“Aqui todo mundo é parente ”: dinâmica territorial, organização social e identidade entre os quilombolas de Mituaçú, PB

Abstract

Like other litoraneal states of Brazilian Northeast, the territorial formation of the south coast of Paraiba was constituted by a quite complex context initiated by the colonial occupation period. This process allowed the formation of several collective identities that share experiences and traditional knowledge. About this perspective, this work aims to understand the formation of a social, territorial and ethnic process in Mituaçu. Emphasizing how these spaces were constituted historically, inquiring modes of domestic organization and forms of economic cooperation, both the traditional type, as also related to industrial activities and bureaucratic engagements. And finally, examine how these activities are related to the Mituaçu identifying process while a Remaining Quilombo Community.