The Anacé indigenous people and the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex, in the Brazilian state of Ceará

Development and resistances in the context of the barbarism to come

Authors

  • Luciana Nogueira Nóbrega UECE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36517/rcs.2020.2.d05

Keywords:

socioenvironmental conflict, development, resistances, indigenous people Anacé

Abstract

The article aims to explore the narratives surrounding the construction of the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex in Ceará, in opposition to the demands of the Anacé Indians for the demarcation of their territory, making visible the conflicts between the indigenous perspective and the State perspective that, allied to the national and international capital, it intends to guarantee the implantation of innumerable primary industries in the region. Resulting from a qualitative study that triangulates various methods (participant observation, free and semi-structured interviews, as well as bibliographic and documentary survey), I sought to reflect on the agency and mobilizations engendered by the Anacé so that their narratives, which directly conflict with the proposals. Ceará State, were made visible, thus making public other meanings of “development”.

Author Biography

Luciana Nogueira Nóbrega, UECE

Pesquisadora nas áreas de direitos dos povos indígenas, interculturalidade, descolonização, conflitos socioambientais, democracia e América Latina. Doutoranda em Sociologia pelo PPGS da Universidade Estadual do Ceará. Mestre e graduada em Direito pela Universidade Federal do Ceará. 

Published

2020-07-01

How to Cite

Nogueira Nóbrega, L. (2020). The Anacé indigenous people and the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex, in the Brazilian state of Ceará: Development and resistances in the context of the barbarism to come. Revista De Ciências Sociais (Social Sciences’ Journal), 51(2), 165–211. https://doi.org/10.36517/rcs.2020.2.d05

Issue

Section

Special Issue Political Ecology: Contributions from Latin America