Peasant resistance and reaffirmation: contemporary agricultural change and continuity in Faina, Goiás, Brazil

• Grant number: 11/17026-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: June 01, 2012
• End date: May 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography - Human Geography
• Principal Investigator: Clifford Andrew Welch
• Grantee: Aelton Brito Silva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project analyzes the forms of resistance of small farmers in the municipality of Faina / GO have developed to withstand transformations stimulated by policies of agricultural "modernization" in the state since the 1970s . Modernization has stimulated transformations that have dramatically changed production processes and the relations of production, thus altering the way of life of the peasant farmers. The study uses a comparative approach to chart production and lifestyle transformations between two generations of peasant families in Faina, a small rural community located near the historic colonial city of Goiás Velho. In addition to documentary research, a sociological questionnaire has been applied. Responses were gathered through interviews, which also stimulated the collection of oral histories, covering seven peasant families organized in the city by the Movement of Small Farmers - MPA , which has worked to reaffirm their peasant identity. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SILVA, Aelton Brito. Resistência e reafirmação camponesa: transformações e permanências na agricultura no município de Faina/GO. 2014. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Presidente Prudente Presidente Prudente.