Resistência contra a construção da barragem de Itapiranga: a experiência dos atingidos

Abstract

The history of resistance to the Itapiranga/SC dam project highlights the experience of mobilizing of the possible affected communities against the construction, which contributed to the formation of the Movement of People Affected by Dams - MAB. The aims of this research are to understand the steps taken by this organization, from the 1970s to 2017, which entities were involved, what actions were taken so that the dam was not built and the impacts that this project has already left in the threatened region. The research sought to understand what reasons led different social subjects to resist the project implementation and the various resistance actions that were taken in this region. To carry out this research, we used oral and bibliographic sources, newspapers and public audience recordings and the historical dimensions of this work are about the social and cultural history, based on the writings of Thompson (1981, 1987, 1988). Through the memory of those involved, it is clarified how resistance builds an identity of social subjects in the defense of their rights and the construction of a popular energy project. Four points are highlighted as outstanding experiences: the direct action of threatened families in the communities, the carrying out of an economic survey to oppose the propaganda in favor of construction, the constitution of the interstate commission and the realization of energy generation through biogas. This study demonstrates that the experience of struggle and resistance to the construction of the Itapiranga-SC dam is highlighted, as no others were observed at the national level with such diversity and success.