This research aims to present a problem that is experienced as a result of conflicts between traditional populations and the capitalist form of space production, which inherently carries with it contradictions associated with its reproduction process.Therefore, in this work we approach the multiple space-time events resulting from the expansion of the capitalist production of space, which tension the trajectory of Praia do Sono in an extern logic, having as a milestone the opening of the Rio-Santos highway, which inaugurates a series of of tensions as it opens the way for the territorialization of touristic-imobiliary capital in Paraty. As a consequence of this history of confrontation and tensions, we perceive articulation with other actors as a fundamental element in dealing with conflicts in Praia do Sono. This articulation matures, strengthening movements that complement each other in the reaffirmation of the right to the territory and in the strengthening of community self-management: the fight for the organization of community-based tourism and for the conquest and construction of differentiated education.We want to show how these two more recent resistance movements are based on the dimension of memory, triggering memories of struggle, of past confrontations and of rescuing and redefining territorialized know-how. Furthermore, we address the territory closure movement carried out in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, explaining another resistance movement that, although it has a beginning, middle and end, show us, along with others, interesting ways to reflect on the complex relationship between traditional community, territory, tourist activity, income and self-management. The research highlights the potential of collective action in the caiçara territory of Praia do Sono in past and present times, while simultaneously seeking to make explicit the tensions and transformations that express the contradictory and permanent struggle for better integration to the logic of capitalist production by the community , which has been seeking a better insertion into this mode of production in its own way, without giving up its traditionality, even if re-signified. This being, finally, the great challenge that is posed, a result that we have as a result of the merging of all these elements, as a strategy used by social subjects to move in this intricate web of relationships, which become increasingly complex and difficult to distinguish.