The Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant: from the controversy over clean energy to the production of “scientific truth”

Authors

  • Camila Dellagnese Prates Pós-doutoranda no PPG Sociologia na UFPel. Author
  • Léo Peixoto Rodrigues Professor Adjunto da Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPel; Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia PPGS/UFPel; Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Política PPGCPol/UFPel. Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2020.56.1.08

Abstract

The article, linked to the social studies of science and, more specifically to scientific controversies, problematizes the energy issue from hydroelectric plants as a source of “clean energy” generation. Thus, the controversy of clean energy generation is presented in detail in plants of a subtropical climate (Northern Brazil), taking as an empirical investigation the Brazilian Plant called Hydroelectric Belo Monte, located in Pará. The methodology
used to describe the controversy was the cartography of the controversy (Latour, 2016). In the end, it is demonstrated that the “reality” is fabricated by technoscientific studies that direct the analysis of the studies excluding important variables of their equations generating environmental conflicts related to the controversy of the clean energy.


Keywords: Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant. Scientific controversies. Clean energy.

Author Biographies

  • Camila Dellagnese Prates, Pós-doutoranda no PPG Sociologia na UFPel.
    Doutora em Sociologia. Pós-doutoranda
    e professora colaboradora no Programa de
    Pós-Graduação em Sociologia na Universidade
    Federal de Pelotas.
  • Léo Peixoto Rodrigues, Professor Adjunto da Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPel; Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia PPGS/UFPel; Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Política PPGCPol/UFPel.
    Doutor em Sociologia. Professor associado no
    Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia e no
    Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Política
    na Universidade Federal de Pelotas.

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Published

2020-04-14

Issue

Vol. 56 No. 1 (2020): jan-abr

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How to Cite

The Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant: from the controversy over clean energy to the production of “scientific truth”. (2020). Ciências Sociais Em Revista, 56(1), 80-93. https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2020.56.1.08