Agroecologias: um estudo dos programas de pós-graduação em Agroecologia no Brasil
Abstract
This paper presents Agroecology as a scientific area in a consolidation phase in Brazil. In order
to demonstrate this, an exploratory research is initially conducted on the emergence of
agroecology and its scientific and epistemological basis, as well as its introduction in graduate
programs in Brazil. To understand how agroecology constitutes a scientific field, Bourdiesian
theory about science along with Kuhn's studies on the scientific paradigm are rescued to reflect
on the inclusion of agroecology in the scientific field – which is already dominated by the
scientific paradigm of the agrarian sciences. An empirical research is also produced on
accredited graduate programs on agroecology on the CAPES portal. Thus, a characterization of
the graduate schools is initially made based on the institutional narratives displayed on the
webpages of each graduate program/university, and it also includes data on the faculty and the
curriculum structure of each agroecology graduate program. The aim is to evaluate if there is
coherence between the discourse of each institution, the curricular structure of the courses, and
the scientific proposal of agroecology. As a methodological approach, a case study on the
graduate studies in Agroecology and Rural Development of the Federal University of São Carlos
and some accredited professors in this graduate program are interviewed. These interviews have
enriched the analysis of the agroecological scientific area. In addition, some considerations on
scientific production (theses and dissertations) in agroecology are carried out together with
reflections on how the political scenario can affect the development of the agroecological
scientific field. The results point to the growth and consolidation of the agroecological scientific
department and some institutional and political obstacles that may hinder the growth of this area
of knowledge are listed.
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