Open AccessFROM THE DREAM OF GOLD TO ACCESS TO LAND: Signs of Violence in Serra Pelada and Life Stories in Palmares II
Author(s) -
Jax Nildo Aragão Pinto,
Marcelo Barbalho,
Marcelo Firpo de Souza Porto
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista observatório
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2447-4266
DOI - 10.20873/uft.2447-4266.2020v6n5a8en
Subject(s) - dictatorship , settlement (finance) , epic , context (archaeology) , human settlement , politics , dream , geography , history , political science , art , archaeology , psychology , law , literature , world wide web , computer science , neuroscience , payment , democracy
The purpose of this article is to show that Serra Pelada (1980-1992), the largest open gold-digging in the world, has a close relationship with the establishment or rural settlements in southeastern Pará. To demonstrate that the epic of the prospectors and the historic struggle of workers for a piece of land have been linked for more than three decades, two resources are used: a photography taken by Sebastião Salgado in Serra Pelada, in 1986, and testimonies from ex- garimpeiros who now lives in Palmares II, a settlement created in Parauabepas, in 1996. The discussion is based on the social-political-economic context of the military dictatorship and the first actions of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) in Pará.