Narrativas e metanarrativas de um discurso agroecológico: os assentamentos de reforma agrária da região central do RS

Abstract

This paper addresses some main thoughts and ideas that built Western thought about the concept of nature, paving the way for reflection on the practice of agroecology from the roots of the current thinking, identifying the philosophical and epistemological concept that grounds, contemporaneously, the human / environment / nature relationship, such as knowing its evolution. It rescues the emergence of concepts such as sustainability, sustainable agriculture and agroecology in perception and speech of different social actors, and also positive experiences to build knowledge networks in institutional research and extension to farmers for agrarian reform settlers. Finally some assumptions suggest the possibility of a critical environmental education, where the importance of the processes of planning of settlements, considering the local situation as a starting point (Search of Reality), the participation of social actors and the adoption of participatory methodologies in the perspective of systems thinking and a complex view of reality, that which transcends the grand narratives, which suggests the empowerment of the subjects of discourse. It investigates from the documentary analysis, semi-structured interview, informal conversation and decoding of images, narratives of the subjects. It aims to identify the possible mediators involved in the processes for Environmental education, as well as perceptions that farmers have settled on the thematic environment, nature, agroecology, ecology and sustainability and, finally, makes suggestions and actions that will contribute in discussions the importance of responsible management of the same territory.