Maria das Dores de Oliveira explained

Maria das Dores de Oliveira (Maria Pankararu)
Birth Date:1964
Birth Place:Brejo dos Padres, Tacaratu (Pernambuco, Brazil)
Nationality:Pankararú (Brazilian)
Occupation:linguist
Alma Mater:Universidade Federal de Alagoas
Thesis Title:Ofayé, a língua do Povo do Mel. Fonologia e Gramática
Thesis Year:2006
Doctoral Advisor:Januacele Francisca da Costa, Adair Pimentel Palácio
Workplaces:FUNAI, Ilhéus
Main Interests:Ofayé language

Maria das Dores de Oliveira (Maria Pankararu) is a Pankararú linguist. She is best known as the first indigenous scholar to have obtained a doctoral degree in Brazil.[1] [2] [3] Her research has focused on the description of the moribund Ofayé language of the Macro-Jê language family, spoken in Brazlândia, Mato Grosso do Sul.

Biography

Born in Tacaratu (Pernambuco), Oliveira accompanied her family to São Paulo in 1970,[2] where she studied until the seventh grade before returning to Tacaratu.[1] She obtained a BA in History at Autarquia de Ensino Superior de Arco Verde in Arcoverde (1990), as well as a second BA in Pedagogy (1997), an MA and a PhD in Linguistics at Universidade Federal de Alagoas in Maceió.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Gois . Antônio . 17 April 2006 . Título de doutor é concedido pela primeira vez a indígena . Doctoral title is awarded for the first time to an indigenous woman . live . https://archive.today/20240623021753/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/brasil/fc1704200614.htm . 23 June 2024 . 4 August 2020 . . pt-BR.
  2. Web site: Maria Pankararu (1964 –) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180422032733/http://www.mulher500.org.br/maria-pankararu-1964/ . 22 April 2018 . 4 August 2020 . Mulher 500 Anos Atrás dos Panos.
  3. News: Cunha . Almir Farias da . 3 May 2006 . Maria Pankararu – Doutora Índia do Brasil . Maria Pankararu – Indian Doctor from Brazil . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210904231651/https://vermelho.org.br/2006/05/03/maria-pankararu-doutora-india-do-brasil/ . 4 September 2021 . 4 August 2020 . Vermelho . pt-BR.
  4. Web site: Maria das Dores de Oliveira . limited . live . https://archive.today/20240623022907/http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?metodo=apresentar&id=K4771474U6 . 23 June 2024 . . pt-BR.