“Aqui todo mundo é uma família”: processo de construção do território e territorialidades étnicas em Cruz da Menina, Dona Inês – PB

Abstract

The quilombola community of Cruz da Menina is located in the rural area of Dona Inês - PB. Quilombo has 100 self-recognized families, while remaining quilombo and certified by the Palmares Cultural Foundation - FCP on March 12, 2008. This monograph is the result of research carried out under the National Program for Scientific Initiation / PIBIC / CNPq from 2016 to 2018, as well as university extension activities carried out from 2017 to 2019. Its main objective was to analyze the process of territory construction and the ethnic territorialities of Cruz da Girl - Dona Inês / PB. As it is a quantitative / qualitative work, the following procedures were performed: bibliographic survey in the portals of the UFPB, UFCG and UEPB libraries, documentary - historical research in institutional sites, in the INCRA archives, CAVN museum in order to obtain information and In discussions about racial ethnic issues, the territory of Cruz da Menina, as well as the remaining communities of quilombos in Paraíba, we conducted 12 interviews through semi- structured questionnaires as well as informal conversations through fieldwork, studies and discussion of texts related to the theme. We discuss authors in which we use as theoretical support such as: FIABANI (2012), GOMES (2015), LEITE (2000), REIS (1995), FORTES (2013), MARACAJÁ (2013), SANTANA (2011), MOREIRA (2009) , LARAIA (2009), MARQUES (2009; 2016), LACOSTE (1977), MARCOS (2006), BOSI (1994), FERNANDES (2007) and RAFFESTIN (1993). We can consider that the readings and the researches made possible to understand the territorial dynamics of the attribution of the concept of quilombo as its formation, the territory of Dona Inês and the Cruz da Girl community. We observe the progress in racial ethnic discussions of traditional communities located in the state of Paraíba. In addition to understanding the process of struggle for territory and its forms of resistance, the relationship with the land, its family social organization and the confrontation with prejudice stand out.