Faces de um conflito ambiental: Uma etnografia das performances e simbolismos na crítica aos megaempreendimentos

Abstract

n this work, I seek to present the environmental conflict that occurs in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, starring residents, fishermen, youth collective and PACS Institute, around the operation of the Atlantic Steel Company, company located in the neighborhood of Santa Cruz. I present the complaints mobilized by the critical actors, some denunciation strategies and their developments, as well as some symbolism and categorization of the field of social movements. There is an effort to present some strategies of the steel companies in front of the mobilizations and criticisms triggered by society, as well as the corporate and public administration relationship that allows the installation and exercise of power by a private enterprise in a certain peripherized region of the city. Thus, I analyze the socioeconomic and racial factors as motivators for the installation of an enterprise harmful to health and the environment in the West Zone of the city.