Impactos psicossociais do rompimento da barragem da Samarco, Vale e BH Billiton em Mariana/MG

Abstract

This article presents part of the results of a doctoral research in social psychology that investigated the impacts of the collapse of the iron ore tailings dam of the companies Samarco, Vale and BHP Billiton on the affected population in Mariana/MG. To collect data in the field, observation of meetings between those affected with representatives of companies and public bodies was carried out, as well as a documental survey of minutes and judicial decisions, newspaper articles and interviews were carried out with affected people, having as theoretical and methodological approach, social and community psychology and participatory research. Over the course of the analysis, a deep intertwining between capitalism, mining and psychosocial violence was found, nexuses of the same chain of exploitation.