propositions have to be considered: first, for any forms of cultural reclamation and human rights, denials of the past mixed with official thought control do not work in the case of Cameroon. Second, within, this logic, only grassroots democratic and marginal media communication theory can help the viewer to understand how Cameroonian cinema interrogates and critiques the naturalizations of a neo-colonial political order through the construction of counter hegemonic voices. Third, it is essential to show how these counter hegemonic cinematic narratives are building new forms of democratic archives out of the colonial ones. Consequently, this author claims that Cameroonian cinema, one of the few independent media of communication, that for decades has both managed to resist dictatorship and thrive, is keeping a steady drumbeat of freedom on behalf of ordinary Cameroonians by consistently targeting the state in order to demonstrate the dangers of an institution uninterested in the work of cultural reclamation by not allowing proper conditions for artists to create original work. These confrontations with the state give Cameroonian cinema a cachet to voice human rights questions as well. As a result, cinema blurs the line between art and social activism. It brings a new mystic to human rights' work because these filmmakers demonstrate that culture and human rights can no longer be consigned to the margin of Cameroonian society. What is at stake, it is the knowledge that the road ahead, Africa’s future, lies with those with the skills to take advantages of technologies and the contemporary global discourse of human rights, democracy and globalization not the same old beaten paths of neo-colonial clientelism and patronage, lower standards of governance, defining actual Cameroon’s neo-colonial state practices. With this background, both filmmakers and human rights activists are forcing the state to take notice. This work indicates that arguing against technologies and global flows in our contemporary world is akin to try carrying a cat by the tail. / text

Esta dissertação tem como questão central as noções de beleza feminina corporal da infância feminina Kaingang moradora da cidade. A investigação foi realizada com dezesseis meninas com idades entre quatro e doze anos residentes em uma comunidade indígena localizada no bairro Lomba do Pinheiro em Porto Alegre. A pesquisa se desenvolveu entre os anos de 2009 e 2011 e buscou investigar, analisar e discutir em que medida as representações de beleza dos corpos femininos veiculadas nos meios de comunicação funcionam como pedagogias visuais e afetam as noções de beleza corporal feminina das meninas Kaingang. Procurou ainda compreender como essas meninas Kaingang absorvem as práticas de embelezamento e da cultura da cidade ao se relacionarem em diferentes territórios urbanos. Foram analisados aspectos corporais relacionados aos marcadores de gênero, classe social, raça e cor como construções históricas, sociais e culturais. A pesquisa de campo de cunho participante foi embasada em aportes da etnografia e em referenciais teóricos dos Estudos da Infância, Estudos Culturais e da Cultura Visual. As análises foram qualitativas nas quais foram cruzados os dados gerados a partir dos dizeres, desenhos e registros fotográficos das meninas Kaingang. Os resultados demonstraram que as meninas Kaingang da cidade possuem preocupações com a aparência de seus corpos que influenciam em suas feminilidades. Pela forma de lidarem com suas peles e cabelos, suas maneiras de vestir e se comportar as análises denotaram que suas valorações quanto ao que consideram ser belo e feio nos corpos femininos são absorvidas por meio das pedagogias culturais e visuais. A investigação explicitou ainda, que as meninas Kaingang sofrem influências dos ambientes territoriais nos quais circulam. Os meios midiáticos ou mesmo sociais e culturais da cidade reverberam nos valores que atribuem à beleza dos corpos femininos e, consequentemente, em suas identidades femininas infantis. / The main objective of this dissertation is clarifying notions of urban Kaingang female children‟s bodily beauty. The investigation was conducted with sixteen four- and twelve-year-old girls living in an Indigenous community at Lomba do Pinheiro in Porto Alegre (RS). The research was developed between 2009 and 2011 and sought to investigate, analyse and discuss how representations for female bodies‟ beauty provided in the media work as visual pedagogies and act on notions of Kaingang girls‟ bodily beauty. It has also sought to understand how these Kaingang girls receive cosmetic practices and the city culture as they live in different urban territories. Bodily aspects concerning gender, class, race, and colour markers were analysed. The participating field research was drawn on ethnographic issues and theoretical referential for Child Studies, Cultural Studies and Visual Culture. Analyses were qualitative and data from Kaingang girls‟ statements, drawings and photographic shots were cross-referenced. The results demonstrated that Kaingang girls are concerned about how their bodies look like, which affect their femininity. In tune to the way they treat their skin and hair, the way they dress and behave, analyses noted that the value of what they regard as beautiful and ugly in female bodies are received through cultural and visual pedagogies. The investigation has also shown that the environment act on Kaingang girls. The city media, society and culture act on values ascribed to female bodily beauty and so their female child identities.

