Banca de DEFESA: YASMIM KATELINE DE OLIVEIRA MEIRA

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STUDENT : YASMIM KATELINE DE OLIVEIRA MEIRA
DATE: 29/08/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Instituto Multidisciplinar - Laboratório Multidisciplinar de Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão
TITLE:

Baixada Fluminense seen from this side: analyses through a territory of sacrifice

KEY WORDS:

Baixada Fluminense; Territory; Sacrifice Zone; Conservation Units

PAGES: 148
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Geografia
SUMMARY:

The Baixada Fluminense (BF), located in Rio de Janeiro and historically marked by processes of stigmatization and exclusion, is a peripheral territory of the Rio metropolis. This condition has been built up over decades through a logic of exploitation and subordination of the region in relation to the capital, which has turned it into a sacrifice zone. In this context, it is important to think about how the relationship between society and nature manifests itself in this territory, given that the production of this space is marked by socio-environmental inequalities. Nova Iguaçu, which is the locus of this research, has a significant percentage of its territory covered by green areas, which highlights one of the region's potentialities. Therefore, the main objective of the research was to analyze the process of territorial and environmental formation in the Baixada Fluminense in order to see if/how the discourse produced in this process affects public use in Conservation Units.To achieve these objectives, we used theoretical references on territory, nature and power, as well as interviews with Nova Iguaçu's Secretary of the Environment, the Environmental Education Coordinator and the manager of the Nova Iguaçu Municipal Natural Park, using a methodology based on the dialectical method and critical discourse analysis of the interviews and newspaper clippings to understand how the production of a narrative about the BF contributes to society's lack of territorial belonging and the lack of environmental awareness about these conservation spaces. Environmental education entered this research from the perspective of a possible enhancer for improving this problem, acting as a bridge between society and nature, strengthening the feeling of belonging. The results of the research show that this territorial identity is still marked by a stigmatizing bias, damaging the relationship between nature and society. However, it was clear that the environmental education practices developed in the territory, especially those aimed at dialog with the community, have the potential to transform views and establish links between the population and natural spaces. This is ongoing, patient and collective work, but it presents possible ways to reconfigure these relationships in the region. This reinforces the importance of public policies that value environmental education as an instrument of mediation and territorial belonging, especially in contexts historically marked by exclusion and stigmatization, as is the case in the Baixada Fluminense.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 366511 - EDILEUZA DIAS DE QUEIROZ
Interno - 1832629 - ANDRE SANTOS DA ROCHA
Externo à Instituição - GUILHERME PREATO GUIMARÃES - UERJ