WATER SECURITY FOR CAPITAL AND DESPOJO MÚLTIPLE IN CONTEXTS OF SHOTAGE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON THE NEW WATER PATH IN THE STATE OF PARAÍBA, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Hugo Belarmino de Morais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/conflu.v21i2.34704

Keywords:

Socioenviromental conflicts. Dispossession. Enclosures. Water.

Abstract

This article analyzes the new processes of (re)territorialization caused by the construction of water enterprises in the Northeast of Brazil, called "Canal Acauã-Araçagi", in the State of Paraíba (Northeast Region). For this work, it is sought to present the studied territory and its new context, characterized by a new moment of state interventions related with the need to “solve” historical problems of water shortage in that region and the changes that the research suffered in this dynamic process of social investigation. Second, we present some research points based in the critical theory and political ecology and the concept of despojo multiple, to discuss some of the data collected in the research activities in July 2018 in Paraíba, which we call the "new waters ways". In the end, we used the term "water security for capital" to characterize the objectives of the enterprise, which contradicts the official discourse about its necessity/importance, highlighting the current scenario of expansion of territorial conflicts in that region.

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Published

2019-09-03

How to Cite

Belarmino de Morais, H. (2019). WATER SECURITY FOR CAPITAL AND DESPOJO MÚLTIPLE IN CONTEXTS OF SHOTAGE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON THE NEW WATER PATH IN THE STATE OF PARAÍBA, BRAZIL. Confluências | Interdisciplinary Review of Sociology and Law, 21(2), 135-156. https://doi.org/10.22409/conflu.v21i2.34704

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2019): Special Dossier - POR UNA SOCIOLOGÍA DESDE ABAJO

Section

Dossiê

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