Bittersweet mining dependency in Minas Gerais towns: Brumadinho and Itabira in perspective

This paper analyzes Brumadinho and Itabira, discussing possibilities of overcoming the economic, social, political, and cultural dependency that marks the relationship between their populations and mining. The discussion mobilizes critical studies arising from decolonialism and post-development to a...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Quintão, Frederico Dornellas Martins, dos Santos de Sousa Teodósio, Armindo, Luiz de Freitas Dias, André
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Recursos:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
Repositorio:Cadernos Metrópole (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/55273
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/metropole/article/view/55273
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Extrativismo
Pós-Desenvolvimento
Minero-Dependência
Brumadinho
Itabira
extractivism
post-development
mining dependency
Descrição
Resumo:This paper analyzes Brumadinho and Itabira, discussing possibilities of overcoming the economic, social, political, and cultural dependency that marks the relationship between their populations and mining. The discussion mobilizes critical studies arising from decolonialism and post-development to analyze extractivism and mining dependency, a relationship of domination that goes beyond the economic field and crosses political and social relationships, as well as the subjectivities of these populations. This qualitative study is marked by the researchers’ involvement with local resistance movements that value other forms of existence in these cities, not dependent on mining. In the results, the problems that the mining activity has brought to these cities are pointed out, as well as possibilities of overcoming this dependency.