“Por caminhos de águas e terrasˮ: o processo migratório de pescadores artesanais

Abstract

The aim of this work is the study and understanding of fisherfolk migrations as a process, including the representations of the subjects departing and staying in places of origin, through an analysis of the urban and rural areas. The research locus was the city of San Francisco, located on the banks of the São Francisco River. The analysis focused on the Sagrada Familia neighborhood, characterized by being a fishing district that quite perform the migration process. As apprehension of rural areas, the research is directed to the village community of Bahian, located 30 kilometers from the urban area. The village was established by the migratory process of coming fishermen of Bahia. In this sense, the study reveals how an analysis of the place, the people of / in place and phenomena that trigger the migration process. Supported by a qualitative and phenomenological approach, we use fieldwork techniques, in-depth interviews, dense everyday observation, photographs, as a means of apprehending reality. In being together and experience, we understand that the fisherman to affirm their relationship with nature, featuring their identity and their ways of life in / place. The difficulty in performing fishing has contributed to the temporary migration continues to occur among fishermen, causing changes in the places of origin and destination. Migrate became a possibility of improvement of life.