The resurgence of margins

the Beiras d'Água (Shores) project and the traditional peoples and communities of the San Francisco River basin

Abstract

The present account describes the Beiras d'Água (Shores) Project, created at the end of 2015 in the context of field research activities carried out by the Health, Environment and Work Laboratory of the Pernambuco regional Fiocruz branch. The Shores Project aims to apprehend, understand and give visibility to the complex situation prevailing in the San Francisco River basin, which is at the heart of crucial discussions for the country's formation and continues to inspire lively debate. Part of the context under analysis is the complex situation regarding the interbasin transfer of the San Francisco River and its new social and environmental configurations. The project has organized relevant knowledge and materialized it through audiovisual data, which is classified and published at the portal http://beirasdagua.org.br/. From a socio-critical perspective, the knowledge organization practices developed in the Shores Project facilitate the discussion of water issues in the country, in addition to traditional peoples and communities, environmental injustice and territorial conflicts. In this way, it provides visibility to local identities and potential for such data to be used in the formation of public policies.