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PATCHWORK QUILTS: THIRD STRUGGLES AND RESISTANCE OF WOMEN FARMERS AND SETTLER IN SISAL-BA TERRITORY

Women Farmers. Sisal Territory. Social movements. Popular culture. Education.

This thesis has as its theme “Patchwork Quilt: weaving struggles and resistance of women farmers and settlers in the Territory of Sisal-BA” and is based on theoretical debates in the field of gender to achieve the objective of reflecting on the militancy of women farmers and settled against the oppression of patriarchy in the Territory of Sisal-BA. This research is of great relevance given the fact that there are few records of studies on the struggles of agricultural and settled women in the sisal region and, above all, amid the need to organize data about these people in the territory. Thus, this is a research with a qualitative, descriptive approach with a theoretical basis and its research universe is rural communities in the sisal region and the settlement of Rose in the municipality of Santaluz-BA. The focus of the Rose settlement arises from the fact that it is the oldest community in the Sisal Territory to have its population collectively organized in the struggle for land and receive the land title through agrarian reform. The women interviewed, a total of 52 (fifty-two), were selected based on dialogues and conversations with rural workers' unions and other social movements. Essential methodological techniques and strategies were used to collect primary data that positively impacted the final result of this study. We can cite as examples the participant observation, logbook, photographic records and audio recordings that were transcribed for analysis. Secondary data was also used, accessed through research into studies already developed on the topic, as well as consultation with public bodies and documentary records that contributed to the development of the thesis. Therefore, after theoretical studies in the field of gender and fieldwork that led to a broad path to be followed in this research, I present here a patchwork, collectively constructed, sewn by many hands to analyze and reflect on the struggles and resistance of women. women farmers and settlers in the Territory of Sisal-BA for their visibility, for rights and, above all, against the various forms of gender oppression imposed by the patriarchy that is still present in the sisal region.