Sujeitos e mapas: uma cartografia raizeira do médio curso do Riachão-Mirabela-MG

Abstract

The present work uses conceptual categories of analysis of Cultural Geography to analyze and reinterpret the Cerrado landscape units apprehended by the rootsmen of the Raízes do Riachão Association in the municipality of Mirabela-MG. From the theoretical-methodological ap-proach of Cultural Landscape associated with New Social Cartography and participatory meth-odologies, above all - participatory research. For the development of the research, we pay at-tention to the Cultural Landscape units most recognized by the researched community together with the cultural references indicated by the research subjects, which were spatialized through thematic maps. The general objective of this research is to analyze the potential of the New Social Cartography as an instrument to explain the way in which these subjects characterize, recognize and name the units of the Cerrado landscape according to popular logic. We affirm that the cartographic productions of the raiders help in the construction and provision of condi-tions so that they express their spatial knowledge and can make critical reflections on the space of representation.