Territórios e Resistências

Mapeamento das violências no campo em comunidades quilombolas do Maranhão e o caso de Alcântara

Abstract

This study analyzes the multiple forms of rural violence faced by quilombola communities

in Maranhão during the first decade of the 2000s. The main agents of this violence are farmers, land

grabbers, and agribusiness representatives, who, guided by a discourse of modernization, invade

territories and perpetrate aggression and threats against the population. The study seeks to understand

the struggle and resistance of quilombola communities in the face of threats to their continued

existence in their territories. The research adopts a qualitative and quantitative approach, using data

from the Pastoral Land Commission, the Hemeroteca of the Benedito Leite Public Library, and the

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation website. The communities in the municipality of Alcântara, in the Baixada

Maranhense region, account for the highest number of land conflicts.