Canoes are deeply ingrained elements of the Caicara culture, not only for their historical and current practical uses, but also for their socio-cultural outcomes. Caicara people are the descendants of Europeans, Africans, and Indigenous peoples who inhabit parts of the Atlantic Forest in the southern and southeastern coast of Brazil. Despite this, canoe making has been declining in several Caicara communities, while many ongoing initiatives have attempted to encourage the maintenance of this practice. This article explores some of the Caicara-canoe relationships within the Juatinga Ecological Reserve, in southeastern Brazil. We discuss how canoes are an appropriate technology for some fishing techniques, and are thus not easily replaced by fiberglass or aluminum boats. We also explore some socio-cultural dimensions of canoe making in light of the relationships of Caicara canoe makers and fishers with the forest and with other community members. This article contributes to a growing body of knowledge to protect elements of Caicara identity, including initiatives to help maintain canoes, canoe making, and the people involved with them.

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了解皮划艇制作是保护文化遗产的过程

独木舟是凯卡拉文化中根深蒂固的元素，不仅因为其历史和当前实际用途，而且还因为其社会文化成果。Caicara人是欧洲人，非洲人和土著人民的后裔，他们居住在巴西南部和东南海岸的部分大西洋森林中。尽管如此，在一些Caicara社区，划独木舟的人数一直在下降，而许多正在进行的倡议却试图鼓励这种做法的维持。本文探讨了巴西东南部Juatinga生态保护区内的一些Caicara-独木舟关系。我们讨论了独木舟如何成为某些捕鱼技术的合适技术，因此不易被玻璃纤维或铝制船所取代。我们还根据Caicara独木舟制造者和渔民与森林以及其他社区成员之间的关系，探索独木舟制造的一些社会文化维度。本文有助于保护Caicara身份元素的知识不断增长，包括帮助维护独木舟，制造独木舟以及与之相关的人们的倡议。