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Traditional Communities and Mental Maps: Dialogues between Local Knowledge and Cartography from the Socioenvironmental Atlas of Lencois Maranhenses, Brazil

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Author(s):
Souza Filho, Benedito [1, 2] ; Perez Machado, Reinaldo Paul [3] ; Murasugi, Kumiko [4, 5] ; Vieira Souza, Ulisses Denache [1, 2]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Fed Maranhao UFMA, Grp Estudos Rurais & Urbanos GERUR, BR-65080805 Sao Luis, Maranhao - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Maranhao UFMA, Ctr Ciencias Humanas CCH, BR-65080805 Sao Luis, Maranhao - Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Geog, Fac Filosofia Letras & Ciencias Humanas, BR-05508000 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[4] Carleton Univ, Sch Linguist & Language Studies, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 - Canada
[5] Carleton Univ, Dept Cognit Sci, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 - Canada
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION; v. 10, n. 11 NOV 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

The Lencois Maranhenses region, located in the state of Maranhao in northeastern Brazil, constitutes an area that includes a national park and presents extreme physical, geographic and climatic contrasts in addition to economic diversity and emerging tourism. Scattered throughout this portion of the Brazilian territory are local inhabitants whose traditional lifestyles are characterized by agricultural, extractive, fishing and animal husbandry activities. These local residents use guidance systems and mental maps developed through their long history, interaction with nature, and knowledge of the environment in which they live and work. Based on sketches prepared by residents and by Health Agents serving the communities, and with the support of cartographic-based materials produced by the team of the Socioenvironmental Atlas of Lencois Maranhenses (ASALM, Portuguese abbreviation for Socioenvironmental Atlas of Lencois Maranhenses), we present a set of digital and interactive cartographic materials that reproduce the movements, uses and practices of the families of these communities as well as the environmental dynamics of this vast region. Such cartography can serve as an instrument of planning, understanding and action, both to safeguard the rights of the local residents and for the handling and management of natural resources. Based on the dialogue between local knowledge and cartography, we present the methods, processes and results of our research project. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 17/26794-4 - SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL ATLAS OF LENÇÓIS MARANHENSES
Grantee:Reinaldo Paul Pérez Machado
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants