UNRESTEST IN THE BELLY AND ON THE EARTH, THERE IS NOISE AND THE SMELL OF FALLEN FOREST: who is arriving?

Abstract

The research aims to analyze the letter “what do we think women Munduruku?” presented at the seminar “Impacts, challenges and perspectives of the Great projects in the Tapajós Basin” based in Itaituba in May 2016. The public appearance of these women mobilized public institutions, members of civil society, indigenous peoples and traditional communities, aiming to establish dialogues with various social segments covered by projects such as the São Luís do Tapajós hydroelectric power plant and the Tapajós waterway. These projects have negative impacts on the health of indigenous peoples and traditional communities. The theoretical foundation of the research is based on discussions about territory and territoriality, social-environmental conflicts and also in the letter that constitutes the object of analysis. The research aims to analyze the impacts of megaprojects reported in the letter of the women Munduruku; describe the people Munduruku, environment and threats arising from mercurial contamination of waters with damage to human life; to analyze the actions of the Munduruku in the face of the omission of government authorities regarding the contamination of rivers with alarming impacts for the Amazon population. For the realization of this research, we opted for the implied and qualitative research. Socio-environmental disasters have devastating consequences that mobilize Munduruku women to challenge public managers to find measures to mitigate the impacts caused by mega-projects. The analysis of the charter of the Munduruku women and the creation of the associations Wakoburum, imbued with the ancestral spirit, developed resistance actions against mega-projects that pollute the environment.