Mudança e inovação camponesa: a economia da maniva (manihoc utilíssima crantz) na comunidade de Tracuateua da Ponta, Santo Antônio do Tauá - PA

Abstract

This research questions the contributions that the innovations and productive changes that come from the economy of the maniva, in Tracuateua da Ponta, have in favor of the understanding of the innovation and the capacity of peasant permanence. The community located in Santo Antônio do Tauá - PA is 19 km from the municipal headquarters and is representative mainly for being known as the land of the maniçoba, typical food of the cuisine of Pará. The sale of pre-cooked maniva emerged in the community in 1980 and triggered significant changes in the peasant's productive routine. The research obtained primary data from semi-structured interviews and an ethnographic reading effort to understand the technical changes, the historical path of the community and the activity beyond the consequences of technical regulation agencies. It deals with peasant innovation breaking with the classical literature that sees the peasantry as a way of life and of production in extinction. It concludes by weaving theoretical and empirical dialogues with the field lessons, in an effort of synthesis and reflection on internal specificities of the peasant family productive model