O protagonismo e ação coletiva de mulheres quilombolas: desenvolvimento sustentável em Caiana dos Crioulos Alagoa Grande/PB.

Abstract

This study presents the importance of the socioeconomic and cultural perspective of women from the Caiana quilombo with their narratives of resistance, maintenance of family farming, knowledge of the land and preservation of local biodiversity. It points out the role of women in rural communities, regarding resistance, work, recovery of memory and historical/daily struggle for survival in a patriarchal society with a neoliberal economy. The research is based on authors such as Alberti (2004), Barth (2011), Butto (2003), Heredia (1984), Hirata (2002) and Hollanda (2020), who contributed to supporting the analysis of the experiences of women from Quilombo, highlighting the intersection between gender, race and sustainability; and also Shiva (2001), Heleieth Saffioti (2015) and Empinotti and Moreira (2013), who discuss topics such as gender inequality, structural racism and the importance of female participation in resistance and social transformation. It also dialogues with ecofeminism, which relates environmental sustainability to the role of women in preserving the environment. The methodology adopted is qualitative, using Oral Life History, an approach that allows us to understand the trajectories of quilombola women based on their own narratives. The research was conducted in Quilombo Caiana dos Crioulos, located between the municipalities of Areia and Alagoa Grande, in Paraíba, with the participation of five women from the community. The interviews, which took place over the course of three months, were transcribed and analyzed to identify common patterns in the life stories of these women. Secondary sources, such as historical documents and official records, were also used to contextualize the interviews. The results of the research revealed that the women of Quilombo Caiana dos Crioulos play fundamental roles in the preservation of cultural traditions and in the construction of sustainable economic strategies. Keywords: quilombo; black women; memory