From colonialities to the emergence of a new paradigm in the Brazilian Semiarid since peasant rationalities: a journey beyond development?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v55i0.73408

Keywords:

peasant agriculture, peasantry, decolonization, post-development, decoloniality

Abstract

Postcolonial and decolonial theories have been questioning the paradigm of modernity and the current development model in recent decades. Regarding the Brazilian Semiarid, colonialities are expressed through different phenomena or contexts, such as those in the discursive field, “coronelismo”, the drought industry, the agricultural modernization process, gender relations and educational processes. However, despite such colonialities, the semiarid peasants live in resistance to remain in the countryside through their way of life. This research aims to analyze the context of colonialities in the Semi-Arid, as well as the processes of resistance and learning with nature which point to the emergence of a paradigm of coexistence. Among the various strategies analyzed, we highlight the processes of organization and social mobilization, education and popular communication, solidarity economies, social technologies, pluriactivity, parties and various traditional knowledge that guarantee to these subjects the permanence in the field and the expansion of their autonomy. It is concluded that the coexistence paradigm points to the possibility of the semiarid to go beyond development. This perspective is an important key to the resistance in relation to the coloniality processes of power, knowledge, being and nature, present in the semi-arid reality.

Author Biographies

Valcilene Rodrigues da Silva, Universidade Federal do Piauí/Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Professora da Licenciatura em Educação do Campo da Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus CPCE. Doutoranda em Geografia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.

Mônica Cox de Britto Pereira, Departamento de Ciências Geográficas/Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.

Professora Associada da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, do Departamento de Ciências Geográficas, Professora da Graduação em Geografia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia. Membro do GT CLACSO Estudos Críticos do Desenvolvimento Rural. Coordena o NEPPAG - Núcleo de Educação, Pesquisa e Práticas em Agroecologia e Geografia. 

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Published

2020-12-17

How to Cite

Silva, V. R. da, & Pereira, M. C. de B. (2020). From colonialities to the emergence of a new paradigm in the Brazilian Semiarid since peasant rationalities: a journey beyond development?. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 55. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v55i0.73408

Issue

Vol. 55 (2020): Society and environment in the Semiarido: controversies and approaches

Section

Society and environment in the Semiárido: controversies and approaches

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