The article presents discussions developed in the first author’s master’s dissertation. It consists of a study focused on the methodological aspects of the research, which was developed through analyses derived from participatory mapping combined with fieldwork aimed at recognizing socio-spatial inequalities. The study area is the city of São Borja, located on the western border of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, specifically the Passo neighborhood, situated along the margins of the Uruguay River. The research demonstrated that the neighborhood, considered peripheral and stigmatized within the city, presents a complex and heterogeneous spatial configuration. Furthermore, it showed that the mapping process developed together with the local community, combined with fieldwork, enabled the recognition of the heterogeneity of urban space. It is concluded that cartographic practices can contribute to the recognition of socio-spatial inequalities by enabling the construction of local-scale mapping grounded in everyday life and in the lived experiences within the mapped space.
Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) constitutes an important source of information for understanding fishery resource dynamics, water seasonality, and the sustainable development of fishing practices, as well as for contributing to management actions in the Amazon. This study analyzed 161 LEK interviews with artisanal fishers regarding the diet of key ethnospecies caught in the middle and lower reaches of the Tapajós River, considering the two hydrological transition phases (rising and receding waters). Dietary information for 18 fish ethnospecies was categorized into items of animal origin, plant origin, organic matter, and combinations. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, the chi-square test, and simple correspondence analysis. A significant association was found between dietary categories and hydrological regime phases; plant-based foods were more strongly associated with the rising water phase, whereas organic matter and other combinations showed a stronger relationship with the receding water phase. The results showed a high degree of convergence with patterns described in the scientific literature, reinforcing the value of LEK as a relevant, complementary source of information for discussions on participatory management strategies, territoriality, and fishery resource governance in the Tapajós River.
This article analyzes the territorial reconfiguration associated with the implementation of grain Cargo Transshipment Stations (CTS) in Miritituba, a district of Itaituba, Pará, Brazil, since 2014. It examines how the formation of a road-waterway logistics node connected to the grain export circuit has reorganized territorial uses, flows, and local practices. The research is a case study based on a qualitative approach, supported by bibliographical and documentary analysis, quantitative data on cargo movements, aerial imagery, and three field visits conducted in 2018, 2023, and 2024. The results indicate that the expansion of CTS’ and supporting infrastructures increased the territorial fluidity of commodities while reconfiguring areas previously devoted to rural and residential uses and intensifying truck and vessel flows. The analysis reveals a tension between territory appropriated as a resource by logistics agents and territory used as shelter and as a space for the reproduction of local activities.
This review analyses the book Caderno de viagem de Hercule Florence (1825-1829): esboços da Expedição Langsdorff, edited by Lorelai Kury and published by the Hercule Florence Institute. The volume presents the analytical and facsimile edition of the field notebook of the draughtsman and inventor Hercule Florence, held in the collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The analysis examines the book's contribution to the History of Cartography, the Social and Economic History of São Paulo, and the History of Science in nineteenth-century Brazil. It highlights the surveys of landscapes and itineraries of the former Province of São Paulo related to the monções route, from the records of the overland route between Santos and Porto Feliz and Nester Rubtsov's maps to the survey of the provincial roads reproduced by Florence in 1837 through his polygraphy technique, as well as the taxonomic and chromatic rigour in recording nature and the ethno-historical dimension of the representations of Indigenous peoples, emphasising the iconographic set on the Apiaká.
The article analyzes the conflict of environmentalities expressed through the process of privatizing (or granting concessions for) Amazonian rivers, using as its empirical reference the spatial practice of occupying the Cargill port in Santarém, Pará, which took place during the first months of 2026. The methodology consists of a literature review, documentary and legal research, and participant observation with interviews conducted during the occupation. We provide a brief overview of the concepts of environmentality and the conflict of environmentalities, rights of nature, and the production of the commons, which will assist us in understanding the empirical elements. We present and examine the National Privatization Program, unpacking its institutional organization and some relevant legal frameworks that facilitate the privatization and/or concession of public assets. We contextualize the Indigenous struggle in the Lower and Middle Tapajós region, with particular emphasis on recent years, when the spatiality of the political tactics employed by Indigenous peoples has been marked by occupations of state and private geographic objects, as well as blockades of major highways. We examine in detail the spatial practice of the occupation of the Cargill port carried out by Indigenous peoples, arguing that the occupation and its spatial organization were fundamental to the revocation of the decree granting concessions for waterways on Amazonian rivers. Finally, we conclude by emphasizing the occupation as a fundamental tactic for the revocation of the privatization decree, highlighting the importance of interpreting Indigenous peoples’ spatial practices through the lens of the conflict of environmentalities and the struggle over the commons.
