THE ROLE OF THE FISHERMEN COLONY IN BABAÇULÂNDIA CITY (TO)

THE WORK AND LIFESTYLE OF THE RIVERSIDE COMMUNITIES

Authors

  • Delismar Palmeira Costa Universidade Federal do Tocantins
  • Alberto Pereira Lopes UFT

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20873/uft.2359-3652.2016v3nespp55

Abstract

The present work aimed to analyze the importance of the fishermen colony from the city of Babaçulândia (TO) through the investigation of the assignments, which are delegated to them in the fish handling and the representation of the associated Ribeirinhos before the legal entities in the struggles to guarantee their rights. Thus, a number of two hundred associated families were found, which are under the jurisdiction and protection of the colony under debate. The work also contemplated and analyzed the damages caused by the construction of the Estreito Hydroelectric Power Plant in the everyday life of the Ribeirinhos, such as the reduction of fish, the process of deterritorialization and unjust compensation. In order to achieve these objectives, field visits and interviews with associate members were carried out, as well with the leaders of the colony, totalizing a quantitative of ten interviews, whose purpose was to assimilate the way of organization of that community, and to verify how the Ribeirinhos perceive and feel the problems brought after the construction of the hydroelectric plant in their social, economic, cultural and physical environment.  

Keywords: Colony. Hydroelectric. Ribeirinhos.    

Author Biography

Alberto Pereira Lopes, UFT

Doutor em Geografia Humana (USP) e Professor do Curso de Geografia – UFT, Araguaína/TO

Published

2017-02-20

How to Cite

Costa, D. P., & Lopes, A. P. (2017). THE ROLE OF THE FISHERMEN COLONY IN BABAÇULÂNDIA CITY (TO): THE WORK AND LIFESTYLE OF THE RIVERSIDE COMMUNITIES. DESAFIOS - Revista Interdisciplinar Da Universidade Federal Do Tocantins, 3(Especial), 55–59. https://doi.org/10.20873/uft.2359-3652.2016v3nespp55