2026-02-112026-02-112025-03-28COUTO, Ezerhelderson dos Santos. A comunicação como instrumento para a conservação da cultura artesanal nas olarias do Quilombo Médio Itacuruçá: diante das mudanças socioeconômicas e ambientais atuais. 2025. Não paginado. Trabalho de Curso (Bacharel em Comunicação Social) - Faculdade de Comunicação Social, Instituto de Letras e Comunicação, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, 2025. Disponível em: https://bdm.ufpa.br/handle/prefix/9193. Acesso em:.https://bdm.ufpa.br/handle/prefix/9193This study investigates the importance of artisanal brickworks in the quilombola community of Médio Itacuruçá, addressing their cultural, economic, and social relevance. The main objective is to understand how communication serves as a structuring element in maintaining and conserving this traditional practice. The research adopted a qualitative approach, based on participant observation and semi-structured interviews conducted with brickworkers, employers, and community members. The results indicate that, despite the decline in the number of active brickworks, this activity continues to play a fundamental role in quilombola identity, serving as a space for the transmission of ancestral knowledge and a symbol of cultural resistance. However, challenges such as the scarcity of raw materials, the lack of public policies for support, and the informality of labor relations threaten the sector's continuity. It is concluded that valuing and recognizing quilombola brickworks are essential to ensure the conservation of this cultural heritage and to provide better working conditions and development opportunities for the community.Acesso AbertoOlarias artesanaisCultura quilombolaComunicaçãoIdentidadeConservação culturalArtisanal brickworksQuilombola cultureCommunication; identityCultural conservationCNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::COMUNICACAO::RELACOES PUBLICAS E PROPAGANDATrabalho de Curso - Graduação - MonografiaAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazil