In the 1970s, Mineração Rio do Norte (MRN) annexed much of Boa Vista’s land in Oriximiná, Pará state. The company established the world’s fourth largest bauxite mine, along with a company town, Porto Trombetas, built on the former quilombo property. MRN also polluted local fisheries and provided mostly badly paid menial jobs to residents.
This 5 minute film provides an introduction to the key concepts and approach of Community Economies scholarship, informed by the work of J.K. Gibson-Graham, and inspiring the research, teaching, learning, activism and artwork of more than 250 members of the Community Economies Research Network around the globe.