Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: CAMILLA HOLANDA MENDES DA ROCHA

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STUDENT : CAMILLA HOLANDA MENDES DA ROCHA
DATE: 29/08/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Sala do DHJUS Ministério Público do Trabalho MPT 14ª Região RO/AC
TITLE:

RESCUING MARGINALIZED VOICES: WORK, MEMORY, AND JUSTICE IN RONDONIA

KEY WORDS:

Human Rights; Memory; Justice; Public Policies.

PAGES: 90
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais e Aplicadas
AREA: Direito
SUBÁREA: Direitos Especiais
SUMMARY:

This study investigates the memories of exploitation, violence, and resistance in the context of labor in Rondonia, analyzing how different historical cycles of economic development — from rubber extraction and mineral exploitation to major infrastructure projects — have impacted workers and traditional communities, resulting in severe human rights violations and the erasure of subaltern narratives. It is guided by the central question: which memories emerge from the reinterpretation of Rondonia’s historical formation from the perspective of workers, and what institutional strategies can the Brazilian Labor Prosecution Office (Ministerio Publico do Trabalho - MPT) develop to promote justice, preserve memory, and ensure full reparation? The aim is to propose institutional strategies that strengthen social justice and the preservation of historical memory, breaking with the “organized forgetting” that renders workers’ contributions invisible. The study’s relevance lies in its potential to influence public policies and institutional decisions, particularly in light of new megaprojects — such as hydroelectric plants, highways, waterways, and railways — which have historically reproduced patterns of exploitation and rights violations in the region. This applied, qualitative, and interdisciplinary research adopts descriptive and explanatory methods, combining documentary research — analyzing historical sources, institutional records, and media materials — with participant research, through immersion in public hearings, social listening processes, and engagement with affected communities. The theoretical framework articulates concepts from Transitional Justice and Labor Law, Niklas Luhmann’s theory of social systems, Pablo Gonzalez Casanova’s notion of internal colonialism, and Achille Mbembe’s theory of necropolitics. As its final product, the research proposes the creation and implementation of the Educational and Interactive Memorial of Labor Memories in Rondonia, to be housed at the Regional Labor Prosecution Office of the 14th Region. Conceived as a social technology with a dual function, it aims internally to combat institutional amnesia and continuously train new members and staff; and externally, to serve as a public space for human rights education, fostering dialogue with civil society, social movements, and schools on the human costs of development cycles and the promotion of decent work. The memorial stands as an instrument of symbolic reparation and a strategy for fostering critical reflection and civic engagement, ensuring that the human — and not merely economic — dimensions of development projects are effectively considered and protected.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1546985 - APARECIDA LUZIA ALZIRA ZUIN
Interno - 2374782 - RICARDO GILSON DA COSTA SILVA
Interna - 2078382 - ADRIANA VIEIRA DA COSTA
Externo à Instituição - CÉSAR AUGUSTO BUBOLZ QUEIRÓS - UFAM
Externo à Instituição - CRISTIANO OTÁVIO PAIXÃO ARAÚJO PINTO - UFAM