Abstract
Abstract The research project “Reconfigurations of the social sphere in Brejo of Paraíba in the 21st century” looks into the new social arrangements in that region of northeastern Brazil, which stem from the abrupt changes in the context that was prevalent in the early 1990s, which were triggered by the closure of sugarcane processing plants, following the bankruptcy declared by Santa Maria processing plant. Included in a broader debate regarding the imprints left by centuries on social structures organized around export-led plantations in Latin America, this is a collective research project that aims to inquire into different conversion strategies in comparison with the previous position occupied by social actors in the golden period of sugarcane production.
Highlights
Reconfigurações do espaço social do Brejo paraibano no século XXI: as marcas das plantations na América Latina
Since the seventeenth century colonial times in Brazil, agricultural investments in sugarcane plantations aimed at the international market have been a key element to both shape and understand Brazilian society in many aspects – be it economic or social, cultural, environmental or political (Freyre, 1989; Holanda, 1936)
The imprints left by it still resonates in the new current configurations, even in places that show a significant decline in this agro-industrial structure due to closure or bankruptcy of sugarcane mills, as is the case in the Northeast region of the country
Summary
Reconfigurações do espaço social do Brejo paraibano no século XXI: as marcas das plantations na América Latina. Reconfigurations of the social sphere in Brejo da Paraíba in the 21st century...
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