Claiming flows in contexts of inequality: indigenous peoples of the sertão of Itaparica and the transposition of the São Francisco river ; Reivindicando fluxos em contextos de desigualdade: os povos indígenas do sertão de Itaparica e a transposição do Rio São Francisco

This article is part of the debate about the new panorama of the challenges posed to the traditional populations’ livelihoods faced by large infrastructure projects. Based on an ethnography of the processes of negotiation, articulation and resistances of indigenous peoples involved in the process of construction of the East Axis of the Transposition of the São Francisco river, the objective of this article is to discuss how this work causes great instability to the traditional peoples that inhabit the sertão of Itaparica, a region of intense modification caused by the large development projects. The article also seeks to give visibility to the political action of the indigenous peoples from sertão of Itaparica, mainly about the institutional spaces of negotiation about water. It is debated how it is not possible to think about the political action of the indigenous peoples reclaiming the water detached from the claims on the land. This political action is characterized by the association with institutions, non-governmental organizations and other traditional populations, on the one hand, to discuss, press and guarantee the public policies necessary to mitigate impacts and, on the other hand, to participate in the management, evaluation and preservation of the São Francisco River. ; Este artigo se insere no debate acerca do novo panorama de desafios colocados aos modos de vida das populações tradicionais frente a projetos de grande infraestrutura. A partir de uma etnografia dos processos de negociação, articulação e resistências de povos indígenas envolvidos no processo de construção do Eixo Leste da Transposição do Rio São Francisco, o objetivo deste artigo é colocar em discussão como esta obra causa grande instabilidade aos povos tradicionais que habitam o sertão de Itaparica, região de intensa modificação ocasionada pelos grandes projetos de desenvolvimento. O artigo também procura dar visibilidade à ação política dos povos indígenas do sertão de Itaparica, principalmente acerca dos espaços institucionais de ...