Desenvolvimento local e os saberes das artesãs quilombola:

contributions of environmental education in the artisanal production of the quilombola community of Conceição das Crioulas

Abstract

This text reflects an excerpt from an academic research developed with the objective of analyzing the dialog between rural extension and environmental education in promoting social changes and local development in the Quilombola Community of Conceição das Crioulas, rural area of the municipality of Salgueiro - PE. This section aims to analyze the process of construction of local development by artisans of the quilombola community through the adoption of environmental education as a strategy to resist cultural values and strengthen the political project of the quilombola community. The research is of a qualitative nature, where data were collected through document analysis, field observations and semi-structured interviews and analyzed using the Discourse Analysis - AD methodology. The subjects of the investigation were: artisans, educators and educators from the community. The environmental education adopted in the knowledge building spaces of the community contributes directly to the formation of a new world view of the subjects of the quilombola community.