Abstract

SCHNEIDER, Maurício. Between agroecology and tobacco production: an ethnography of the work on land, cosmologies and belonging among Pomeranians peasants. Etnográfica [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.3, pp.651-669. ISSN 0873-6561.

In the contemporary world, “ecological” food has been increasingly discussed. Several studies emphasize technical and economic aspects and consider agroecological production as opposed to conventional agriculture, which makes intensive use of agrochemicals. This paper presents the trajectory of a family of ecological farmers - peasants of Pomeranian origin - belonging to a community where the majority of farmers works with the production of tobacco in a rural locality in the town of São Lourenço do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Data collection took place through ethnography, performed along the year of 2012. From the attention to the differences, specificities and peculiarities of the family which constituted the main interlocutor of the research, elements of a common cultural substrate that connects family and community are identified. Thereby, the analysis shows that tradition, religion, cosmologies and meanings of work on land, more than creating divides between two production models, support the links between those who practice them.

Keywords : peasantry; rural community; sociability; feed; technology; family.

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