Da Costa do Catalão ao Novo Catalão: reprodução de uma nova territorialidade camponesa no município de Iranduba-AM

Abstract

The study proposed here aimed to understand the reproduction of a new peasant territoriality in Novo Catalão in the municipality of Iranduba-AM, as well as to understand the historical context of peasant formation and the process of formation/installation of the Novo Catalão community, considering the production of vegetables as a fundamental element in peasant reproduction. The Costa do Catalão is located in a floodplain area that is annually affected by flooding / ebb and fallen land phenomena. The fallen lands and the periodic floods / ebbs contribute greatly to social and economic damages and losses to the riverside peasants of the Costa do Catalão, a fact that forces them to a compulsory displacement in search of a new territorialization and preservation of the peasant way of life as cultivators of vegetables that guarantee their survival and contribute to supply the growing regional vegetable market. The method of approach to the research was the historical-dialectical, “centered on the dynamic subject-object relationship”. As a result, the research indicated that there is a need to fill the gap in studies on the process of territorialization of riverside peasants in terra firme areas from the concepts of Geography. It should be noted that this process of reterritorialization of the community of Novo Catalão was not limited to the material dimension of the reconquest of the land, but involved the immaterial dimension of the territory, perceived and experienced through actions to preserve culture, memory, knowledge, identity and solidarity and reciprocity relationships maintained by riverside families from the Costa do Catalão.