O trabalho camponês na várzea do Rio Amazonas: uma análise na Comunidade da Costa do Tapará

Abstract

The constant alternation of the river level is an ecological factor, but also a limiting and determining vector for life in the floodplain environments of the Amazonas river. The “amphibious” character of the floodplain area led man, who occupies it, to develop adaptive means and peculiar strategies for his permanence. The objective of this research is to recognize the individual and collective uses of floodplain environments and to discuss its compatibility with the current pattern of occupation and use of the várzea. For the development of this research, which is of qualitative type, a deeper understanding of life in the floodplain is sought, with special regard to its social and cultural economic dimension. The rural floodplain community studied, Coast of Tapará, served to increase the knowledge of the students about the rural reality in the Amazon region.