Agriculture Modernism and apple planting: an environmental history of the “correction of nature” in Fraiburgo, Brazil

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  • Jó Klanovicz Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste do Paraná

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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2011v18n25p118

Abstract

This article discusses the apple planting in Fraiburgo, Brazil, as an example of modernist agriculture since the 1960s. To do so, it presents the debate around the concept of agriculture modernism and agriculture modernization, considering the modern agriculture based on three elements: the influence of technical knowledge on agribusiness projects, public and private aspiration to manage nature and society, the unrestricted use of power and scientific knowledge to give life to this aspiration, and a civil society that craves, or is prostrated by these plans. The choices of modernist pomiculture in Fraiburgo brought environmental consequences. Therefore, this article discusses this topic through an environmental history approach.

Author Biography

Jó Klanovicz, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste do Paraná

Professor Adjunto A do Departamento de História da UNICENTRO. Professor do Programa de Pós-graduação em História da UNICENTRO. Doutor em História (UFSC, 2007).
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2011-06-23

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Klanovicz, J. (2011). Agriculture Modernism and apple planting: an environmental history of the “correction of nature” in Fraiburgo, Brazil. Esboços: Histories in Global Contexts, 18(25), 118–141. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2011v18n25p118

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Vol. 18 No. 25 (2011): Dossiê História Ambiental e Migrações

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