Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: PATRÍCIA MACEDO FERREIRA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : PATRÍCIA MACEDO FERREIRA
DATE: 12/12/2025
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: online
TITLE:

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

KEY WORDS:

Keywords: Quilombola territory; Wind energy; environmental and land conflict; Macambira – RN

PAGES: 119
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Antropologia
SUBÁREA: Antropologia Rural
SUMMARY:

In a scenario of climate change, wind energy promises environmental and economic gains, as well as local development. The Brazilian Northeast has been driving the country's presence in the renewable energy market. Wind energy production in Rio Grande do Norte alone accounts for 32% of the national energy matrix. Following this progress, the state of Rio Grande do Norte is followed by the states of Bahia, Piauí, and Ceará. Paradoxically, despite the sustainability discourse disseminated by the energy sector, multinational companies, the media, governments, social movements, and affected communities criticize the impacts of wind farms on these territories. The Quilombola Community of Macambira, located in the Serra de Sant’Ana - RN, has coexisted with wind farms for ten years. The field research was conducted during the global Covid-19 pandemic (2022-2023). The ethnographic method adopted, by prioritizing local perception, reveals the real impacts of wind energy on the diversity of ecological knowledge important for the protection of the Caatinga biome.

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 - MARISTELA OLIVEIRA DE ANDRADE - UFPB