Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: MARIA DAS DORES LOPES DA SILVA FERREIRA FELIX

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STUDENT : MARIA DAS DORES LOPES DA SILVA FERREIRA FELIX
DATE: 27/06/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Videoconferência
TITLE:

The limits of extractivism: socioeconomic, cultural and environmental impacts on the implementation of wind companies and photovoltaic plants in the indigenous territories of Mendonça do Amerelão and Serrote de São Bento (João Câmara/RN)

KEY WORDS:

Traditional communities; renewable energy; socio-environmental impacts; Territory.

PAGES: 94
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Sociologia
SUBÁREA: Outras Sociologias Específicas
SUMMARY:

This dissertation aims to analyze the limits of energy extraction, deterritorialization, and the socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental impacts resulting from the implementation of wind farms and photovoltaic plants in the indigenous territories of Mendonça do Amarelão and Serrote de São Bento, located in the municipality of João Câmara, in the Mato Grande region of Rio Grande do Norte. This research is extremely relevant, given the context of expansion and implementation of “clean energy” projects in the Brazilian Northeast, and specifically in Rio Grande do Norte, advancing into indigenous territories. The research problem that guides this investigation questions how the expansion of renewable energy projects affects the traditional ways of life of these communities and to what extent are the provisions of ILO Convention No. 169 observed, especially with regard to prior, free, and informed consultation. The research adopts a qualitative approach, based on a dialogue with the communities, semi-structured interviews with leaders and residents of the territories, participant observation, and documentary analysis. The theoretical-methodological framework combines Paul Little's (2004) cosmography with a critical analysis of the processes of deterritorialization and resistance to understand the symbolic and material construction of territory by indigenous communities. It takes into account the experience, speech, memory and resistance of its residents in the face of renewable energy projects. Still in progress, partial results point to the existence of accentuated vulnerabilities in the social, cultural and environmental spheres, as well as local dynamics of resistance and territorial reaffirmation in the face of the advances of energy projects. It is expected that the research will contribute to the formulation of public policies that reconcile the supposed “sustainability” of the projects with the preservation of the territorial, cultural and political rights of the affected indigenous communities. The aim of this research is also to reveal the violation of rights and territories and to strengthen the indigenous struggle with regard to the survival, permanence and preservation of their territories.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - ***.963.294-** - ANAXSUELL FERNANDO DA SILVA - UNILA
Interno - 1149562 - ORIVALDO PIMENTEL LOPES JUNIOR
Externa à Instituição - PRISCILA SORAYA DA CONCEIÇÃO - UTFPR