Viver às margens do rio: identidade e pertença na ilha do Combu/PA

Abstract

The city of Belém, like all urban centers, is always growing and modernizing, but not every locality follows the logic of "modernity". Despite the population growth of Combu Island and its proximity to the urban area of Belém, the riverside communities remain with their everyday reality linked to environment and its natural resources, rivers and forest that is still predominant on the island, demonstrating that despite changes, inherent in any social context, their development is connected to a more harmonious relationship with the environment. Thus, this work, which is a qualitative anthropological study, based on ethnography, with field work, informal conversations and semi-structured interviews complementing the participant observation method, is about identity and belonging related to the Igarapé do Combu community riverside way of life, in Combu Island, which are developed over time, from the dynamics of this population with this place, where there is a riverine social dynamic differentiated from the neighbors living in the urban area.