Os movimentos sociais contemporâneos e as escalas da ação: da geopolítica ao mundo vivido

Abstract

From the small and close dimension of the subject ́s practices to geopolitical dimensions, including the intersection of scales, social movements act in space, are conditioned by it, develop spatial practices, give meaning to their struggles, fight for spaces. It’s proposed, through this article, to contribute to the reflection of the contemporary social movements as territorial actors, whose intervention does not end in the macro political field. This paper is part of the doctoral thesis titled "Cartography of the Houses in Canudos: the political dimension of housing", and derives from a qualitative research carried out with settlers of agrarian reform. In the thesis, the camps also composed the object of study, hence the experience of the occupation of a latifundium in the interior of Goiás (municipality of Corumbá) as a starting point for the reflections raised throughout this text.