https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/1894 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:32:01 GMT 2026-08-11T22:32:01Z https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/6389 Título: Internacionalização na Universidade Estadual do Maranhão: mobilidade e Sul Global nas percepções da comunidade acadêmica Abstact: This research analyzes, from the perspective of historical materialism and drawing on concepts such as coloniality, imperialism, and Marxist dependency theory, how the internationalization of higher education manifests at the State University of Maranhão (UEMA) and how it may reproduce or challenge relations of dependency, power, and coloniality within the world-system. It adopts a historical-structural approach to understand the formation of the university and of academic internationalization, highlighting their non-neutral character and their insertion within the hierarchies of the world-system. Methodologically, the study is based on the application of an online questionnaire to the academic community, aiming to investigate perceptions of international mobility and relations with Latin America and the Global South, allowing for the testing of hypotheses regarding the valorization of central countries and the reproduction of asymmetries. The results indicate a dissociation between declared knowledge and actual mobility experience, as well as a predominance of preferences for destinations in the Global North, revealing the internalization of historically constructed hierarchies. It concludes that international mobility operates as a social practice mediated by power relations, reproducing patterns of dependency and coloniality, albeit permeated by mediations and contradictions that point to possibilities for transformation. Finally, the study argues for the need to re-signify internationalization, orienting it toward more autonomous and cooperative forms within the Global South. Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/6389 2026-05-20T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/6349 Título: Resistências locais ao desenvolvimento globl: Cajueiro e Maruda na luta pelo direito às suas territorialidades Abstact: The present work calls into question the development, based on territorial disputes between mega enterprises “versus” traditional communities, these being, specifically, the implementation and expansion of the CLA “versus” Marudá (Alcântara-MA); and the implementation of Porto São Luís “versus” Cajueiro (São Luís-MA). The dispute arises from the moment that institutionalized agents in the form of capital and the State declare interests in a territory and compulsorily expropriate local communities already certified by the State itself. The case analyzes will be carried out from the perspective of decoloniality in the light of Mignolo (2020), privileging the narratives of agents subordinated to the hegemonic structures of capital and their social effects. The interviews carried out for this research, others collected in other academic works and speeches observed in some public hearings in/from the community are presented in this work, with the intention of accurately presenting the individual and collective interests of the research agents. “The method of development and explanation of cultural phenomena, part of the objective practical activity of historical man”. (KOSIK, 1926, p. 39). We understand here that the individual is inserted in the social and historical totality, therefore, inseparable from nature and reality. By understanding this human praxis of organization, in the light of Kosik and Mignolo, we realize that subjects are producers of their own reality, trying to transform it even in the face of legal plots that are called for in an attempt at ethnocide. This study verified that the process of confronting the traditional communities in question is active, and through social mobilizations, these people resist for their territory and the right to exist, based on the contradictory and unequal perception of “development” that has been occurring for generations. these communities. In this way, the entities and agents under analysis are in constant movement brought here in their collective and individual interests that add up and will no longer add up to a reformulation of the concept of development (because this paradoxical capitalist system no longer has salvation and touches on its end), but in the applicability of an existing and efficient model, given its existence for thousands of years: living well or living well Mon, 30 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/6349 2023-10-30T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/6292 Título: A organização popular do espaço público: uma análise a partir da experiência do Comitê da Praça das Arvores no complexo Cohab Cohatrac em São Luís do Maranhão Abstact: The use of public space involves a complexity of perceptions that go beyond the urban dimension and permeate the construction of social and political relationships. From this perspective, a study was developed on the popular organization of public space: an analysis based on the experience of the tree square committee in the Cohab- Cohatrac complex in São Luís do Maranhão, with the aim of analyzing the dynamics of action constituted in the free public space organized based on the experience of the Praça das Árvores Committee in the COHAB-COHATRAC Complex, such as the collective uses and appropriations on the floor of the square, conceived as a place of multiple meanings that redesign this urban space, since the square is a place of contradictions and antagonisms. For this, the bibliographical research methodology was used, combined with field research through participant observation, photographic records, documentary analysis and testimonials from its “users”. The aforementioned study approached the theme based on the experience of the construction process of the Praça das Árvores Committee after the urban planning qualification, which raised questions about the implications of the institutionalization process of the aforementioned committee on political and community autonomy, pointed out in the dynamics of usufruct in the everyday life in this urban socio-community scenario. This study took historical and dialectical materialism from a Marxist perspective as its theoretical-methodological contribution. As a result of the research, it was found that institutional interventions are impacted by community action in urban production, or even how these actions impact the autonomy of the popular committee Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/6292 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/6284 Título: Verticalização urbana em São Luís: produção urbana do capital, marco regulatório e espaço construído Abstact: This dissertation analyzes the unfolding of the verticalization process in São Luís–MA from historical, political, institutional, and economic perspectives. The study is grounded in the central hypothesis that verticalization in São Luís is neither a neutral phenomenon nor merely the result of demographic transformations or technological innovations; rather, it constitutes a strategy of land valorization and capitalist accumulation that shapes urban space according to the interests of dominant classes. The research achieved its objectives by understanding verticalization as an instrument of capitalist urban production, highlighting its global origins and dissemination. The process is interpreted as a manifestation of political and economic forces, thus transcending the purely technical dimension of construction. In addressing the regulatory framework, the study examined the historical development of urban legislation (Master Plans and Zoning Laws of 1975, 1981, 1992, 2006, and 2023), demonstrating how the legal apparatus has been progressively flexibilized to legitimize and promote selective verticalization in areas of high interest to real estate capital. An evaluation of the built environment was also conducted. A detailed typomorphological study was carried out in the area with the highest concentration of vertical development in the city. The analysis reveals that the resulting urban form—characterized by homogeneous towers, large setbacks, privatized ground floors, and high-density gated enclaves—constitutes a model of distinction and socio-spatial segregation. The study demonstrates that the vertical landscape in São Luís is established as a symbol of power, resulting in the commodification of urban land and the fragmentation of the urban fabric. Urban legislation operates as the primary agent in shaping the built environment, serving as an instrument aligned with the interests of hegemonic urban ideologies and dominant social classes. This research contributes to the debate by uncovering the mechanisms through which the city is hierarchized, offering insights for urban planning aimed at fostering a less unequal metropolis. In its materiality, verticalization in São Luís emerges as a visible expression of the contradiction between the discourse of progress and the reproduction of structural inequalities Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/6284 2025-10-30T00:00:00Z