Knowledge and Power in the São Francisco River Basin Committee

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the speeches that constitute the records relating to plenary meetings of River Basin Commission of the São Francisco River (CBHSF), centered on the timeframe of December 2002 to December 2007. Methods insert in documentary sources of analysis relying theoretically the concept of a historically marked document and revealing power-knowledge relations (FOUCAULT, 2009). As a result, we point out that the installation of the basin Committee is configured as a space knowledge and power, in which the members elected, when it has the technical and educational domain, now have an important role in decisions involving the waters of this important river.