Botocudos, affected people and extractivism: essay on the strange order of the capital territorializaton at Barra Longa’s territories

Abstract

Barra Longa (Brazil, MG) is one of the cities affected by the collapse of the Fundão Dam. Considering the uniqueness of this case in the context of the disaster and of the repair process, we pretend to discuss at this essay in which extent the disputes over territorial planning, intensified after the burial of roads and edifications in this city by ore tailings, are also echoes of the methods of original accumulation of capital. The popular planning is perceived as a resource of contest, opposing to the repristination of the original accumulation violence the anthropophagic appropriation of technical and scientific knowledge in the collective struggle for the popular production of the Barra Longa’s space.

Keywords:
Barra Longa (MG); Fundão Dam; John Mawe; Permanent original accumulation; Conflictual planning; Militant planning