Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: CÍNTIA RAQUEL SOARES PINHEIRO

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : CÍNTIA RAQUEL SOARES PINHEIRO
DATE: 08/12/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: CPDA-UFRRJ
TITLE:

“We who are the Resex”: an ethnographic analysis of social mobilization and socio-environmental development in the Marine Extractive Reserve of Cururupu/MA

KEY WORDS:

Traditional Peoples and Communities; RESEX; Maranhão; Climate changes; Socio-environmental Governance.

PAGES: 63
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Sociologia
SUBÁREA: Sociologia Rural
SUMMARY:

The research proposes an ethnographic investigation in the Cururupu Marine Extractive Reserve, located in Maranhão, seeking to investigate it as an unstable and indeterminate historical socio-natural construct, therefore contradicting normative analytical perspectives on the theme of conservation units. I seek to socially reconstitute the RESEX pre-implementation process and the influence of local policies in this process, notably, the unique status granted to the region at the state level due to its ecological and tourist potential. This process differentiates the consolidation of the Resex, making it strongly impacted by exogenous forces in contrast to what occurred with the first conservation units of this nature in the country. Established by presidential decree in June 2004, the area is made up of four archipelagos that encompass fifteen islands, thirteen of which are inhabited. It is home to 1,229 families, whose way of life is predominantly based on the exploitation of fishing resources, giving the municipality of Cururupu the position of second largest fish producer in the state. The researched region constitutes an estuarine complex, permeated by channels called 'holes', intertwined by numerous streams, covered by mangroves, which protect a great diversity of species of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and migratory birds. Although the Resex is among the most advanced in Brazil in terms of management instruments, the recomposition of the territory as a Protected Area was not able to effectively satisfy the main demands of local communities such as the preservation of fishing heritage, the organization of activities alternative economic alternatives such as Community-Based Tourism (TBC), land regularization, access to closed insurance and the safeguarding of basic rights such as sanitation, health and education. The research also proposes to collect and discuss data related to climate change in the territory, whose erosion has been promoting displacement and being perceived by communities as a serious risk to the way of life and the permanence of the community on several islands. The research will be conducted using a procedural approach and ethnographic method, carrying out fieldwork in the communities, monitoring activities relevant to RESEX and conducting interviews with the various actors involved in the construction of this territory, continuing the data collection initiated in research previews started in 2011.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1551581 - THEREZA CRISTINA CARDOSO MENEZES
Externa à Instituição - MADIAN DE JESUS FRAZÂO PEREIRA - UFMA
Externa à Instituição - ELIANE CANTARINO O'DWYER - UFF