Agrarian reform in the Rio Doce Valley (Brazil)

territorialization dynamic in the three agrarian reform settlements in Governador Valadares

Abstract

This article presents territorialization dynamics of three settlements of agrarian reform in the municipality of Governador Valadares, in the Rio Doce valley, Minas Gerais state. Taking the settlements like a territories, we seek, from the perspective of leaders and settlers, understand their territorialization in a time frame based on the dates of occupation, legalization and establishment of settlements. These chronological marks will guide the understanding of the spatial;temporal and socio-spatial configuration of the three settlements, considering the different paths that characterize the territorialization of each one.