Banca de DEFESA: GUSTAVO DE SOUZA BARBOSA

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STUDENT : GUSTAVO DE SOUZA BARBOSA
DATE: 19/07/2022
TIME: 08:00
LOCAL: Videoconferência
TITLE:

THE SOCIAL FORMATION OF THE PERNAMBUCA-ALAGOANA SUGARCANE REGION BASED ON THE BRAZILIAN STATE'S PERFORMANCE IN THE SUGAR-ALCOHOLIC SECTOR

KEY WORDS:

social formation; Brazilian state; sugar and alcohol sector; sugarcane region; Pernambuco-Alagoas.

PAGES: 185
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Geografia
SUBÁREA: Geografia Regional
SPECIALTY: Análise Regional
SUMMARY:

At the time when America played a central role in the mercantilist development and organization of the contemporary world system, in a certain portion of the Northeast region of Brazil, linked to the monoculture of sugarcane, since its origin, the target of development on the part of the then Portuguese State, a certain social formation was constituted. The empirical dimension of the study takes place in the sugarcane productive region that extends from the Pernambuco to Alagoas. As a research problem, it is considered how the role played by the Brazilian State, from the Empire to the Republic, in the sugar and alcohol sector impacted the social formation of a certain portion of the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas where the sugarcane culture is developed. In this sense, the thesis analyzes the social formation of the territorial cut of the largest sugarcane production in the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas from the performance of the Brazilian State and its direct and indirect intervention on the activity throughout imperial and republican history. It starts from the hypothesis that the sugarcane region is the result of the Brazilian state action in the sugarcane economy, having its genesis, transformations and, above all, permanences, directly linked to national policy. As specific objectives, we seek to define the concept of Social Formation and validate its application on a regional scale; to systematize the forms of state intervention in the sugar-alcohol economy and; to describe the process of territorial occupation of the sugarcane productive region and its socioeconomic aspects. Theoretically, the study is guided by the concepts of Social Formation, applying it to the understanding of a sub-space inserted in the totality and of the Productive Region, considering that the dimension related to the mode of production is relevant. By valuing the material dimension of geographic space, the research considers the materialist-based dialectic as valid for relating to one of the precepts dear to the geographic analysis proposed by Milton Santos, the of totality, and with the very concept of Social Formation due to its totalizing nature. In methodological terms, the starting point is bibliographic research, especially in works by Milton Santos on the theme of Social Formation; documental research in collections of laws to recognize the Brazilian state performance in the sugarcane economy and in statistical series published for the collection of quantitative data on sugarcane production; and field research to record the changes and permanence in the regional sugarcane landscape over time. Finally, it is concluded that the concept of Social Formation is valid for the understanding of spatial scales beyond the nation-state, among them the productive region; that intervention in the sugarcane economy has always been present in Brazilian state history; and that the very process of territorial occupation of the region and socioeconomic characteristics are mainly linked to the sugarcane activity. The Brazilian State, therefore, was the main agent for the maintenance and consolidation of the activity in the region, even in the face of national transformations in terms of productive activity.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 350836 - IONE RODRIGUES DINIZ MORAIS
Interno - 349714 - ADEMIR ARAÚJO DA COSTA
Interno - 2346233 - FRANCISCO FRANSUALDO DE AZEVEDO
Externo à Instituição - CAIO AUGUSTO AMORIM MACIEL - UFPE
Externo à Instituição - JAN BITOUN - UFPE