RACIONALIDADE URBANA E ESPAÇOS RURAIS: A EMPRESA AGRÍCOLA UN1ONE E A VILA ALMEIDA EM JUIZ DE FORA – MG / URBAN RATIONALITY AND RURAL AREAS: THE UN1ONE AGRICULTURAL COMPANY AND VILA ALMEIDA IN JUIZ DE FORA - MG

Abstract

Field and city spaces intertwine in many ways as well as rural and urban behaviors. In this dissertation we analyze the social-territorial transformations and the consequences of the installation of an agricultural enterprise in the rural area of Vila Almeida, in Juiz de Fora / MG. The urban practices and techniques used in the company's operating mode and the spatial configuration of that rural area, which has typically urban infrastructures and services, though – like sewage and water networks and public transportation – sparked new conflicts in the daily lives of residents, mostly traditional farmers. They are currently experiencing new possibilities of changes in their agricultural production paradigm and in their context of social reproduction. There is a case study conducted via the application of semi-structured interviews, the follow-up of a meeting of residents and the results collected. We seek to capture how the presence of an urban rationality in the rural area of Vila Almeida is, its dynamics, and all the conditions and conditioning factors that are part of this process. The result found refers to a phenomenon of integration between city and countryside that rejects the idea of a dichotomy between them.

Field and city spaces intertwine in many ways as well as rural and urban behaviors. In this dissertation we analyze the social-territorial transformations and the consequences of the installation of an agricultural enterprise in the rural area of Vila Almeida, in Juiz de Fora / MG. The urban practices and techniques used in the company's operating mode and the spatial configuration of that rural area, which has typically urban infrastructures and services, though – like sewage and water networks and public transportation – sparked new conflicts in the daily lives of residents, mostly traditional farmers. They are currently experiencing new possibilities of changes in their agricultural production paradigm and in their context of social reproduction. There is a case study conducted via the application of semi-structured interviews, the follow-up of a meeting of residents and the results collected. We seek to capture how the presence of an urban rationality in the rural area of Vila Almeida is, its dynamics, and all the conditions and conditioning factors that are part of this process. The result found refers to a phenomenon of integration between city and countryside that rejects the idea of a dichotomy between them.