Esta dissertação tem como questão central as noções de beleza feminina corporal da infância feminina Kaingang moradora da cidade. A investigação foi realizada com dezesseis meninas com idades entre quatro e doze anos residentes em uma comunidade indígena localizada no bairro Lomba do Pinheiro em Porto Alegre. A pesquisa se desenvolveu entre os anos de 2009 e 2011 e buscou investigar, analisar e discutir em que medida as representações de beleza dos corpos femininos veiculadas nos meios de comunicação funcionam como pedagogias visuais e afetam as noções de beleza corporal feminina das meninas Kaingang. Procurou ainda compreender como essas meninas Kaingang absorvem as práticas de embelezamento e da cultura da cidade ao se relacionarem em diferentes territórios urbanos. Foram analisados aspectos corporais relacionados aos marcadores de gênero, classe social, raça e cor como construções históricas, sociais e culturais. A pesquisa de campo de cunho participante foi embasada em aportes da etnografia e em referenciais teóricos dos Estudos da Infância, Estudos Culturais e da Cultura Visual. As análises foram qualitativas nas quais foram cruzados os dados gerados a partir dos dizeres, desenhos e registros fotográficos das meninas Kaingang. Os resultados demonstraram que as meninas Kaingang da cidade possuem preocupações com a aparência de seus corpos que influenciam em suas feminilidades. Pela forma de lidarem com suas peles e cabelos, suas maneiras de vestir e se comportar as análises denotaram que suas valorações quanto ao que consideram ser belo e feio nos corpos femininos são absorvidas por meio das pedagogias culturais e visuais. A investigação explicitou ainda, que as meninas Kaingang sofrem influências dos ambientes territoriais nos quais circulam. Os meios midiáticos ou mesmo sociais e culturais da cidade reverberam nos valores que atribuem à beleza dos corpos femininos e, consequentemente, em suas identidades femininas infantis. / The main objective of this dissertation is clarifying notions of urban Kaingang female children‟s bodily beauty. The investigation was conducted with sixteen four- and twelve-year-old girls living in an Indigenous community at Lomba do Pinheiro in Porto Alegre (RS). The research was developed between 2009 and 2011 and sought to investigate, analyse and discuss how representations for female bodies‟ beauty provided in the media work as visual pedagogies and act on notions of Kaingang girls‟ bodily beauty. It has also sought to understand how these Kaingang girls receive cosmetic practices and the city culture as they live in different urban territories. Bodily aspects concerning gender, class, race, and colour markers were analysed. The participating field research was drawn on ethnographic issues and theoretical referential for Child Studies, Cultural Studies and Visual Culture. Analyses were qualitative and data from Kaingang girls‟ statements, drawings and photographic shots were cross-referenced. The results demonstrated that Kaingang girls are concerned about how their bodies look like, which affect their femininity. In tune to the way they treat their skin and hair, the way they dress and behave, analyses noted that the value of what they regard as beautiful and ugly in female bodies are received through cultural and visual pedagogies. The investigation has also shown that the environment act on Kaingang girls. The city media, society and culture act on values ascribed to female bodily beauty and so their female child identities.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Esta dissertação pretende compreender como se dá a construção e manifestação da alteridade entre os Wapichana brasileiros e guianenses na Comunidade Indígena de Tabalascada, levando em consideração 1. Os processos de colonização e de políticas identitárias promovidos pelo Brasil e pela Guiana que influenciaram e ainda influenciam a afirmação da identidade Wapichana. 2. Pesquisar acerca dos traços culturais tradicionais e a história do encontro dos Wapichana com a cultura ocidental. 3. Analisar comparativamente os elementos simbólicos, diacríticos e de organização social cultivados entre os Wapichana brasileiros e guianenses. / This dissertation aims to understand how it is built and manifested the alterity between Brazilian and Guyanese Wapichana in the indigenous community of Tabalascada, taking into account: 1. The processes of colonization and identity politics promoted by Brazil and Guyana which have influenced and still influence the affirmation of Wapichana identity. 2. To research about the traditional cultural features and history of the encounter of Wapichana with western culture. 3. To comparatively analyze the symbolic, diacritical and social organization elements cultivated between Brazilian and Guyanese Wapichana.

