Quilombo de passagem: conflitos, demarcação e titulação (2009 a 2019)

Abstract

This work aimed to study the process of transformation from the Associação de Moradores da Passagem to the Associação de Remanescentes de Quilombo de Passagem between 2009 and 2019, a quilombola community located in the rural area of the Monte Alegre city in Pará, based on the challenges of becoming and remaining as a quilombo remnant community, and the strug-gle in search of the definitive title with the competent state offices. The sources used were state and federal decrees and laws that ensure the rights of quilombola communities, in addition to the minutes of association assemblies that took place during the period studied. Taking as a reference authors who have works related to the topic, we think about what quilombo was since the colonial and empire times, the concept of quilombo, making a history of what the quilombo experience was like until the end of the 19th century. The study also addresses the organization and economy of quilombos today, thinking about the production and maintenance of quilom-bola communities yesterday and today, and identifies as the main focus of the community the need for land titling and the conflicts that it brings: the struggle inside and outside the commu-nity, with residents who do not recognize themselves and are against the idea of a quilombola territory; and against the state, in this case the Pará Land Institute (ITERPA), the state office responsible for titling the lands, which has not yet concluded nor is making any effort to com-plete the titling process.