Comunidades ribeirinhas na Amazônia: perdidas no espaço e no tempo dos grandes projetos hidrelétricos

Abstract

This study analyzes the implementation of the Santo Antônio and Jirau Hydroelectric Power Plants on the Madeira River (Rondônia, Brazil) to determine the specific institutional and discursive trajectories adopted in the expansion of this border, which applies prices and undermine environmental protection standards as well as social and environmental rights in the country. We verified how these processes were involved in research and dialogue with the residents of the Maravilha community. During this contact we realize that despite the successive deterritorialization imposed on the community, its economic, social and cultural survival is still at stake. Our aim was to define the notorious moments of their situation, contributing to the reflection, valorization and protection of cultural areas emphasized by the effective involvement of the residents in the construction of their narratives and in the singularization of their places and patrimonies.

Keywords

• amazon riverside communities
• deterritorialization
• territorial rights
• mega-dams
• valorization and protection of cultural areas