The culture as resistance to the agricultural structure: The case of the family farmers in the Apiaú-RR Colony

Abstract

The article proposes to reflect on the social, political and cultural changes in the field, considering that the rural area presents a contradiction in the face of public policies in recent years. The objective is to emphasise the importance of the culture of family member as resistance to agricultural structure in the field before the agrarian policies that are legitimating the expansion of capital. Base on the discussion according to authors that debate about the agrarian concern, among them: Wanderley (2009), Prado Júnior (2000), Ianni (2004) and the concept of culture, such as: Canclini (2015), Thompson (1998), Grignon (2009) and Eagleton (2011), highlighting the importance of the culture of the subjects in the field in opposition to the ruling class. The methodology used was bibliographic and empirical, through testimonies of the family farmers in the analysis of the results. It evidences that the agrarian policies seek the regulation of the subjects of the field to adapt to the landowner model, while the culture constructed through the social relations of the field reveals contradiction in the agrarian culture, becoming a tool of resistance to land ownership concentration.

Keywords

• agricultural policies
• culture
• family farming and rural area