Identity, mining, and new technologies:

*Identity, Mining, and New Technologies* portrays a period in which it is essential for us to engage in deep reflection on the different peoples that make up our country, consecrating the place that belongs to them in history, culture, and politics. It is an important moment to recognize differences so that knowledge, policies, and heritages aimed at common living and a culture of peace may be strengthened.

By bringing the multiplicity of peoples into scientific studies and productions — groups that historically have always been placed on the margins of decision-making and power — we help establish a path of relevance and visibility, with a participatory science effectively at the service of society.

Wolfgang Teske, in his research and production journey in Tocantins, is grounded in the theory of Folkcommunication, marked by collaborative construction, precise documentation, and assertive dissemination. His work ultimately reverberates in bonds of friendship and complicity with the quilombola community of Lagoa da Pedra, in Arraias, Tocantins, as well as in important scientific foundations capable of guiding public policies for the benefit of these people, through the legal recognition of their culture and territory.

The book is highly relevant because it goes beyond traditional research techniques. The investigation is a shoulder-to-shoulder journey with its subjects, a militant form of research carried out by a critical scientist and educator who works to foster actions and transformations in the reality he investigates.