Iniciativas econômicas solidárias e redes de colaboração na Amazônia Marajoara

Abstract

The research aims to present a case study that contextualizes the theme Solidarity Economy in the light of what is being built within the territory of the Marajoara Amazon. The analyzed case is the State Project for Agroextractive Settlement (PEAEX) called Acutipereira, more specifically the community Santo Ezequiel Moreno and its networks of solidarity collaboration with the other adjacent communities. The objective of the research was to present solidarity-based economic initiatives ongoing in the Amazon region of Marajó which are promising in the search for better management of natural resources and sustainable local development; as well as assessing the dynamics of existing and potential solidarity collaboration networks and its real possibilities and limits for success. The methodological procedures used were bibliographic research, documentary research and field research, using qualitative methods with an exploratory approach applied to the case study. The results show the community is in fully engaged in the construction of a solidary culture, but it still requires leaping in quality, both in the maturation and operationalization of its projects, but also in the effective access to new markets, and improvement and operationalization of its solidarity collaboration networks inside 2 Revista Internacional Interdisciplinar INTERthesis, Florianópolis, v. 17, p. 01-21, 2020. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. ISSN 1807-1384. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5007/1807-1384.2020.e70125 and outside PEAEX Acutipereira. It is concluded that the solidary economic initiatives and their collaboration networks in operation in the researched community are providing families with jobs, income and better living conditions.