A territorially situated reading of agroecological transition processes: ecology of projects in the Sierra Fluminense Region

Authors

  • Juliano Luís Palm Pesquisador do Núcleo Ecologias, Epistemologias e Promoção Emancipatória da Saúde (Neepes/ENSP/Fiocruz). Doutor em Ciências Sociais em Desenvolvimento, Agricultura e Sociedade - Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (CPDA/UFRRJ). http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4697-8827
  • Claudia Job Schmitt Professora Associada do Programa de Pós-Graduação de Ciências Sociais em Desenvolvimento, Agricultura e Sociedade - Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (CPDA/UFRRJ). http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1248-2994
  • Claire Lamine Diretora de pesquisa em sociologia do l’Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement – INRAE - Unidade Ecodéveloppement. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8102-1468

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17058/redes.v26i0.16892

Keywords:

Transições para a sustentabilidade, Sistemas agri-alimentares territoriais, Rio de Janeiro, Território, Ecologia de projetos

Abstract

This article seeks to analyze, from a diachronic perspective, a diversified set of initiatives of environmentalization/ecologization in agriculture and the agri-food system, contextualized in the Serrana Region of Rio de Janeiro, particularly in the municipalities of Petrópolis, Teresópolis and Nova Friburgo. The reflections here presented seek to dialogue with an emerging field of studies, of an interdisciplinary nature, which takes as its object of investigation the processes of transition to sustainability. The research seeks to integrate a systemic approach to the study of practices and experiences of social actors, also incorporating contributions from Brazilian critical geography and French sociology. The work was based on a diverse set of methodologies including document analysis, semi-structured interviews, and participant observation. The results achieved highlight the effects generated by a diversified set of territorial restrictions, which impose limits to the incorporation of sustainability principles into the agri-food system at the territorial level. At the same time, they draw attention to the capacity for agency demonstrated by social actors in the construction of collective and individual projects, enabling the emergence, over time, of a shared field of relations, interpretative frameworks, and controversies, described in this research as an ecology of projects.

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Author Biographies

Juliano Luís Palm, Pesquisador do Núcleo Ecologias, Epistemologias e Promoção Emancipatória da Saúde (Neepes/ENSP/Fiocruz). Doutor em Ciências Sociais em Desenvolvimento, Agricultura e Sociedade - Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (CPDA/UFRRJ).

Doutor em Ciências Sociais em Desenvolvimento, Agricultura e Sociedade - Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (CPDA/UFRRJ). Pesquisador do Núcleo Ecologias, Epistemologias e Promoção Emancipatória da Saúde (Neepes/ENSP/Fiocruz)

Claudia Job Schmitt, Professora Associada do Programa de Pós-Graduação de Ciências Sociais em Desenvolvimento, Agricultura e Sociedade - Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (CPDA/UFRRJ).

Doutora em Sociologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Estágio de Doutorado no Exterior (Doutorado Sanduíche) realizado no Programa de Estudos Ambientais da Universidade da Califórnia, UC-Santa Cruz, Califórnia, Estados Unidos.

Claire Lamine, Diretora de pesquisa em sociologia do l’Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement – INRAE - Unidade Ecodéveloppement.

Doutora em Sociologia pela École des Hautes Études em Science Sociales (EHESS). Diretora de pesquisa em sociologia do l’Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement – INRAE - Unidade Ecodéveloppement.

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Published

2021-12-23

How to Cite

Palm, J. L., Schmitt, C. J., & Lamine, C. (2021). A territorially situated reading of agroecological transition processes: ecology of projects in the Sierra Fluminense Region. Redes , 26. https://doi.org/10.17058/redes.v26i0.16892

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Vol. 26 (2021)

Section

Territories and transitions to sustainability

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