Banca de DEFESA: ANA CAROLINA VITORIO ARANTES

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : ANA CAROLINA VITORIO ARANTES
DATE: 19/12/2022
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: REMOTO
TITLE:

TUCUMÃZEIROS AND PEOPLE'S WEAVINGS: INTERACTIONS AND CHANGES

IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE BRAIDS OF THE ARAPIUNS

KEY WORDS:

Traditional artisanship. Astrocaryum vulgare. Social organization. Palms.
Natural resources use.

PAGES: 187
BIG AREA: Outra
AREA: Ciências Ambientais
SUMMARY:

The newly-formed leaves of the tucumãzeiro (Astrocaryum vulgare Mart.), locally called
guias, are the raw material for the production of utility objects, produced for generations
in the region of the Arapiuns River, municipality of Santarém. This thesis focused on
analyzing changes in the production of handicrafts, now known as Trançados do
Arapiuns, and their impact on the knowledge and practices related to the tucumãzeiros

and on communities landscape of the Arapiuns River. Documents were analyzed, semi-
structured interviews and participant observation were used with researchers, technicians,

community leaders, artisans, and other residents of the Aratapi, Vila Coroca and Vista
Alegre communities, located in the Lago Grande Agroextractivist Settlement Project.
From the 2000s on, intervention projects were developed in the region that culminated in
a process of discovery of handicrafts, as artisans and external agents began to value them.
In this trajectory, some changes in the aesthetics and production forms of handicrafts have
changed, as well as the way they are socially organized. The creation of the Association
of Artisans of the Communities of Nova Pedreira, Vista Alegre and Coroca (AARTA)
guided the continued appreciation and dissemination of this know-how and as a
consequence, awards, physical stores, participation in exhibitions and declaration as
municipal heritage are some materializations of the process of discovery of the braids.
The interests towards the tucumã trees also alternated: their leaves, for transformation
into straw, became more interesting than their fruits. In practice, this interest is guided by
the keen knowledge and experimentation carried out to recognize the types of tucumã, as
well as the preferred tucumã individuals. Furthermore, the artisanal valorization led to the
appreciation of the tucumã individuals, through the care, planting, and intentional
discarding of the seeds, aiming at their presence and maintenance for later use. These
practices were responsible for an increase in the amount of trees in the communities, as
well as their proximity to the houses, changing the local landscape. Thus, the process of
discovering the braids of the Arapiuns, based on the trajectory and activities of AARTA,
has brought about countless changes in the ways in which the artisans interact with each
other and with the tucumãzeiros, other plants and territories.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interno - 1184835 - DAVID GIBBS MCGRATH
Interno - 1190535 - JARSEN LUIS CASTRO GUIMARAES
Interno - 1776327 - THIAGO ALMEIDA VIEIRA
Externa ao Programa - 1835815 - LILIAN REBELLATO - UFOPAExterno ao Programa - 1963407 - RUBENS ELIAS DA SILVA - UFOPAExterna à Instituição - VOYNER RAVENA CANETE - UFPA
Externo à Instituição - DANIEL ROBERTO DOS REIS SILVA