THE CRIME-DISASTER OF THE FUNDÃO/MARIANA TAILINGS DAM: HOW TO GIVE A NAME TO THE MEMORY OF TRAUMA?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37782/thaumazein.v18i35.5103

Keywords:

Crime-disaster; Fundão/Mariana tailings dam; Memory; History; Identity

Abstract

Recovering the identity of a people means revisiting their memory, their history and the memories that determine the construction of their identity. This essay seeks to reflect on the impacts of mining, its causes, impasses and consequences on the memory and the construction of local identities, namely those from the affected communities. Considering the collapse of the Fundão/Mariana tailings dam, some ethical-philosophical provocations arise, such as: why do we talk about a crime-disaster and not simply about a disaster or a tailings dam collapse? How can we give a name to this memory of trauma, to what is inexplicable? After all, how do we think about the memory of the community in the aftermath of the collapse?

Author Biographies

Edvaldo Antonio de Melo, Faculdade Dom Luciano Mendes - FDLM

Doutor em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Gregoriana (PUG) - Roma, Itália. Professor, Coordenador do Curso de Filosofia e Diretor Acadêmico da Faculdade Dom Luciano Mendes (FDLM) - Mariana, Minas Gerais (Brasil). Pós-doutorando em Bioética pela PUCPR sob a supervisão do professor Dr. Anor Sganzerla. Membro do Centro Brasileiro de Estudos Levinasianos (CEBEL).

Maria Elisa Silva Mendes, Faculdade Dom Luciano Mendes - FDLM

Mestrado em Administração pela Faculdade Novos Horizontes, de Belo Horizonte - MG. Procuradora Institucional e Professora da Faculdade Dom Luciano Mendes. 

Published

2025-01-14

How to Cite

de Melo, E. A., & Mendes, M. E. S. (2025). THE CRIME-DISASTER OF THE FUNDÃO/MARIANA TAILINGS DAM: HOW TO GIVE A NAME TO THE MEMORY OF TRAUMA?. Thaumazein: Revista Online De Filosofia, 18(35), 43–60. https://doi.org/10.37782/thaumazein.v18i35.5103

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Dossiê: Ética, Ciência e Meio ambiente