SOCIAL CARTOGRAPHY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF RESISTANCE

The map as an empowerment tool for traditional peoples and communities in Alto Solimões in the State of Amazonas

Abstract

The state of Amazonas presents several conflicts for access to the common goods of traditional peoples and communities, such as natural and aquatic resources. The population is made up of riverside dwellers, fishermen, extractivists, quilombolas from small communities far from municipal headquarters that live in constant struggle for rights. The research is located in the western portion of the Brazilian Amazon bordering the micro-region of Alto Solimões in Amazonas. The general objective tends to reflect on the production process of situational maps referring to land and water conflicts, from the perspective of traditional peoples and communities residing in Alto Solimões. The work is based on surveys of primary and secondary data through the cooperation of the Amazon Social Cartography Nucleus and the Social and Environmental Studies Nucleus, both of which have a wealth of study material related to traditional peoples and communities. The results obtained are cartographic elaborations, informative bulletins and fascicles among ethnic groups and traditional communities, distributed among the municipalities.