This project aims at describing the uses of body paintings among Indigenous people in Brazil. With this goal, the research will map discussions about body painting and associated body cares among Indigenous people in anthropological literature, for potentially discussing how these are experienced by different social actors in specific ethnographic cases. Expected results are: 1) to conduct a bibliographical review of the debates about body paintings and body cares in literature dedicated to contemporary and historical societies; 2) to discuss the diverse forms of realising and describing body paintings among Indigenous people in Brazil; 3) to develop a in-depth analysis of an ethnographic case studies focusing on a specific population and their experience of body painting, and 4) to provide the basis for a possible successive development of the research in dialogue with social actors to be potentially realised as a Master thesis. 

The tasks of the work are the following: 

1. Bibliographic and digital survey of the discussions about body paintings and associated body cares among Indigenous people in Brazil. 

2. Detailed study of a specific ethnographic case study, with the potential production of a catalogue of specific body paintings. 

3. Comparison of the specific case study with others selected from the bibliography. 

4. Interpretation and discussion of results, diploma thesis rate, thesis submission in IS MU. 

The recommended extent of the thesis is 30-50 pages but can be exceeded if the thesis development requires it. However, the 30-page lower limit is the minimum which can be accepted. The thesis will include the explicit description of utilized material and methods, including in cases when the thesis is in form of a literature review. The method/process description will clearly state the author’s contribution to acquired results. Czech version of the ISO 690 style will be the citation style. Appropriate tabelar and graphical summarizing and instructive illustrations will form part of the thesis. The thesis will be handed in in the PDF format in the IS Archive and in print bound form for defense and archiving purposes. In the formal and content aspects the valid MU legislation, Dean’s Measure on final these and Department of Anthropology internal regulations must be met.