LIVING SPACES OF A RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY IN PARÁ’S AMAZON FOREST

Abstract

This work is the result of a broader master's research that focuses on presenting the different dynamics experienced by residents of a riverside community in the Paraense Amazon, called Carapanatuba in the interior of the municipality of Santarém. The way of life and territorial dynamics of riverside populations are objects of study in various sciences, and here we are guided by geographic science, with the help of authors such as Santos (2002), Souza, (2018) and Tuan (2012) in the approaches of categories of space and place, which support the understanding of the living spaces of Carapanatuba residents. For the acquisition of information, field work was carried out, using interviews and other instruments such as cell phones, field notebooks, among others. Phenomenology was used as an analysis method, as it creates bridges so that we have access to the most accurate information and perceptions to hear, look, feel, perceive and evaluate all the phenomena that permeate the research. Through the observations and dialogues carried out during the work on the experiences of fishermen with their spaces/places of life, it is perceptible the affective relationship of fishermen with their home, which for them is seen as a “safe harbor”, with their boats, with the community, with the river. And that in the small daily practices in which knowledge about the dynamics of nature is socialized, is that they build symbolic and affective relationships with their places of life and work.