TENSIONS BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT, NATURE AND CULTURE:

the case of Serro/MG against the mining expansion in the Jequitinhonha River Valley

Authors

  • Roberta Brangioni Fontes Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes)
  • Andréa Maria Narciso Rocha de Paula Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/conflu.v24i3.55979

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the socio-environmental conflict that the municipality of Serro/MG is experiencing, due to the attempts to set up iron mining companies in its territory, since 2014. The objective is to describe and discuss how the tensions between mining companies and those who resist mining are locally processed, triggering the defense of the place based on its biodiversity, culture, rights of quilombola communities and their traditional ways of living. To this end, we have contextualized the problem historically and analyzed the process of conflict and resistance based on theoretical frameworks on development and political ecology. We made use of the bibliographical research, documental research and participant observation, which were carried out from 2019 to 2021. The analysis showed the alignment of colonial, racist and anti-democratic structures, with the neoextractivism project represented by the mining companies.

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Author Biographies

Roberta Brangioni Fontes, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes)

Doutoranda em Desenvolvimento Social, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (UNIMONTES - MG). Bolsista CAPES – Mestre em Extensão Rural, Universidade Federal de Viçosa – Graduada em Ciências Sociais, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

Andréa Maria Narciso Rocha de Paula, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes)

Professora doutora em Geografia Humana no curso de Ciências Sociais, lotada no Departamento de Política e Ciências Sociais (DPCS) da Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (UNIMONTES- MG). Docente do Programa de Pós Graduação em Desenvolvimento Social. Professora permanente no Programa de Pós Graduação associado UFMG/UNIMONTES em Sociedade, Ambiente e Território. 

 

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Published

2022-12-01

How to Cite

Brangioni Fontes, R., & Narciso Rocha de Paula, A. M. . (2022). TENSIONS BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT, NATURE AND CULTURE: : the case of Serro/MG against the mining expansion in the Jequitinhonha River Valley. Confluências | Interdisciplinary Review of Sociology and Law, 24(3), 203-221. https://doi.org/10.22409/conflu.v24i3.55979

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 3 (2022): Dossiê 10º CONINTER: conhecimento, democracia e resistência social.

Section

Dossiê

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