QUILOMBOLAS AND DOBLE CHAPAS: Intersectionality and self-determination on the Brazil-Uruguay border

interseccionalidade e autodeterminação na fronteira Brasil-Uruguai

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https://doi.org/10.22409/ac9d8a46

Abstract

This article analyzes the realization of the right to self-determination in the binational quilombola community of Vila da Lata (Aceguá-Brazil/Acegua-Uruguay) from an intersectional perspective. The objective is to investigate to what extent International Law and state policies, by operating through a "global color line," transform the border into a device of "differential inclusion" and "necro-law," denying full citizenship to transborder subjects. Methodologically, the research adopts a qualitative approach based on the critical-dialectical method, using thematic oral history and focus groups for data collection. The results demonstrate that, beyond socioeconomic vulnerability, the community faces a legal vacuum where the "doble chapa" (double status) identity is criminalized or invisibilized by the State. It is concluded that the community's resistance, led mostly by women, constitutes an act of "counter-colonization" and "confluence," challenging the rigidity of the nation-state by claiming a territory of life that precedes and exceeds border markers.

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  • Gabriel de Oliveira Soares, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)

    Mestrando no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (PPGD/UFSM). Advogado.

  • José Luiz de Moura Filho, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)

    Doutor em Desenvolvimento Regional pela Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC). Professor Associado IV, vinculado ao Departamento de Direito da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). Professor Permanente do Mestrado em Relações Internacionais - PPGRI/CCSH/UFSM.

Edição agosto 2026 - Revista Confluências

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2026-10-02

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Vol. 28 No. 2 (2026): Confluências, vol. 28, nº 2

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QUILOMBOLAS AND DOBLE CHAPAS: Intersectionality and self-determination on the Brazil-Uruguay border: interseccionalidade e autodeterminação na fronteira Brasil-Uruguai. Confluências | Interdisciplinary Review of Sociology and Law, [S. l.], v. 28, n. 2, p. 145–164, 2026. DOI: 10.22409/ac9d8a46. Disponível em: https://periodicos.uff.br/confluencias/article/view/70433. Acesso em: 13 oct. 2026.