Banca de DEFESA: AYANA ZANUNCIO ARAUJO

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : AYANA ZANUNCIO ARAUJO
DATE: 25/10/2022
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Ambiente virtual Zoom
TITLE:

Rural extension, agroecology, dialogue and technical invention: participant observation of the implementation of 4 participatory research units (UPPs)

KEY WORDS:

Rural Extension, Agroecology, Technique, Dialogue

PAGES: 282
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Administração
SUMMARY:

This thesis deals with the experiences and different methodologies of the construction of agroecological knowledge, exercising the criticism of conventional practices of rural extension, considering the current scenario of environmental crisis and the radicalization of neoliberal policies that have particularly impacted rural populations. The main theoretical foundations were built from the reading and study of Álvaro Vieira Pinto (2005) and Paulo Freire (1978a, 1978b, 1979, 1992, 2011). The first proposes a philosophical reflection on technique and affirms it as a necessary mediation for human emancipation while clarifying the role played by technology converted into an instrument of imperialist domination (VIEIRA PINTO, 2005). The second makes it possible to understand the character of extension intervention when supported by the theory of dialogical or anti-dialogical action, showing dialogue as a fundamental method for the emancipatory search (FREIRE, 1978b, 2011). The objective proposed in the thesis is the investigation of an extension practice in progress linked to agroecology, seeking to understand its theoretical-empirical basis, describing and analyzing such experience from the conception of technical act and dialogicity. The field research was carried out through participant observation and semi-structured interviews with the members of a project that proposes the implementation of 4 Participatory Research Units (UPPs). The experience showed that agroecology is a fertile ground for the development of techniques that oppose the current dominant way of doing agriculture that is based on the use of agro-industrial inputs and capital intensity. During the research it was possible to identify and analyze significant moments of this interdisciplinary experience, as well as the challenges experienced. The social-technical dichotomy was affirmed several times by the interviewed subjects, which can carry an understanding of the technique as a harmful entity. It was also possible to apprehend conflicts experienced by the subjects belonging to the group of farmers, extensionists and researchers and the way such subjects are inserted in this experience of implantation of the 4 UPPs.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Externo à Instituição - WILLER ARAUJO BARBOSA - UFV
Externo à Instituição - VIVIEN DIESEL - UFSM
Externo à Instituição - CÉSAR AUGUSTO DA ROS - UFRRJ
Externo à Instituição - LEONARDO MELGAREJO
Externa ao Programa - 2277317 - GILVANICE BARBOSA DA SILVA MUSIAL
Presidente - 344.383.436-15 - MARIA TERESA FRANCO RIBEIRO - UFBA