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“Each one in his/her corner”: narratives of a territory made vulnerable by a mega-development project

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This article discusses the resonances of the processes of turning vulnerable and the vulnerability produced by the transposition of the São Francisco River project in the framework of the Covid-19 pandemic for women living in a Rural Productive Village, in the Sertão (Outback) of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil. We start from a qualitative approach, adopting Hermeneutic Phenomenology in dialogue with the post-colonial proposal, and using narrative interviews and logbooks, analyzed through Meaning Analytics. Here, we will take a look, emphasizing community demobilization and the introduction of individualized ways of life as direct resonances of the river transposition and the way in which the village’s territory was engendered. Such phenomena resulted in psychosocial challenges and limitations in the collective confrontation of the pandemic, producing a lonely and exhausting experience for the study’s participants.

Source: Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)

DOI: 10.1590/1982-0275202643e230117

Authors: Ana Letícia Cordeiro de Melo, Suely Emília de Barros Santos, Clarissa Marques, Saulo Luders Fernandes

Institutions: Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Universidade de Pernambuco

Language: English

Topic: Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Universidade de Pernambuco