Gender relations and territorial identity in the community Kalunga of Mimoso

Abstract

The intention of this research was to investigate women's work in the Kalunga do Mimoso in Arraias, Tocantins, and its relation with the territorial identity of quilombola women, who from the activities developed in the field build relation and means for the maintenance of their families and the community. The question is: how does rural work contribute to the constitution of the territorial identity of the quilombola women of that territory? It was necessary to observe and analyze the gender relations and the sexual division of labor in the community, as well as the knowledge acquired through oral tradition. The ancestry is an important factor for the resistance and resilience of quilombola women, who even in the face of the roughness of the territory surrounded by mountains and rocks, develop productive activities that warrant the survival of the community. The research was conducted between 2020 and 2021, is qualitative and exploratory, and went through four stages: bibliographic review, field observation, online interviews – during to the Covid-19 pandemic; tabulation of research data; writing and theoretical-methodological confrontation between bibliographic research and the results of empirical research. The research results reinforces the symbolic and cultural aspects and the relation of the Kalunga with the Bioma Cerrado, as preponderants for the constitution of the territorial identity.