Entre a sustentabilidade e a divisa das terras: uma análise do discurso ecopolítico do corredor ecológico do rio Chapecó

Abstract

In this study, we conduct an analysis of the emergence of a dispositif of governance of life in the western region of Santa Catarina, grounded in ecopolitical discourse. This analysis is carried out through an investigation of the implementation of the Chapecó Region Ecological Corridor (Chapecó EC). The research encompasses the analysis of strictly linguistic statements in dialogue with non-verbal materialities, mobilizing the construction of discursive memories. The aim is to elucidate the formulation of a discursive field that sustains a specifically local ecological-environmental form of governance, while situated within a global model. Within this framework, we understand that a deeper engagement with issues such as the technical- scientific and legal apparatus, sustainable rural economic development, and environmental education oriented toward ecological subjects is crucial for understanding the features that support the emergence of a dynamic between the constitution of subjectivities and landscapes. We are guided by the conception that the environmentalized ecological discourse surrounding the Chapecó EC is configured as a field of political struggle, in which distinct perspectives on the conduct of conduct in relation to forms of life are in dispute. The chapters of the research are organized to jointly examine: the institutionalization of the Chapecó EC as an application of public policies of environmentalization based on a logic of ecological protection; the interaction between ecological discourse, as a scientific foundation, and economic practices in the agricultural sphere, as well as their implications for defining the agricultural frontiers of the region; how ecological discourse is mobilized in official educational representations aimed at biodiversity protection; and how the control of landscapes engages with modes of territorial and subjectivity construction in western Santa Catarina. The adopted methodology is grounded in Discourse Analysis inspired by an archaeogenealogical approach, working with linguistic and imagetic discursive sequences in order to contribute to a local political theory that elucidates established forms of governance and fosters a critical reading of the present.