Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: IAN FREITAS DE SOUZA

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STUDENT : IAN FREITAS DE SOUZA
DATE: 17/05/2024
TIME: 09:30
LOCAL: Campus Sosígenes Costa - Híbrido
TITLE:

An Investigative Study of the Narratives from the Proceedings of the Land Grabbing Inquiry Commission in Bahia and the Oral Testimonies of Squatters from Vale Verde, Bahia, Regarding Land Grabbing (1977-1981)

KEY WORDS:

Land Grabbing, Vale Verde/BA, Land Grabbing Inquiry Commission in Bahia (1977-1981), Memory; Military Dictatorship

PAGES: 90
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUBÁREA: História do Brasil
SPECIALTY: História do Brasil República
SUMMARY:

In Brazilian history, the practice of land grabbing is intrinsically linked to significant environmental and social consequences, such as violence, the murder of leaders and environmental activists, eviction of squatters, and marginalization of traditional communities and peoples. This issue is deeply connected to the persistence of agrarian problems in the country, which have never been fully resolved. A striking example of this phenomenon is observed in Vale Verde, Bahia, during the 1970s, when the multinational company Brasil-Holanda Indústria (Bralanda), operating in the timber industry, initiated an extensive land grabbing process in the region. The company faced legal proceedings and investigations due to land grabbing crimes and violence against local squatters, leading to the investigation by the Land Grabbing Inquiry Commission in Bahia, between 1977 and 1981. The Bahia State Legislative Assembly established the commission to investigate irregularities in land acquisition in the state, encompassing the investigation of land grabbing incidents and violence against the squatters of Vale Verde promoted by Bralanda. Thus, it is in this context that our research is based, aiming to investigate and analyze the documents produced by the Land Grabbing Inquiry Commission in Bahia and the oral testimonies of the squatters of Vale Verde as discursive sources, in order to approximate and contrast the different narratives about the Bralanda land grabbing case in Vale Verde between 1972 and 1981, understanding the limits and possibilities of understanding that such narratives open up to us regarding the events. A guiding premise of this investigation suggests that documentary sources and oral testimonies present divergent and complementary narratives about the case, offering a multifaceted understanding of it. The research shows that the Land Grabbing Inquiry Commission, created to investigate land grabbing cases in Bahia, often appears inclined to deny the existence of land grabbing, contradicting its initial purpose. Finally, we will seek to understand how the discursivization of land grabbing events is influenced by the linguistic-historical materiality of the sources, impacting the (re)signification of these events.

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Interna - 1348376 - ANA CARNEIRO CERQUEIRA
Interno - ***.935.955-** - FRANCISCO EDUARDO TORRES CANCELA - UNEB
Interna - 1629912 - JANAINA ZITO LOSADA
Interno - 3025974 - PABLO ANTUNHA BARBOSA
Externo à Instituição - FABRICIO TELÓ
Externa à Instituição - JULIANE FERRAZ OLIVEIRA