Percepções e discursos sobre riscos em torno da Indústria Mozal, em Beluluane, Distrito de Boane, Província de Maputo

Abstract

The urbanisation process in Beluluane is inseparable from the implementation of Mozal, which profoundly transformed this region. The whole configuration of Beluluane was due to the installation of the Mozal SA aluminium factory. The researches that have been carried out show that the industry in developing countries in the modern world promotes immigrations. O study provides a historical background of the before and after of Beluluane region. Between the perceptions that the inhabitants have about the risks surrounding the Mozal industry. Mozal industry. The industrialisation process in Beluluane reflected in the local society the transformation of the transition from rural to urban, provoking direct and indirect impacts on the economic and social organisation and the well-being of the population. The study aimed at explore, from a qualitative approach, the perceptions and discourses that individuals have around the Mozal industry. The data obtained was based on the ethnographic method, which allowed contact with the informants, where semi-structured interviews were carried out open interviews and informal conversations. The data collected in the Beluluane neighbourhood are The data collected in Beluluane neighbourhood is analysed under three headings settle their residences, commercial establishments and among others near and around Mozal; the second is centred on the perceptions of individuals about Mozal, where one perceives the predominance of risks associated with Mozal and the third focuses on the naturalization of risks and the way they live with them. (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)