A tragédia anunciada da barragem de Pedreira (SP): conflitos territoriais e ambientais na produção de um espaço de risco
Abstract
The present work addresses the production of a risk space generated by the
construction of a dam in Pedreira/SP and the environmental and territorial conflict
generated by it. To this end, the thesis aims to analyze the contributions of Henri
Lefebvre's theory of space production (2006; 2013) to understanding the conflict
generated by the production of this risk space. Starting from the approach of this theory
with the fundamental elements for understanding territorial and environmental
conflicts, we analyze how risks are conceived, perceived and experienced by the
population of Pedreira. We analyzed how it was possible for such a dam to be
designed and licensed, producing risks and how there is a dispute posed by the
definition of who is affected by this major project. We also address how the social
construction of risk perception related to the dam occurs and the dynamics of
mobilization and demobilization related to this perception. These risks are
represented, involving the fundamental information for whether they are recognized or
not. They are also physically perceived, involving seeing, hearing, and feeling the
impacts and potential threats generated, as well as associating the production of these
risk spaces with previous experiences. In other words, the risks are experienced and
are related to the history, memory and belonging of the affected territories, as well as
the daily lives of those who live with threats that have the potential to generate illness,
impacts on the psychosocial dimension. In this conflict, the definition of who is
considered affected is fundamental, influencing both the licensing of the project and
also the possibilities for reparation and recognition of rights. In Pedreira, the population
that has an appropriation of space, memory, history and belonging is affected by the
production of a risk space by the dam. A conflict experienced, in which the population
is subject to conceiving the risk based on the dispute over information that is or is not
shared about the insecurity produced, to perceiving the risk based on the impacts of
a major development project that changes the dynamics of the territory and access to
goods such as water, and living with risk based on previous and current experiences
of life on the banks of the Jaguari river. These experiences can intensify territorial and
environmental conflicts as they attempt to combat the production of this risk space or
at least build strategies to protect against the risks posed. Through this case, we
assess the potential contributions of Lefebvre's theory and point out possible
enhancements and developments for the analysis of territorial and environmental
conflicts and the production of risk spaces.
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