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A insaciável sede das indústrias do Complexo do Pecém (CE) e a cosmopolítica das águas do povo indígena Anacé

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This article aims to comprehend the conflict between the ever increasing water demand to the “thirsty” big industries in the Pecem Industrial and Port Complex – CIPP, located to the west from Fortaleza, Ceará’s Capital City, and the perception by the Anacé Indigenous People of water as an entity capable of many agencies. For that, we have conducted i) document analysis, focusing on the agreement memorandums between the CIPP industries and on the means of mobilization constructed by the indigenous associations; ii) analysis of the recent news about the new enterprises proposed for the CIPP; and iii) interviews with Anacé indigenous leaders. In this context, we have identified an onthological conflict between, on one side, the relational onthologies and the cosmopolitics of the Anacé Indigenous People regarding the water, and, on the other side, the dualist and separations onthology, typical to the neoliberal phase of capitalism.

Source: Aceno - Revista de Antropologia do Centro-Oeste

Authors: Nogueira Nóbrega, Luciana, Barbosa, Lia Pinheiro

Institution: Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Language: Portuguese

Topic: Water Governance and Infrastructure

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Universidade Estadual do Ceará

OpenAlex ID: W7217264980

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