Comunidade negra rural quilombola Porto Dom João: a habitação no contexto do conflito por terra

Abstract

This paper aims to contribute to the debate on traditional communities, considering, therefore, the case of Community Rural Black Quilombola (CNRQ) Porto Dom João, who lives in São Francisco do Conde/ BA, alongside the Dom João river, in the mangrove and next to the sea. Thus think over the main issues involving this community today, highlighting the territorial conflict and the struggle to maintain the traditional lifestyle, linking them with the community housing style. The case of Porto Dom João reveals the capability of understanding social processes of struggling for territory in traditional communities from the analysis of their housing. It is confirmed from this study, that housing is one of the way of both social and cultural reproduction of these communities and constitutes an important component in the strategy to remain in the territory.