Impactos socioterritoriais e identidade quilombola em espaço metropolitano: o caso da comunidade de Abacatal (Pará)

Abstract

This paper discusses the socioterrtorial impacts and construction of territorial identity quilombola in metropolitan reality, specifically in the Metropolitan Region of Belém, in view of the influence of the various public actions - policy, major infrastructure projects and other forms of intervention in space - and private, considering the urban expansion, a process intrinsic to the metropolis. The community quilombola of Abacatal in Ananindeua, has a sad history of serious land conflicts and, amid this constant struggle for their land, the identity of this group is consolidated, culminating in the title to their lands, however, the pressure who suffers of the metropolis calls into question the members of this territory ethnically configured. From a methodology based in the explanatory research through qualitative analysis, was possible observe the numerous impacts on the territory in question and their effects, which contribute, paradoxically, both to strengthen and to weaken the identity quilombola. The perspective of new conflicts appears on the horizon conclusive of research, where it is considered that Abacatal is destined to fight for their territory for a long time yet.