Banca de DEFESA: PATRÍCIA MACEDO FERREIRA

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : PATRÍCIA MACEDO FERREIRA
DATE: 19/08/2026
TIME: 14:30
LOCAL: videoconferência
TITLE:

The Winds in the Quilombo da Serra: Wind Energy in the Macambira Community-RN

KEY WORDS:

Keywords: wind energy; Quilombola territories; socio-environmental conflicts; energy transition; territorial justice; sociobiodiversity, Macambira -RN.

PAGES: 233
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Antropologia
SUBÁREA: Antropologia Rural
SUMMARY:

The expansion of wind energy in Northeastern Brazil has generated socio-environmental conflicts that challenge the discourse of a sustainable energy transition. Based on an ethnographic study conducted in the Macambira Quilombola Community, located in the Serra de Sant'Ana region, across the municipalities of Lagoa Nova, Santana do Matos, and Bodó, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, this dissertation analyzes the socio-environmental impacts resulting from the installation, in 2014, of the Macambira I and II wind farms and the sociopolitical processes mobilized by the community, particularly in the context of the struggle for the effective realization of Quilombola territorial rights. The research adopted a qualitative approach and an ethnographic method, combining participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and document ethnography. Fieldwork was carried out between 2022 and 2023 and was complemented, through 2026, by monitoring developments related to territorial reoccupation initiatives and the land regularization process. The findings demonstrate that the installation of the wind energy projects overlapped with longstanding land conflicts and the slow pace of land regularization, affecting land access and use, food sovereignty, health, work, sociobiodiversity, and everyday community life. The projects were implemented without the Free, Prior and Informed Consultation required under the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 169, thereby reinforcing power asymmetries and restricting community participation in decisions concerning its territory. In response, the community strengthened strategies of resistance, reterritorialization, and autonomy through collective organization, the valorization of traditional knowledge, and ethnodevelopment initiatives. This dissertation contributes to the anthropological debate on the territorial impacts of the energy transition in traditional communities by demonstrating that the effective realization of Quilombola territorial rights is not an obstacle to the energy transition but rather a prerequisite for ensuring that it is socially just. It also provides contributions to the improvement of public policies on land regularization, environmental licensing, Free, Prior and Informed Consultation, and territorial justice.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1219932 - FRANCISCA DE SOUZA MILLER
Interna - 1149572 - LISABETE CORADINI
Interno - 1274297 - PAULO GOMES DE ALMEIDA FILHO
Interna - 1360691 - RITA DE CASSIA MARIA NEVES
Externa à Instituição - CÁRMEN LÚCIA SILVA LIMA - UFPI
Externa à Instituição - MARISTELA OLIVEIRA DE ANDRADE - UFPB