A floresta na porta e na janela: percepções sobre o lugar de trabalho em um fragmento florestal urbano

Abstract

This study sought to understand the perception of a place of work and the experiences that occur from and with the physical environment. The experiences occur in a space and therefore the physical environment is considered the array of social events (Fisher n.d) and the protagonist is the individual with all its history. The surrounding area has several constituent elements that can be divided into social environment (people and organizations), natural environment (fauna, flora and other items) and built environment (buildings, technical and electronic devices). We could go far in this list, but this study sought to focus on the person-nature as a dimension of the work. The design of existing nature was adopted in an urban forest fragment where the institution's work is based. The overall objective of the study was to understand the environmental awareness of workers about their working environment located in an urban forest fragment of Manaus-Am. It is a qualitative research, with an exploratory and descriptive character, incorporating the multimethod approach (Gunther, Elali & Pinheiro, 2008). The interviews were semi-structured including open questions and a scale connection with nature. The participants were 36 servers (20 F, 16 M) who performed their work activities on campus I INPA inserted in an urban forest fragment and included in the APA UFAM as protected area of the city of Manaus. The servers have between 31 to 62 years old and had work in the institution between 4 to 35 years. It was used the content analysis for the qualitative datas the emerged from the interview, with quantification of the categories with descriptive statistics. For connecting scale with nature took place descriptive statistics. It was found that the feelings associated with the place of work has direct social and environmental aspects related to nature. Nature is presented as an aspect of positive evaluation and pleasantness and the organizational and labor aspects as disgust factor. The sensations experienced in the workplace cover aesthetic and physical elements and connective with nature but also proved undifferentiated sensations. With the perception of this work place with nature and the personal experiences, its added inter-subjective aspects socially shared by the positive attribution of this work place as preserved nature locus. The working and living with nature allow a relationship of respect and the absence of this nature would bring implications for the welfare of these servers. Nature sets up real and symbolic form and that has the characteristics of restorative environments, servers also opt for leisure and rest places where there is the presence of natural elements. Overall the serves attribute meanings according to the social an physical aspects of the work environment, and the nature that is presented by the most of them as a positively differentiated aspect on the work place can contribute to improve the quality of life, and affords feelings of affinity with nature. From the approximations made in understanding the perceptions in a workplace inserted in an urban forest fragment, reiterates the need to advance the scientific basis for interventions that promote both social well-being in environments that favor contact with nature as a more sustainable relationship with natural resources.