Identidade étnica e associativismo na comunidade quilombola Carrasco-AL

Abstract

In this dissertation, I developed reflections on the process of construction of ethnic identity in the Carrasco quilombola community, located in the countryside of Alagoas. Organized into three sections, in addition to the introduction and conclusion, I tried to conduct a dialogue between the material produced in the fieldwork and the anthropological discussions that deal with ethnic identity, associations, conflict and territory, proposing an analysis that follows the processual development of identity, considering as a milestone the certification of the community by the Fundação Cultural Palmares. Understanding family and ethnicity as organizational principles, I seek to understand how the dynamics of social relationships, such as family, work and neighborhood, were affected by the development and strengthening of the ethnic frontier. These reflections here developed started primarily from the dialogues established with community leaders who are and were at the head of the Community Associations of Rural and Quilombola Producers, evidencing from these, the sensitive changes observed on the dynamics of relations established between Carrasco residents when quilombola identity starts conferring rights, especially the land, the conflicts for power of management of politics and narratives are among the elements that were intensified. This dissertation, as well as part of the fieldwork material, was produced during the Coronavirus pandemic period, during the Years 2018 and 2021, all this work being crossed by the conditions required by this period.