Navegando por Autor "MANESCHY, Maria Cristina Alves"

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Associações rurais e associativismo no Nordeste amazônico: uma relação nem sempre correspondida
(2008-06) MANESCHY, Maria Cristina Alves; MAIA, Maria Lúcia Sá; CONCEIÇÃO, Maria de Fátima Carneiro da
This study was undertaken in 2005 and is founded on interviews with leaders of fortythree rural associations in four municipalities from the northeastern part of the State of Pará. It observed that generally such institutional forms of cooperation, officially supported, have not matched the spontaneous forms of cooperation, according to peasant traditions and rooted in trust and mutual responsibility. Frequently, associations that were just formal had to engage into agreements or to follow agreements between financial institutions, public and private organizations and the peasant producers. Associations with more effective economic, political or cultural outcomes were those that had, prior to their constitution, implemented collective or community activities, kinds of associations based on shared commitments and trust. These contradictions that traditional communities experience when they participate in the modern institutional system merit attention.
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Pescadoras: subordinação de gênero e empoderamento
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2012-12) MANESCHY, Maria Cristina Alves; SIQUEIRA, Deis Elucy; ÁLVARES, Maria Luzia Miranda
Since the last decade, studies on the fishing sector from a gender perspective have been growing, perceiving the ways gender constructions influence on how women and men work and face the risks linked to the recent changes that have been affecting the fishing activity. However, the related policies remain gender blind. This article discusses two main arguments. First, the silence about the women roles and places in fishing correlates to the vulnerability of many coastal communities in northern and southern countries. Second, fisherwomen movements have contributed to disrupt the status quo and to provide them access to empowerment policies, notably in relation to spaces and social rights. At the same time, their social movements aim to foster the local communities' capacities to manage their common resources, to adapt to social and environmental complexities and to promote gender equity. Empowerment process is complex and contradictory.
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Territórios e territorialidades no extrativismo de caranguejos em Pontinha de Bacuriteua, Bragança, Pará
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-04) OLIVEIRA, Marcelo do Vale; MANESCHY, Maria Cristina Alves
Within mangroves along the Northern Brazilian coast, the extraction of crabs is a major activity, both economically and culturally. Mangroves are public domain areas, but the surrounding communities develop forms of appropriation that control access, in response to the growing markets for crabs in the region and beyond. The article analyses these institutions of property and the resulting conflicts, focusing the village Pontinha de Bacuriteua, in the municipality of Bragança, State of Pará. It is based upon qualitative research with ten skilled professionals. After observations and interviews conducted between 2011 and 2012, the study found the existence of temporary territories of work, at the same time the communities share concepts about free access to mangroves. We suggest more research and public debate with the active participation of the workers on the relationship between local territorialities and the sustainable harvesting of crabs. This is an important issue considering that the area is located within a protected area, the Reserva Extrativista Marinha Caeté-Taperaçu.