Etnografia da política no Quilombo do Morro do Cambambi : políticas em Chapada dos Guimarães - MT

Abstract

The present Master's dissertation had the privileged instrument of ethnography with residents of the Cambambi’s mountain region, located near the Água Fria District, in Chapada dos Guimarães - MT. Therefore, I seek, above all, to focus on the political practices of the quilombola social network related to the creation of community associations and the sociopolitical segmentation processes arising from these practices. I try to understand the way of doing politics in the ethnographic scenario of the quilombola territories of Cambambi’s mountain, as well as the forms of agency that are given to the different associative practices present in the region. In this sense, the ethnographic deepening revealed the issue of water in Cambambi as a relevant territorial configuration, the main factor in political agendas and the motion of the collective that runs through, from the importance and magnificence of Cambambi’s mountain, issues of taxation and chlorination of distribution reserves of water from the community by the City Hall, to the issues of damming the Manso River, in the construction of the Manso Hydroelectric Plant and its impacts on the population. The fieldwork was dedicated to coexistence from February to July 2017, focused on the analysis of dissentions, the importance of affinities, of kinship in the definition of belonging and self-identification to quilombola territories. The field research followed the actions of the associations and the political agenda of the quilombolas in the claims for the rights to the traditional territory to understand the dimension of the relationships and conflicts experienced by these collectives, considering the context of the mismatches between the guaranteed rights and access to them by through public policies aimed at the remaining quilombo communities. Thus, ethnographing the practices, assemblages and knowledge of such subjects of law contributed to a more critical understanding of the State's public policies regarding the titling of quilombos lands, and the ways of doing politics in these communities, as well as the ways with which they respond to State challenges.