CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT IN QUILOMBOLA COMMUNITIES: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

This article analyzes the convergence between the principles of the circular economy and the development distances in quilombola communities of Brazil from a critical and disciplinary perspective. The general objective of the research is to investigate how the adoption of the model circular economy can promoved the sustenably developent and autonomy that communities, protecting them from the traditional and extractive approaches that historically marginalize traditional populations. The methodology is based on a qualitative and exploratory literature review, achored of the anthropology of development and political economy studies, using classical authors like Celso Furtado, Walter Rodney, and Arturo Escobar to deconstruct the myth of development. The partial results of research indicate that the alignment between the circular economy and the traditional values, with the community management of the resources and valorization of the local knowledge, sthrengthens of the ethnodevelopment and the solidarity economy. The circular transition shouldn`t be a mere technical adjustment, but a counter-gemonic tool that  promotes social justice and preservation of cultural identity,  provided it is accompanied by public policies that guarantee territorial rights and combat structural racism.