Banca de DEFESA: CAMILLA HOLANDA MENDES DA ROCHA

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STUDENT : CAMILLA HOLANDA MENDES DA ROCHA
DATE: 08/12/2025
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: MPT-RO/AC
TITLE:

 

 

MARGINALIZED VOICES: WORK, MEMORY, AND JUSTICE IN RONDONIA

KEY WORDS:

 

 

Human Rights; Memory; Social Justice; Decent Work in the Amazon.

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

The research Marginalized Voices: Labor, Memory, and Justice in Rondônia investigates how the memories of workers affected by severe human rights violations throughout the development cycles of the Western Amazon can serve as instruments for access to justice and the promotion of decent work. Grounded in the premise that memory is a dynamic social process, marked by controversy and power disputes, the study examines the tension between official memory—centered on narratives of “progress,” the “pioneer,” and the “frontier desbravador”—and the subterranean memories of Indigenous peoples, riverine communities, migrants, peasants, and other marginalized groups. These groups have historically had their experiences silenced in projects such as the construction of the Madeira-Mamoré Railway, rubber extraction cycles, agricultural colonization programs, the use of DDT in malaria-control campaigns, and the construction of the Madeira River hydroelectric plants, all marked by labor violations, displacement, and precarious working conditions.

Interdisciplinary in nature and grounded in a qualitative approach, the research employs descriptive and explanatory methods, combining documentary analysis with action research. The theoretical framework brings together the contributions of Maurice Halbwachs, Michael Pollak, and Pierre Nora on memory disputes; Pablo González Casanova and Achille Mbembe on internal colonialism and necropolitics; and Niklas Luhmann, whose concepts of social systems, complexity, and observation help illuminate how certain narratives become institutionally legitimized while others are excluded. The central research question seeks to identify which memories emerge from the testimonies of marginalized workers in Rondônia and how these memories can be transformed into strategic tools for the actions of the Public Ministry of Labor (MPT).

The study’s social and institutional relevance stems from the current context of new megaprojects planned for the region—such as hydroelectric dams, logistical infrastructure, and large-scale integration projects—which tend to reproduce historical patterns of rights violations. As an applied outcome, the research proposes the technical product Educational and Interactive Memorial: Memories of Labor in Rondônia, designed as a social technology to be implemented at the Regional Labor Prosecutor’s Office of the 14th Region. The memorial aims to support continuous training for members and staff, strengthen institutional memory, and promote human rights education among civil society, functioning simultaneously as a pedagogical tool, a form of symbolic reparation, and a strategy for reinforcing social justice in the Western Amazon.

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