O sentido diferenciado do deslocamento compulsório da população de Itueta, MG

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Priscila Rosa Bandeira da
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (riUfes)
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/3580
• topic: Compulsory displacement; Social representations; UHE-Aimorés; Deslocamento compulsório; Geografia; Usina Hidrelétrica de Aimorés; Representações sociais; Migração; Itueta (MG); 91

The dissertation addresses the social representations of the residents of Itueta City, located in the eastern state of Minas Gerais, highlighting the process of population transfer to the new Itueta City planned by the consortium formed by companies VALE and CEMIG, cause the old city was flooded by the lake Aimores Hydroelectric Power Plant, implanted in the middle section of the Doce River, located in Aimores City, MG. The work shows which are the representations of residents in Itueta, about the old and new tows. It analyses the representations of the population and representatives of civil society organizations about the implementation of the new city, which occurred in 2004\2005. From the bibliographic research on implantation of hydreletric and compulsory displacement and field interviews showed that the implementation experiences of hydropower in Brazil for the predominance of discourse founded on the developmental logic, whose spokesman are economic actors to act with great power in favor of their own interests. In the same logic Itueta was consolidated and the interviews showed aspects of reality when the details are pointed out how the consortium undertook the transfer of population, under threats and inappropriate conditions, for example, without the end of the implantation of the new city. Moreover, they emphasized the many problems presented in the city, as well as losses that couldn’t be adequately compensated or compensated. Thus, the Declaration of Commitement was the document prepared by the Residents Association of Itueta with the participation of residents, the claims raised in regards to the displacement of the Itueta’s population. However, it was found through the interviews that many of the determinations awarded to the consortium hasn't yet been fulfilled, which demonstrates the arbitrariness of the consortium in the face of reality and necessity of the affected population. The interviews were essential to demonstrate the main questions raised by the Itueta’s residents, emphasizing aspects of the old city memory, with the highlight of his handscapes and striking elements, such as the Catholic Church, the Doce River, the railroad, the small square, etc, as well as the elements of daily life in the old city, specially around the social life that the residents had. In New Itueta, the contents of social representations of the residents emphasize the process of urban reframing and suggests how the new socio-spatial practices are consolidated from the identify references to the old city.