Desenvolvimentismo, Colonialidades e Necropolíticas em Rondônia, Brasil: Violações de Direitos Humanos de Povos Indígenas (2008-2018)

Abstract

This article primarily aims to critically analyze the relationship between development, coloniality, and their implications for human rights violations of neglected populations in the state of Rondônia, located in the Brazilian Amazon, with a focus on Indigenous peoples. The methodology adopted for data collection involved document analysis, with interpretation carried out through content analysis. The texts were organized using the technique of free association, derived from continuous readings that informed the writing process. The primary data were extracted from reports by the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) and the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT), covering the period from 2008 to 2018. This approach enabled a detailed investigation into the impacts of the so-called “necropolitical development” on rural and Indigenous populations in Rondônia. The research reveals that Rondônia exemplifies a microcosm of the necropolitical practices prevalent in Brazil, where modernity is constructed on the marginalization, violence, and elimination of Indigenous peoples. The findings highlight that the perpetuation of this structure confirms the state of exception and the politics of death as central components of the economic expansion project, in which the capitalization of territories and the domestication of bodies are mistakenly regarded as the foundations of progress and modernity.