Siege and Struggle in the Tapajós Region: Notes from wartimes
Tapajós; Mining; Indigenous Struggle; Far right; Munduruku;
The pandemic scenario that struck us from 2020 onwards unfolded, in the Tapajós basin, in an unprecedented onslaught of predatory mineral extraction, with serious consequences for the Munduruku people in general, and particularly for the leaders with whom I worked for almost 8 years. In one word: mining. That is, devastation of forests and bodies of water, militias within villages, death threats to leaders and – unfortunately – much more. This contextualization is relevant to justify why, given the events, I dedicated a portion of my time to supporting the Munduruku by intervening in the public debate. In addition to insertion in the press and digital media, I turned to technical production regarding mining, between 2020 and 2023. This thesis seeks to take an ethnographic look at the technical material I produced, and what I followed from the Munduruku amid the onslaught of mineral extraction. predatory – which, although it does not appear precisely in this way in the literature, is a preponderant aspect of the extreme right's political project, which threatens people and land, life, munduruku.