“O estudo da comunidade fundo de pasto de Lages das Aroeiras e sua luta pelo direito de existir”.

Abstract

This work aims to present the study of the way of life of grassland communities. The group being analyzed in this case study is the “Lages das aroeiras “community, with a closer look at the repercussion of developmental policies on the way of life of these communities, in compliance with possible changes that have been promoted by the public actions outlined here. The formation of these communities is linked to secular ways of occupying the hinterland for the extensive raising of cattle and goats. Concentrated in the north, northeast and west of Bahia, they are characterized by a model of occupation of land, anchored in the common use of land, which is constituted by an undivided territorial heritage of peasant communities made up of hinterland families. This collective self-identification based on these premises traditionally transmitted, generation after generation, which has a specific way of organization, specific cultural traditions, and agricultural practices, characterize the way of creating, living and building in the semiarid region, a unique way of life. In this thesis it is intended to promote a debate about the limitations of these development strategies, the main needs of communities that were historically invisible, through the trajectory of “Lages das aroeiras” and its inhabitants, the struggle of this community over time for the reduction of inequality, food security, right to territories and regulation of common use lands, which represents a bit of the history of the Bahia Pasture Funds. The choice of this area is justified because it is a pioneer in the process of collective organization of communities, in defense of fundamental rights and in the claim for the implementation of public policies in the semiarid region. I highlight “Lages das Aroeiras” as an expression of this way of life, mainly due to the trajectory of these grassland communities, marked by experiences of struggle and popular resistance in the semiarid region of Bahia. It has been made an effort to strengthen policies for coexistence with the semiarid region, through the social, economic and political organization of these communities, which is expressed in COOPERUC and IRPAA and its more than 25 years of developing activities for coexistence with the semiarid region. It is aimed to identify the way these two organizations contributed to the creation and strengthening of other social organizations aimed at coexistence with the Semiarid and ATER. In view of such knowledge and considerations, it was questioned how the management practices of common areas and extensive grazing in “Lages das aroeiras”, this "way of being, doing, and living", were affected during the historical processes through developmental public discourses and actions implemented by the Brazilian State.