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Ethnopedogeomorphology in a Humid Sector of the Eastern Escarpment of the Borborema Highlands: an Integrated Landscape Analysis From the Viewpoints of Traditional Communities

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: The study proposes a concept of ethnopedogeomorphology and analyzes how rural communities classify soil types, surface processes, and landforms. The study area comprises two communities in Vicência/PE, between Piemonte and the eastern escarpment of the Borborema Highlands. The research adopted an ethnoscience approach, proposing a notion of ethnopedogeomorphology: how traditional knowledge associates soil and relief in agropastoral activities. The methodology followed a routine of fieldwork, application of interviews, identification of geomorphic elements, and cartography. Traditional communities' classification and the general understanding of soil classes and landforms reflect academic knowledge. The nomenclatures used between communities did not show significant differences due to geographical proximity.Palavras-chave: Ethnoscience. Pedogeomorphology. Northeast Brazil.

Source: William Morris Davis – Revista de Geomorfologia

DOI: 10.48025/issn26756900.v3n2.2022.156

Authors: PAULO LUCAS CÂNDIDO DE FARIAS, ANTONIO CARLOS DE BARROS CORRÊA, SIMONE CARDOSO RIBEIRO, ANTONIO RAIMUNDO DE SOUSA

Institutions: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco

Language: English

Topic: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco