A dinâmica das relações comunitárias na Amazônia: estudo de caso das formas de ajuda mútua praticadas na comunidade ribeirinha de Tauarú no município de Tabatinga-AM

Abstract

The study of the way of life of different social groups that inhabit the ecosystem traditional Amazon calls for the existing understanding of the relationship of man with the abundant nature that involves. With this understanding, this study aims to examine the dynamics of community relations in the Amazon, centralizing practices of mutual aid developed by social groups riparian of Tauarú, in the municipality of Tabatinga-AM. A reflection on the issue is guided from an analytical approach, through a case study of a qualitative nature, considering the quantitative data collected from a number of techniques and tools for search mutually complementary, as the application forms, semi-structured, formal and informal conversations, home visits and direct observation. The analysis of information collected in the community became more clear the distinctions between the various nuclei riparian community in the Amazon. With such reference in Tauarú was identified sociopolitical an organization founded under the foundations of the Church of the Holy Cross and community associations of Farmers and Fishermen, who maintain the practice of mutual aid developed in the community. In Tauarú, the practice of mutual aid, which is under the organizational arrangements of group effort and ajuri, stand out for their use as a potential tool for improving the quality of life of the community, and express a network of joints of the different dimensions of life in community riverside, which provides a dynamic community, with the external environment surrounding. When considering such practices descortinam itself on the opportunities and alternatives cultural achieved by groups with views bordering the confrontation of problems vivenciadas in communities in the Amazon, which should be taken as references in the formulation of public policy directed to these social segments