Uma nova forma de ver e se relacionar com o mundo: narrativas de sujeitos vinculados ao movimento agroecológico na cidade de Pelotas/ RS

Abstract

This work seeks to comprehend two aspects of the agroecological movement in the city of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul: the reasons that led small-scale farmers to adopt agroecology as a form of cultivation and soil management and the trajectory of those engaged in various fronts of social and political action in the construction of Agroecology. Consequently, it highlights the transformations that the consumption and production adoption focused on agroecological methods result in the life quality and work of these individuals. Through the thematic oral history methodology, this work presents the accounts as central to understanding the importance of organizations, markets, and public policies in promoting this practice. The potential that the orality of those who construct sustainable alternatives achieves, in conjunction with the construction of new human-environment relationships, is proposed as a way to situate agroecology within decolonial epistemes. Thus, it places the orality and the experience of those who work the land at the forefront of the reception and application of socially and environmentally appropriate knowledge. Furthermore, some considerations about Brazilian agribusiness were presented, considering its environmental, social, and labor-related consequences. The scientific contribution of agroecology offers alternatives to the capitalist model of the 21st century and opens possibilities for the future of national agriculture, distinct from the prevailing agricultural practices nowadays.