Banca de DEFESA: MARIA MARQUES MARINHO PERONICO PEDROSA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : MARIA MARQUES MARINHO PERONICO PEDROSA
DATE: 26/07/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: videoconferência
TITLE:

RESISTING TO DEATH POLICIES AND PROMOTING LIFE POLICIES: THE XUCURU-KARIRI OF MATA DA CAFURNA EXPERIENCE IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

KEY WORDS:

Xucuru-Kariri; COVID-19; Indigenous health; politics of death; politics of life.

PAGES: 129
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Psicologia
SUMMARY:

This research aims to understand the sociopolitical impacts of COVID-19 experienced from 2020 to 2022 by the Xucuru-Kariri people of Mata da Cafurna village. Brazil has become one of the most affected countries by the coronavirus, particularly impacting vulnerable groups such as indigenous peoples. The crisis caused by the pandemic, however, only worsened existing economic, political, social and environmental inequalities already experienced before. In the state of Alagoas, the Xucuru-Kariri people have been dealing with land conflicts, lack of access to quality healthcare and many other issues caused by the violation of their basic rights. These issues demonstrate that their fights goes beyond combating COVID-19 and extends to resisting a state and society project that systematically denies their rights. In this qualitative and exploratory research, approved by the Research Ethics Committee (CEP) of the Federal University of Alagoas, we adopted a theoretical and methodological framework based on an Indigenous Research Paradigm, following an anticolonial logic of research. We utilized conversations and diaries as tools for producing the research corpus and used the Thought Ritual method as an analytical foundation. Finally, we discussed how resistance against these death projects were constants and had intensified during the coronavírus pandemic. Through the Xucuru-Kariri narratives, we demonstrated how territory, stories, the relationship with nature, knowledge, spirituality, and traditions are the politics of life. Naturally community ways of (re)existing, those elements challenge racist, exploitative, colonial, and capitalist logic ofcontemporary society. In conclusion, this research highlights the importance of recognizing and valuing the knowledge and practices of the Xucuru-Kariri people as essential tools to confront and overcome some challenges faced by the contemporary world and its crises. Furthermore, it emphasizes the need for policies and actions that promote social justice and respect for the rights of indigenous peoples, contributing to the construction of a more equitable and fair society.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Externo(a) à Instituição - CARLOS JOSÉ FERREIRA DOS SANTOS - UESC-BA
Interno(a) - 2180259 - MARIA AUXILIADORA TEIXEIRA RIBEIRO
Presidente - 1738204 - SAULO LUDERS FERNANDES