“POVOS DE TRAJETÓRIAS” NO SERTÃO PARAIBANO: : A Comunidade Quilombola Os Rufino

This article investigates socio-environmental governance in a quilombola territory in the semi-arid region of Paraíba, adopting a perspective that seeks to understand, through quilombola experience and knowledge, how these communities can organize themselves as collective and autonomous territories, incorporating their own conceptions and practices. Using the ethnographic method, we aim to understand the culture and the social and environmental relationships present in the community. We conducted field visits and interviews, applying the methods of memory and oral history. Through the narratives of the interviewees, it was possible to glimpse the community's evolution, the socio-environmental changes that occurred, and relate them to historical time and the evolution of public policies, confronting official documents with the community's sensitive perception