Sementes Crioulas “Um Sopro de Vida”: semeando territórios da agrobiodiversidade, partilhando saberes, narrando histórias, em três comunidades rurais tradicionais do Paraná

Abstract

Traditional communities, whether from Faxinalenses, Quilombolas, Caiçaras, through their knowledge, their productive techniques and their way of life, have been guardians of one of the most important resources for food: agrobiodiversity. Sowing territories of agrobiodiversity, sharing knowledge, practices, is to seek the continuity of the geo-history of the communities, the symbolisms, the identity of the subjects, and actions in the same space, highlighting the interfaces between the concepts of territory/territorialities and sociocultural practices assets. It is justifiable to research local knowledge, the practices of farmers with agrobiodiversity, as they can offer us important keys to overcome the ecological and social crisis caused by the modernization of agriculture, and also the importance of traditional local agricultural systems with creole seeds, as these provide much of the knowledge and know-how for the development of alternative production systems. Seeking to understand and analyze the spatial transformations of traditional farmers, their practices, experiences, knowledge, traditional territorialities are originated by a network of subjects, through agrobiodiversity, valorization of peasant knowledge, resistance, trust, affection and seed network. The main objective is to analyze the transformations to understand the way of life and socialization in the form of a traditional community, an analysis of the trajectory, of the maintenance of the way of life of the traditional communities - faxinalenses, quilombolas, caiçaras - where the phenomena, agrobiodiversity, knowledge, practices, memories, cultivation of seeds are manifested in a territory as (f)actors capable of producing effects and combinations that directly impact the relationships between individuals, collectives and territories. Creole seeds are the subject of an ecology of practices and knowledge, and are configured as new subjects of law by allowing the reproduction of heritage identities. Through Creole seeds, an ecology of socio-territorial knowledge and practices is engendered, enabling communities to manage their identities in networks of subjects who seek to build socio-territorial reproduction strategies that are alternatives to rural development. In this context, the formation of a Creole Seed Bank and two Seed Houses represents a new strategy in the region of Campos Gerais and Center-South of Paraná for the revaluation of agrobiodiversity, as they organize and connect efforts for the territorialization of this materialized heritage knowledge in varieties of corn, rice, beans, pumpkins, spices and native trees. The methodology used for the development of the research was ethnographic, with a qualitative approach and use of participant observation, audio, visual record (photographs), and conducting free and semi-structured interviews. The chapters portray the traditional knowledge and practices of farmers such as the identity of the territories, the meanings of the ancestors' seeds, the work practices of farmers who use creole cultivars, conserving and improving seeds, the exchange of seeds/knowledge between subjects who live , create and transform the locality, establishing a geographic network of connections. A presentation of the socio-ecological, socio-economic, political and cultural dimensions of social practice in the conservation of creole seeds.