QUILOMBOLA RESISTANCE OF CUMBE (ARACATI/CE) AGAINST THE CAPITALIST APPROPRIATION OF NATURE

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2025.e24022

Keywords:

Apropriação capitalista, Cumbe, relação ser humano/natureza, resistência

Abstract

The article results from questions deriving from our doctoral thesis project and the analysis of data obtained in our master's thesis. We aim to understand: how the community logic of appropriation of natural assets made by Quilombo do Cumbe, followed by its resistance to capitalist appropriation, contributes to hindering or stopping local environmental degradation. As for the methodology, we used participatory research,
committing ourselves to exposing the collected data to the researched subjects and maintaining dialogue between scientific knowledge and the empirical knowledge of quilombolas do Cumbe. Regarding methodological procedures, they were based on bibliographic and documentary research, followed by fieldwork, allowing the construction of a field notebook, the application of semi-structured interviews, and the conduction of social cartography workshops. By carrying out the research, it was possible to verify that, because the quilombolas do Cumbe do not see their natural assets in a capitalist way, they resist the advances of large companies in their territory, using varied strategies that result in a slowdown in
local environmental degradation. That said, the quilombo's actions, resisting the advances of capital in their territory, have benefited the local environment, contributing to the conservation of their natural assets.

Keywords: Capitalist Appropriation, Cumbe, Human/nature Relationship, Resistance.

Author Biographies

  • Ariel Rocha Nóbrega de Castro, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza (CE), Brazil

    Currently pursuing a PhD in Geography in the Graduate Program in Geography at the State University of Ceará, under the supervision of Professor Camila Dutra dos Santos. He has experience producing maps in QGIS, including social cartography maps. CREA - CE Registration No. 357706.

  • Camila Dutra dos Santos, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza (CE), Brazil

    PhD in Geography from the State University of Ceará (UECE). Professor of the Undergraduate Geography Programs (Bachelor's and Bachelor's Degrees, UECE, Itaperi Campus). Professor of the Graduate Program in Geography (ProPGeo/UECE). Coordinator of NATERRA - Research and Articulation Group: Field, Land, and Territory (UECE/CNPq); of LECANTE - Laboratory of Field, Nature, and Territory Studies (UECE); and of GEAR - Agrarian Studies Group (UECE). President of the Terramar Institute for Research and Advisory on Artisanal Fishing (TERRAMAR). Activist of the April 21st Movement. She was coordinator of the undergraduate Geography programs (Bachelor's and Licentiate degrees). She was a fiscal advisor for the UECE Teachers' Union (SINDUECE). She carries out teaching, research, and outreach activities in the area of ​​Agrarian Geography, with an emphasis on the following themes: agrarian question; Peasant agriculture; traditional communities and peoples; impacts of agribusiness; territorial and socio-environmental conflicts; social movements and resistance; gender, agroecology, and ethnic-racial relations.

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Published

2025-09-16

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Vol. 24 (2025)

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