Date/Time: Wednesday 13th March, 4:00-5:00pm

Venue: Old Library Building 2.22

This seminar is free and open for everyone to attend, no need to register! 

Abstract: Gender-blind policies and the lack of in-depth studies by authorities and decision makers of local communities are a threat to women’s adaptation after resettlement. In Altamira, a city located in the Brazilian Amazon, local riverine communities have been resettled from their homes alongside the river to an urban city due to the construction of Belo Monte dam. The gradual and dismantled distribution of families during resettlement to five different Collective Resettlement Units have impacted people’s social connections, separating families and family members, and distancing them from their livelihood, primary income resources and affecting their traditions. In addition, women in general are also forced to change their lives due to the strong patriarchal culture still very alive in Brazil limiting their independence. Not only their lifestyle changed but there was also a shift to what the riverine people understand as home. This resettlement has not only changed their social connections it has also a psychological impact.