Extensão Rural, Agroecologia e a invenção dialógica da técnica

Abstract

This article is the result of a doctoral thesis, whose objective was the investigation of an ongoing extension practice linked to agroecology, describing and analyzing this experience based on the concept of a technical act and dialogicity. The research has as the main theoretical bases the writings of Álvaro Vieira Pinto (2005) and Paulo Freire (1977, 1978, 1992, 2011). Political Ecology was the basis for connecting the theoretical references of the research with issues pertinent to rural extension and agroecology. We carried out field research through participant observation and semi-structured interviews with members of a project that proposes the implementation of 4 Participatory Research Units (UPPs) in municipalities located in Espírito Santo. The experience allowed us to see that agroecology constitutes fertile ground for the development of techniques that oppose the current dominant way of doing agriculture. During the research, it was possible to identify and analyze significant moments of this transdisciplinary experience that point to the radicalization of the participation of farming families achieved through dialogue between research and extension, as well as between the different subjects who participate in the project.