Os impactos socioculturais da operação das energias renováveis em duas comunidades quilombolas na Paraíba.

Abstract

The advancement of renewable energy has taken on a large proportion in Brazil, mainly in the Northeast region. This work investigated the sociocultural impacts of the operation of renewable energy in two Quilombola Communities in Paraíba: Serra do Talhado Rural in the municipality of Santa Luzia and Cacimba Nova in the municipality of São João do Tigre. We seek to understand how the installation of this equipment interferes with the way of life of these communities. The methodological path outlined was George Marcus Multi-Situated Ethnography (2001), as it provides a more attentive and flexible look at working with two research objects, with there also being a connection between these communities, which is the operation of renewable energy and the quilombola movement. The research participants are: quilombola leaders, quilombolas with active and non-active lease contracts, quilombolas who are involved in the community organization process and those who do not have a direct connection with the organization, but who live in quilombola territory. I also proposed to discuss and collect data about this population, their way of life, and the risks they face in contact with this energy enterprise. We consider the importance of collecting this information, as these are traditional populations that need to be protected and their traditionalities respected within their collective territories, as well as having the laws to protect these ethnic peoples in practice.