Guardiões do bem viver: práticas no PAE Lago Grande como alternativa ao des - envolvimento em Santarém (PA)

Abstract

This research seeks to analyze the meaning of Well Living as an alternative to development, based on the struggle of the collective Guardians of Good Living, in the Agroextractivist Settlement Project of Gleba Lago Grande - PAE Lago Grande, in Santarém. The collective arises in 2019, through mobilizations in defense of the territory, organized by the youth of the communities of the settlement against the interests of mining expansion in PAE. Above all, we address the characteristics of PAE and the main threats that its residents have faced. Based on this, we examined the spatial practices adopted by the Guardians in maintaining defense and raising awareness of EAP residents about the possible impacts of large space projects throughout the settlement. In Santarém, the municipal power since the 1990s has been promoting development policies aimed at agribusiness and real estate speculation. The land projects in the municipality were developed ignoring the presence of local people. The methodology used adopts a qualitative approach, through field work and semi - structured interviews carried out in the years of 2022, 2023 and 2024, being reported in the text on the field experience, proving to be fundamental for the concept of territory and its proposal as an alternative to development. The analysis of the context of the Guardians in PAE Lago Grande is important for the discussion of alternative models to development, especially in a context of pressure on the territories in the Amazon caused by large space projects.