THE POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF REPEASANTISATION: THE STRUGGLE OF THE LANDLESS TO RECLAIM LAND, LABOUR AND WAYS OF LIFE IN THE HEART OF THE SUGAR PLANTATION IN ALAGOAS, NORTHEAST BRAZIL

Allan Souza Queiroz

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DOI

10.29327/9786527226680.1441992

Título do Trabalho

THE POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF REPEASANTISATION: THE STRUGGLE OF THE LANDLESS TO RECLAIM LAND, LABOUR AND WAYS OF LIFE IN THE HEART OF THE SUGAR PLANTATION IN ALAGOAS, NORTHEAST BRAZIL

Autores

Allan Souza Queiroz

Modalidade

IRSA - Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (01/10/2025 a 20/01/2026)

Área temática

IRSA 16 - Practices of Commoning in the Countryside: Histories, Resistances, and Futures

Data de Publicação

06/08/2026

País da Publicação

Brasil

Idioma da Publicação

pt-BR

Página do Trabalho

https://www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1441992-the-political-ecology-of-repeasantisation--the-struggle-of-the-landless-to-reclaim-land-labour-and-ways-of-life

ISBN

978-65-272-2668-0

Palavras-Chave

land struggles, landless workers, post-plantation politics, repeasantisation, autonomy

Resumo

This study explores repeasantisation as an alternative to unemployment and precarious work entrenched by the sugarcane agroindustry in Alagoas, Northeast Brazil. It examines how peasant communities are dismantling the racial, environmental, land and labour injustices imposed by agro-industrial exploitation that concentrates land, generates food insecurity and deepens inequalities. The study addresses a couple of questions, including (1) How does the transition from wage labour to peasantry take place? (2) What impact does this transition have on the understanding of racial capitalism? (3) What challenges do communities face in their quest for productive autonomy? (4) How does repeasantisation lead to a political economy/ecology that opposes the exploitation of labour and nature? The methodology includes the analysis of land occupations in the former Usina Laginha in União dos Palmares, where 4,000 families are involved in the struggle for land reform. The analysis combines ethnography, oral history interviews, documentary analysis and visual sociology. The aim is to produce knowledge relevant to peasant struggles for agrarian reform and to promote alternatives based on agroecology, food sovereignty, human well-being and the protection of biodiversity. The research aims to understand how autonomy, self-management and the defence of rights to land, culture, technology, decent work and the environment emerge. This will contribute to a deeper understanding of this particular process of repeasantisation with major social and political impact in Alagoas.

Título do Evento: 16th World Congress of Rural Sociology and 64th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Rural Economics, Management and Sociology
Cidade do Evento: Porto Alegre
Título dos Anais do Evento: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA)
Nome da Editora: Even3
Meio de Divulgação: Meio Digital
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QUEIROZ, Allan Souza. THE POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF REPEASANTISATION: THE STRUGGLE OF THE LANDLESS TO RECLAIM LAND, LABOUR AND WAYS OF LIFE IN THE HEART OF THE SUGAR PLANTATION IN ALAGOAS, NORTHEAST BRAZIL.. In: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA). Anais...Porto Alegre(RS) UFRGS, 2026. Disponível em: https//www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1441992-THE-POLITICAL-ECOLOGY-OF-REPEASANTISATION--THE-STRUGGLE-OF-THE-LANDLESS-TO-RECLAIM-LAND-LABOUR-AND-WAYS-OF-LIFE. Acesso em: 22/09/2026