A IMATERIALIDADE DO MATERIAL

O PAMPA GAÚCHO NA PRÁTICA E NO IMAGINÁRIO DOS AGRICULTORES E PECUARISTAS FAMILIARES AGROECOLÓGICOS

Abstract

The Pampa Gaucho is a vast territory loaded with material and immaterial characteristics, which are consolidated as potentialities and opportunities for agroecological family farming. In view of the above, this research aims to identify the material and immaterial aspects present in agroecological family agriculture and cattle ranching in the Pampa Gaucho. The research is classified as qualitative and exploratory, based on a case study. The data collection techniques were: semi-structured interviews and non-participant observation. Fifteen interviews were carried out, four with development agents and eleven with agro-ecological family farmers and ranchers, between October 2021 and February 2022. Data were processed using content analysis. The results indicate that the material attributes of the territory are more related to the perceptions of agroecological family farmers, linked to the natural environment and productive issues of social reproduction. The immaterial attributes of the territory, on the other hand, are linked to a greater extent to the perspectives of the agro-ecological family farmers in relation to their way of life and the affective way they associate production with the natural resources available in Pampa Gaúcho. We conclude that this territory has a wealth of particularities that project it as a unique environment for the development of agro-ecological production practices and conservation of the Biome.