Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: RACHEL DE SOUZA MAXIMINO

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : RACHEL DE SOUZA MAXIMINO
DATE: 11/07/2025
TIME: 08:00
LOCAL: Google Meet
TITLE:

WIND POWER TREAMS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE BODY-TERRITORY OF QUILOMBO WOMEN IN MACAMBIRA (RN): PERCEPTIONS, CONFLICTS AND RESISTANCE

KEY WORDS:

Body-territory; Wind farms; Quilombola women; Macambira community; Neo-extractivism

PAGES: 76
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Planejamento Urbano e Regional
SUMMARY:

This study investigates the impacts of wind energy developments on the body-territory of quilombola women from the Macambira community in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. It challenges the dominant narrative that frames renewable energy as inherently sustainable. The overarching objective is to analyze, from the standpoint of the quilombola women of Macambira, the effects of the installation and operation of wind power complexes on their body-territories, taking into account the stages of planning, implementation, and operation of these projects. The specific objectives are as follows: i) to reconstruct the historical trajectory of wind energy deployment from the perspective of Macambira’s quilombola women, examining shifts in territorial and social dynamics; ii) to identify the impacts of wind energy projects on the body-territory of women in Macambira; iii) to understand the strategies of resistance and adaptation employed by the community’s women in response to the transformations imposed by these developments. This research engages with broader debates on neo-extractivism, environmental conflicts, Black quilombola resistance, and both community-based and decolonial feminisms. Methodologically, the study adopts a qualitative approach, incorporating fieldwork combined with discussion circles involving the community’s four women’s collectives, alongside semi-structured interviews, feminist ethnomapping, and the collaborative construction of a body-territory map of the women of Macambira.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 3214278 - LEANDRO VIEIRA CAVALCANTE
Interna - 3180158 - WINIFRED KNOX
Externa à Instituição - FABRINA PONTES FURTADO - UFRRJ