Submitted by Ricardo Cedraz Duque Moliterno (ricardo.moliterno@uefs.br) on 2016-08-24T21:09:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 PPGE - UEFS - Disserta??o Gabriela Barbosa Souza - vers?o final.pdf: 1134343 bytes, checksum: 61ae3a49fef1e966808a34f674586fe0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-24T21:09:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PPGE - UEFS - Disserta??o Gabriela Barbosa Souza - vers?o final.pdf: 1134343 bytes, checksum: 61ae3a49fef1e966808a34f674586fe0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-09 / Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia - FAPEB / Indigenous Formal Education has been seeking to develop pedagogical practices that contain, in their curriculum, universal contents that dialogue with the many indigenous cultural cosmovisions. The knowledge of written and oral Portuguese is considered one of the means indigenous people have to know their rights in Brazil and a way to socialize their cultural memory to the surrounding societies. It is relevant, thus, to elaborate teaching strategies that contemplate the many textual genres that are used by those societies and circle in many different social contexts, among them the local folktales. This research aimed to analyze the functions that fantastic folktales have in the Patax? H?h?h?i culture. In order to do that, it was necessary to understand the act of narrating in that culture, collect the tales among the members of that community and identify the sociocultural and linguistic aspects of the tales. The methodology was ethnographic and consisted, in the beginning, of the geographical mapping of the Patax? H?h?h?i territory, as well as a survey of some elderly people and adults? names, considered the holders of the local narratives in those communities. The research sought to contemplate the several ethnic groups that form the Patax? H?h?h?i people: the Baen?, the Patax? H?h?h?i, the Tupinamb?, the Kariri-Sapui?, and the Kamac?, among others. In order to collect the data, several investigation techniques were used, such as observation, field journal, semi-structured interview and a questionnaire. The analysis developed, in a first moment, an identification of the sociocultural and linguistic aspects of the fantastic folktales of the Patax? H?h?h?i, revealing their functions. In consequence, the following functions of the folktale were identified: it is a social organization mechanism, which works through the socialization of cultural values among its members; a psychosocial organizer that enables the expression of human psychological conflicts, in the form of a speech organized in a structural Portuguese language identity. It is understood that the fantastic tales of the Patax? H?h?h?i present in their content a set of knowledge of the local community, also thematizing personal and collective existential conflicts. On the other hand, the same tales prove the use of a formal structure of narrative language, which other linguistic investigations already stated. / A Educa??o Escolar Ind?gena tem buscado desenvolver pr?ticas pedag?gicas que contemplem em seu curr?culo conte?dos universais em di?logo com suas cosmovis?es culturais. O conhecimento da L?ngua Portuguesa oral e escrita ? considerado como um dos meios que os povos ind?genas possuem para conhecerem seus direitos na sociedade brasileira e possam socializar seu acervo cultural para a sociedade envolvente. Faz-se relevante a realiza??o de estrat?gias de ensino que contemplem os tipos e g?neros textuais que circulam em diversos contextos sociais, com os quais os membros das sociedades ind?genas entram em contato, dentre estes os contos locais. A presente pesquisa objetiva analisar quais as fun??es dos contos fant?sticos para a cultura ind?gena Patax? H?h?h?i. Para tanto, fez-se necess?rio conhecer o ato de narrar na cultura Patax? H?h?h?i, coletar os contos dentre os membros da comunidade ind?gena e identificar as caracter?sticas socioculturais e lingu?sticas dos referidos contos. A metodologia utilizada tem car?ter etnogr?fico e iniciou-se com o mapeamento do territ?rio ind?gena Patax? H?h?h?i em suas regi?es, al?m do levantamento dos nomes de alguns idosos e adultos da comunidade, considerados como conhecedores das narrativas locais pelos membros da pr?pria comunidade. Buscou-se contemplar narradores das diversas etnias que comp?em o povo Patax? H?h?h?i, sendo estas Baen?, Patax? H?h?h?i, Tupinamb?, Kariri-Sapui?, Kamac?, entre outras. Para coleta de dados, foram utilizadas as seguintes t?cnicas de pesquisa: observa??o, di?rio de campo, entrevista semiestruturada e o instrumento question?rio. A an?lise de dados desenvolveu-se em primeiro momento a partir da identifica??o das caracter?sticas socioculturais e lingu?sticas dos contos fant?sticos do Povo Ind?gena Patax? H?h?h?i, evidenciando assim suas fun??es. Foram constatadas as seguintes fun??es dos contos fant?sticos do referido grupo cultural: mecanismo de organiza??o social, atrav?s da socializa??o de valores culturais entre seus membros; organizador psicossocial, ao possibilitar a manifesta??o de conflitos do psicol?gico humano e, enquanto enunciado organizado com uma identidade estrutural formal da L?ngua Portuguesa. Compreende-se que os contos fant?sticos do povo Patax? H?h?h?i trazem, em seu conte?do, conhecimentos da comunidade local, al?m de tematizar conflitos existenciais humanos pessoais e coletivos. Por outro lado, os contos do referido grupo cultural reafirmam a estrutura formal da linguagem narrativa j? evidenciada em outros estudos lingu?sticos.