UNVEILING THE COUNTRY IN THE CITY: METHODOLOGICAL NOTES

• Main Author: Doralice Sátyro Maia
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal da Bahia 2011-01-01
• Series: GeoTextos
• Subjects: trabalho de campo; o campo na cidade; joão pessoa-pb; vacaria; cidade / methodological records of research; the country in the city; the dairies; the city
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/geotextos/article/view/4830
• ISSN: 1809-189X; 1984-5537

The article presents the methodological records of researches perfomed in the city of João Pessoa -PB, having as main purpose to analyse the practice of rural activities and maintenance of rural land on the urban environment. The awakening for the theme, the paths taken to reach the definiton of this investigation are described and narrated on the perspective of sharing and helping other researchers who are insterested in the subject. The methodological procedures used in each “field” of analysis - the dairy farms, the vaquejadas parks and the cattle fair - are exposed, revealing inclusively the difficulties found in the research conduct. In addition to the procedures, are registered the main concepts and theoretical foundations which justified the studies. The article structure consists of an introduction and the units of procedures which are divided into: discovering the dairies in the city; the house; the corral; the vaquejada and the cattle fair.