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Luis Silva Barros

Grant Type

Engaged Research Grant

Institutional Affiliation

COGERH - Companhia de Gestão dos Recursos Hídricos

Grant number

Gr. ERG-42

Approve Date

February 5, 2024

Project Title

Barros, Luis (COGERH - Companhia de Gestão dos Recursos Hídricos) "Recognition as adaptation: testing Quilombola resistance to historical injustice in Water Parliaments of the Serra da Ibiapaba Region, Northeast Brazil"

Our research looks at the Quilombola struggle for recognition both from a historical perspective and from the perspective of the community’s participation in the Serra da Ibiapaba Water Parliament, i.e., the Serra da Ibiapaba (SI) Hydrographic Basin Committee (HBC) São Benedito, Ceará, Northeast Brazil. Participant observation fieldwork will focus on qualitative data based on ethnographic interviewing of Quilombolas from Sítio Carnauba II, and of members from the Serra da Ibiapaba Hydrographic Basin Committee (SIHBC) to address questions of recognition, central to the Quilombola and Brazilian culture. Our research practice partnership will count with the support of Ceará’s water resources management company (COGERH) to work with the SIHBC.