Banca de DEFESA: MARCELO HORTA MESSIAS FRANCO

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : MARCELO HORTA MESSIAS FRANCO
DATE: 09/04/2026
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: LAGET
TITLE:

Dominação territorial, Violência e dinâmicas socioespaciais na bacia hidrográfica do rio Ituxi em Lábrea - Sul do Amazonas

KEY WORDS:

Frontier. Territorial domination. Amazonian space. Agrarian violence.

PAGES: 207
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Geografia
SUBÁREA: Geografia Humana
SPECIALTY: Geografia Agrária
SUMMARY:

The Ituxi River is an Amazonian river that flows along Brazil's north-western border, where
intense pressure is being felt for a form of land use and occupation which, without some kind
of territorial planning, tends to advance, depleting natural resources such as water and the
forest, with all the diffuse benefits associated with these resources, to the detriment of private
interests. This PhD thesis discusses the argument that the social conflicts found in this
Amazonian frontier, whether latent or active (violent), are symptoms of a single structural
phenomenon, which is related to the dynamics of advancing economic frontiers over the
Amazon. This occurs within a logic of territorial appropriation and its conversion into
exchange value, as defined by market society. The research methodology prioritized social
observation, as well as document analysis and literature review, in addition to interviews with
individuals living in the territory encompassing the Ituxi River basin. As a result, it was
possible to gather cases of violence related to the structural phenomenon of the expansion of
the agribusiness frontier in the region, identifying the challenges faced by this peripheral area
of Brazil in breaking away from territorial relations and dynamics that are imposed in a
vertical and hierarchical manner. These dynamics express the coloniality of power in the
formulation of public policies and development projects, thereby reinforcing and reproducing
the injustices committed throughout the processes of territorial domination and appropriation
in Amazonian frontier zones.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2374782 - RICARDO GILSON DA COSTA SILVA
Interno - ***.488.903-** - ISAQUE DOS SANTOS SOUSA - UEA
Interno - 1810294 - ADNILSON DE ALMEIDA SILVA
Externa à Instituição - MARIANA VIEIRA GALUCH - UFAM
Externa à Instituição - FRANCILENE SALES DA CONCEIÇÃO - UEA
Externo à Instituição - MARCELO PIRES NEGRÃO