Um estudo sobre as mulheres quilombolas da comunidade Barra da Aroeira em defesa do seu território

Abstract

The present work sought to reflect on how quilombola women from the Barra da Aroeira community organize themselves in defense of their territory. The delimitation of the time frame used in this study was restricted to the period from May 19, 2004 (foundation date of the Barra da Aroeira residents' association) to September 3, 2021 (delivery date of the land regularization document to the association of residents of Barra da Aroeira). The problem of this study was premised on knowing: how these women from Barra da Aroeira articulate themselves from the quilombola identity and their territoriality, building daily practices of resistance? The theoretical framework defined to describe this research had as categories of analysis the following conceptual parameters: identities; gender; territory. Still with regard to the theoretical contribution, the aforementioned aspects were the basis of the content that was worked on in this dissertation, considering, above all, the intersection between these elements and the Barra da Aroeira community. The methodology chosen for this research was a bibliographic and documentary study and also having, as subsidies, dialogues with some women who live in the quilombola community Barra da Aroeira. The results obtained in this investigation pointed in the direction that the women of that community have an essential role in the defense of the territory of Barra da Aroeira, however, their daily struggles also demonstrate that it is essential to guarantee and consolidate spaces of female representation within that community, especially in collective decision-making environments.