QUILOMBOLA ASSEMBLAGES AND DAILY RESISTANCE AGAINST CAPITALISM IN THE AMAZON OF PÉROLA DO MAICÁ

Abstract

The advance of megaprojects in the Amazon has reconfigured urban-riverine territories, intensifying conflicts between traditional communities and global capital. This study analyzes the resistance strategies of the quilombola community Pérola do Maicá, in Santarém (PA), against the installation of the EMBRAPS Grain Port. Through an ethnographic approach, which included participant observation (2020-2021), semi-structured interviews (N=15), and document analysis, a triple matrix of resistance was identified: (1) organized collective actions (78% community participation); (2) everyday tactics, such as maintaining unofficial routes (87% of cases) and sharing fish (73% of families); and (3) symbolic disputes, with emphasis on the "knowledge of the lake" (92% of the narratives). The results show that the project restricted 68% of fishing areas and increased land values by 150% (2012-2022), straining territorial rights. It is concluded that the resistance in Pérola do Maicá configures a "quilombola urbanism" - a distinct form of space production that articulates kinship, solidarity economy and local epistemologies, demanding public policies that recognize such assemblages as axes of sustainability in the urban Amazon.