THE PROCESS OF LUGARIZAÇÃO FROM PERMACULTURE PRACTICES IN ECO ALDEIA FLECHA DA MATA (ARACATI/CE)

Abstract

The present study intended understand the formation of the process of lugarização in Eco Aldeia Flecha da Mata (Aracati/CE) through topophilia developed with the realization of practices of permaculture, following its design and ethical principles based on sustainability and well-being of individuals who experience it. The study was carried out through bibliographic searches followed by fi eld visits to the village, through conversations and checklist of the principles, emphasizing the continuous dialogue with the residents and volunteers of the place. In the development of rationalization about the data collected in the research, the socioeconomic context that directs society’s socio-spatial behaviors and the link between sustainability and well-being in the topophilic feeling of individuals was highlighted. The study considered that the topophilia developed in the village triggered the process of lugarização in that space, provided by permacultural practices and the following of its ethical and design principles, enabling new perspectives of social organization and inspiring forms of connection between individual and space.