Dinâmicas socioterritoriais da atividade mineradora na comunidade da Ressaca no município de Senador José Porfírio no Estado do Pará (2016 a 2020)

Abstract

Mining and its territorial dynamics in the Amazon, historically, are objects of analysis of geography, as well as its spatial transformations. The expansion of global capital over mineral resources has been transforming the social and environmental relations of communities, subordinated to commodities, appropriating nature to expand the capitalist logic, nature being considered a commodity, resulting in different social, economic and environmental issues. In this context, this research aims to analyze how the appropriation of the territory through the large mining companies in the Ressaca Community in the municipality of Senador José Porfírio in the state of Pará, with the implementation of the Volta Grande Project, by the Canadian company Belo Sun Mining Corporation . In order to reach the objective of this dissertation, as methodology were carried out: bibliographical research; field work; interviews and data tabulation, with the elaboration of maps and summary tables. This community was chosen because of the significant socio-territorial changes that took place with the construction of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Power Plant and currently with the possible implementation of the Volta Grande Project in this area, justifying the need for research, precisely in an area already impacted by a major project. In contrast, to the development model, the Ressaca community claims to be heard and repaired, as to the damage it has been suffering, such as in the territory and in the way of life.