Coffeescape: analysis of international bibliographic production on coffee cultural landscapes

Abstract

The diversity of coffee culture manifestations and their expressions in the landscape show the potential of interdisciplinary research guided by plural epistemological lenses. This article aims to contribute to the realization of future research on the patrimonialization of agrifood cultural landscapes, especially coffee, in the different producing countries. In this way, it aims to identify the main methodologies and epistemological lenses used in coffee production cultural landscape studies. To this end, a systematic literature review was conducted in Web of Science, Scopus, Redalyc and Theses and dissertations indexed in the CAPES databases. The results pointed to the identification of 41 publications, with Colombia as the main geographical area and origin of the researchers. It was possible to characterize them in six thematic categories: 1) Planning and Territorial Ordinance; 2) Patrimonialization Processes; 3) Cultural Aspects; 4) Tourism; 5) Industrial Heritage; and 6) Biodiversity. The methodologies used focus on qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive character, with ethnographic nature. Among the main techniques, bibliographic and documentary research were combined with field immersion, observation, and semi-structured interviews. Theoretical-methodological lens analysis shows most studies with a phenomenological and complexity approach in Humanist-Cultural Geography. The research reinforced the interdisciplinary potential of studies on landscapes and coffee production, highlighting the geographic complexity of coffee territories in Brazil and the world.