Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: LUIZA DE SOUZA RODRIGUES
Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.STUDENT : LUIZA DE SOUZA RODRIGUES
DATE: 08/04/2026
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: CPDA
TITLE:
When the movement settles in: the bonds forged at the Cícero Guedes encampment (Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ)
KEY WORDS:
Landless Rural Workers’ Movement; MST; children, women, plantations; land;
PAGES: 50
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Antropologia
SUBÁREA: Antropologia Rural
SUMMARY:
This dissertation presents ethnographic research conducted at the Cícero Guedes Encampment, a settlement associated with the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement, located on the former Cambahyba sugar mill lands in Campos dos Goytacazes (RJ), a municipality historically reliant on sugarcane plantation. Within this context, I analyse, through the lens of daily life and the relationships formed among the residents, the connections between the concepts of plantation and roça. The dissertation is organised into three sections. In the first, I employ my relationship with Dona Marinéia, a former mill worker, as a central narrative to examine the continuities of the plantation model and the evolution of our relationship over time. Through our interactions, including misunderstandings, invitations, and refusals, I critically reflect on my role as a researcher. The second section follows Cristiane, a resident of Cícero Guedes, in an analysis of strategies for sustaining the occupation, with particular attention to practices of care and solidarity, and how these practices contest the plantation logic. The final section investigates the concept of play through the experiences of two children living in the encampment, illustrating that their experiences encompass not only joy but also boredom, pain, anger, and longing. For both adult women and children, the conflicting categories of plantation and roça shape their experiences as the movement settles in.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interna - 1513731 - ANTONADIA MONTEIRO BORGES
Externa à Instituição - SIMONE DA CONCEIÇÃO SILVA - UFF
Externa à Instituição - JOYCE GOTLIB
Externo à Instituição - GUSTAVO BELISÁRIO DARAÚJO COUTO