People and Forests: clues to imagine other agri-cultures

Abstract

This research addresses Agroforestry and its people, which transform landscapes and create alternative worlds and ways of relating to the land. They resist and re-exist against the hegemonic agricultural model, offering clues to imagine other agri-cultures amid diverse socio-environmental challenges. Through an intervention-research approach using the Cartographic Method, this study aimed to map the micropolitical movements intensifying in the relationships between people and forests across four agroecosystems located in the Sul-Riograndense “Escudo Cristalino”, in the southern region of Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil. Grounded in lived experiences with farmers, this work presents narratives that serve as clues for becoming-other.