Influência dos ecossistemas aquáticos na produção do espaço das populações de vilas ribeirinhas: um estudo bibliográfico

Abstract

Space is understood to be the place where societies live, from which they extract and produce the means for their survival and build their culture. The production of space, or production of geographic space or humanization of space is the process in which man acts upon nature by modifying it to meet his basic needs. This nature on which man acts is nothing more than the various ecosystems existing on the planet, that is, the set of elements of the physical environment (air, water and soil) and chemical and physical factors interacting with living beings. The "Renas" Project studies traditional Amazonian populations, regarding cultural, economic, social and natural aspects, and this work contributes with Renas and the communities by providing knowledge about the natural aspects and the study about the production of space. Through a bibliographic review of titles such as For a New Geography and Metamorphosis of the Inhabited Space, both by Milton Santos, Amazonia by Bertha Becker, Curralistas e Redeiros de Marudá de Lourdes Furtado, among others that talk about the Amazon and its populations taking into account cultural, economic and historical aspects, We tried to research how the production of space occurs in the riverside villages based on their relationship with the Amazonian aquatic ecosystems, be it igapó, várzea, igarapé, or river, and verified that this humanization of space is not studied, that is, how these ecosystems will reflect in the organization of these communities. After the bibliographical survey, it was possible to observe some influences such as, in the economic aspect (where the most practiced activity is fishing), in the cultural aspect (through legends like that of the Boto, of Iara, of the Mães de Bicho), etc. In a second moment, the goal is to carry out field work, to study the daily life, culture, history, and the relationship between a community, within one or several aquatic ecosystems, and its space.