CERRADO AND TERRITORY: sociospacial conflicts in apropriation of the biodiversity – the Indian people Karajás, Aruanã – Go.

Abstract

The unequal insertion of the Cerrado area in the scenario of the national and international economy has modified the natural gradient of its environment and the way of life of local peoples. These changes intervene in the indigenous territories and create territorial disputes that affect the life of the Karaja people in the Aruanã region, Goias state, the research object of this article. Then, the question arises: how can the Karajá people develop the appropriation of biodiversity of the Cerrado areas immersed in these conflicts? The survey relied on multiple tools and theoretical-methodological procedures, and it was particularly supported by the Territorial Approach. The qualitative orientation used in this work aimed at agglutinating the sociocultural components in relation to socioeconomic and symbolic ones in order to understand the imperative forces of the capitalist economy over a resistant Karajá culture within the interstices of this economy. The findings show that the external conflicts are internalized by the Karaja people regarding their relation to place and to themselves, and the most conspicuous aspect of it is a change in the dietary habits, leisure, work, housing, etc. Notwithstanding, the Karaja people seek to create alternatives that can keep the survival of their traditions and mindset.