Ambivalences in access to PISF water by traditional communities

Abstract

This article analyzes the ambivalences regarding access to water on the part of communities and populations directly affected by the transposition of the São Francisco River. Based on Bauman's (1999) approach, ambivalence is understood as the contingency resulting from the incessant search for modern ordering and rationalization. This is a case study, with a qualitative approach. Data were obtained from semi-structured interviews and discussed based on access categories, according to Fekete (1997). Planning for communities to have access to water has been operationalized in a restricted way, at the same time, economically costly, in addition to imposing an organizational and sociocultural reconfiguration of these communities. Finally, if there is already difficulty with access in relation to consumption and domestic use, in terms of productive use, there is no prospect of access to water for communities.