A Ressignificação dos comuns: conflitos sociais, ação comunicativa e cultura política no uso dos recursos pesqueiros na Amazônia Central

Abstract

This dissertation focuses mainly on the universe of the fishing activity in the Central Amazonia. The conflict and collective action in the use of the fishing resources were studied in three rural places belonging to the municipal district of Manacapuru in the State of Amazonas. In order to accomplish it, the description and interpretation of the socio-cultural aspects, which involve the life of the social groups that inhabit the rural areas of the Amazonia, and the symbolic and material meaning that the resources of the ichthyofauna represent in the life of these individuals were not left aside. The research identified that, in reason of the intensification process of the commercial fishing in the Amazonia, social types of fishermen who possess antagonistic habitus and act in a singular way on the fishing resources appeared originating social tensions and litigations. Concomitantly, some social groups of fishermen organized themselves for the purpose of controlling the use and the users of the fishery resources, demonstrating that they do not follow an individualistic and noncommitted logic with the nature. However, the dynamics of the conflicts and of the collective action demonstrates that the dilemmas faced by the fishermen should not be understood as manichaeisms, since the users present interests, rationalities and needs that influence in their appropriation forms and control of the use of the fishing resources.