From confrontation to coexistence: the Drought Forum [Fórum Seca] as a political movement

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v55i0.73864

Keywords:

coexistence with the semiarid, drought combat, resistance, social movements, civil society

Abstract

The present article reflects on the paradigm of coexistence with the semiarid based on the history that is evidenced by the Pernambucano Forum for confronting Drought –Drought Forum (1989-1996) as a political project that announces paths of resistance and struggle. The Drought Forum is a necessary reference in discussing the issue of drought from a political perspective in the occasion of the Public Act of occupation of the Northeast Development Superintendence – SUDENE in March, 1993. Analyzing the consequences of these movements we focus onto the city of Serra Talhada, in the semiarid of the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, as a privileged site of discussions. In this city, the Drought Forum meant much more than a movement demanding permanent actions to combat drought, but the beginning of a political project capable of legitimacy within the state through the notion of coexistence with the semiarid. The present arguments were provided by qualitative research based on the analysis of historical documents and on two semi-structured interviews which led us to the Forum. The intertwining of narratives made possible to understand that such resistance movements have a lot to teach our modus vivendi and invite us to defend historical achievements.

Author Biographies

Shana Sampaio Sieber, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - Bolsista projeto CNPq

Possui graduação em Engenharia Florestal pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP/FCA), Mestrado em Ciências Florestais pela Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE) e Doutorado em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG).

Ramonildes Alves Gomes, Docente da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG)

Possui bacharelado em Serviço Social pela Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (1992), mestrado em Sociologia pela UFSCAR (1998), doutorado em Sociologia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (2005) e pós-doutorado pela École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (CRBC/EHESS - 2010) e pós-doutorado Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense (2010) na França.

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Published

2020-12-17

How to Cite

Sieber, S. S., & Gomes, R. A. (2020). From confrontation to coexistence: the Drought Forum [Fórum Seca] as a political movement. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 55. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v55i0.73864

Issue

Vol. 55 (2020): Society and environment in the Semiarido: controversies and approaches

Section

Society and environment in the Semiárido: controversies and approaches

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