Ibero-American Anthropology in Northeastern Brazil

Abstract

The article is a historical and analytical approach, with a critical evaluation of Brazilian anthropology, from a specific point of view in the North-east of the country. It focuses on anthropology from its beginnings to the present day, highlighting some of the most prominent authors and institutions that, over time, and according to changes in mentalities and scientific conceptions, have been building and moulding cultural and academic thinking. Anthropologists such as Nina Rodrigues, Gilberto Freyre, Arthur Ramos and others have their contribution to anthropological knowledge revisited. It concludes with the most recent initiatives promoted within the framework of academic cooperation between Spain and Brazil, with emphasis on the anthropology postgraduate programmes at the University of Salamanca.