SOCIAL MOBILIZATION OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF KA UBANOKO AGAINST THE RELOCATION IN THE SHELTERS OF OPERATION WELCOME, BOA VISTA – RORAIMA

Abstract

In 2020, Operation Shelter implemented an Emergency Plan for Spontaneous Occupations in Boa Vista, Roraima, aimed at allocating migrants in vulnerable situations in shelters or other facilities. The last occupation to be evicted, Ka Ubanoko, was made up of Venezuelan indigenous people from the Warao, E'ñepá, Kariña and Pemón peoples, as well as non-indigenous people from different regions of Venezuela. The study covers research and extension activities developed by the Federal University of Roraima, between September 2019 and January 2021. The objective is to analyze the social mobilization based on indigenous collective identity during the eviction of Ka Ubanoko by the Task Force Unit of Operation Welcome. We use the methodological proposal of Marisa Revilla Blanco to examine the social mobilization based on the constitution of this identity and the principles of Vygotsky's Historical-Cultural Psychology to understand the way they reorder their indigenous identity and articulate actions of media mobilization to negotiate solutions more in tune with their ways of life.