DIREITOS CULTURAIS E TERRITORIAIS DAS POPULAÇÕES QUILOMBOLAS. Um estudo da expansão da zona urbana de João Pessoa sobre o quilombo de Paratibe.

Abstract

In João Pessoa, the tendency to replace the horizontal pattern of buildings (houses) by the use of buildings, especially in the coastal region and in the south, has been conducting the appropriation of urban space by the real estate business, so there has been a disproportionate allocation of the risks to the detriment of the poor and, among these, ethnic groups. Given the growth of the capital of Paraiba, the resistance of a community in particular has been placed as a major obstacle before which has had to bend the local financial power. Paratibe is a black territory with nearly two hundred years of continuous occupation, which has now been threatened. In recent years, residents mobilized this historical memory for the guarantee of the right to land and land tenure. The example of what happens in the national agrarian movement, the redistributive longing classically associated with the modification of private territorial structure and the compliance with the constitutional provisions establishing the social function of property led to the organization of several vindicated civil movements in the post-88 context also the ethno-cultural component has inspired the struggle for land in Paraiba. Thus, the case of Paratibe became a symbol in the midst of the quilombos in Paraíba claim agendas.