Gedmma

The Study Group: Development, Modernity, and Environment (Gedmma) is linked to the Department of Sociology and Anthropology (DESOC) and the Graduate Program in Social Sciences (PPGCSoc) at the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA). Created in the second semester of 2005 through the initiative of students and professors of Social Sciences at the institution, its origin results from the accumulation of investigative experiences integrated with research groups from UFMA, the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Gedmma achieved pioneering status as the first group in Maranhão to become a full member center of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO). The group is fully recognized for the study of "political mobilization experiences of rural communities in São Luís and Maranhão, focused on the different forms of territorial claims and the protection of life threatened by large industrial centers."