AS QUEBRADEIRAS  DE COCO BABAÇU DA MICRORREGIÃO DO BICO DO PAPAGAIO DO EXTREMO NORTE TOCANTINENSE

Victor Nolasco Guimarães de Sousa; Elias da Silva

doi:10.20873/rtg.v6n11p114-124

Authors

Victor Nolasco Guimarães de Sousa Universidade Federal do Tocantins
Elias da Silva Federal University of Northern Tocantins

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20873/rtg.v6n11p114-124

Keywords:

coconut breakerscoconut breakers, Babaçu

Abstract

This article discusses one of the livelihood activities in which families survive and maintains the local culture of collecting babassu coconut in the region of Bico do Papagaio, north of Tocantins, and aims at a reflective analysis on cooperative livelihood activity on the coconut breakers theme of the region. We will rely on the specific bibliography about the coconut breakers trade and will carry out field research in the cooperative TOBASA, RESEX and cities in the micro-region. We will observe aspects related to the production of objects made with babassu coconut, through a photographic essay carried out by us. The results show the wide variety of products derived from the babassu coconut and the contribution to the local economy.

Author Biographies

Victor Nolasco Guimarães de Sousa, Universidade Federal do Tocantins

Acadêmico 6º período da Universidade Federal do Tocantins

Elias da Silva, Federal University of Northern Tocantins

Graduated in Geography from the Federal University of Mato Grosso (1993), Master in Geography from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1999), Doctorate in Geography (Human Geography) from the University of São Paulo (2010). He currently works as a course coordinator and member of the Research and Extension Council - Consepe and Adjunct Professor II at the Federal University of Tocantins. He has experience in the field of Geography, with an emphasis on human geography, territory, city and network, Episthmology of Geography, teaching of Geography, industrial complex linked to soybeans in the Brazilian cerrado.

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