Territórios do turismo em territórios protegidos: Processos de territorialização e turismo na reserva de desenvolvimento sustentável Puranga Conquista - AM

Abstract

This dissertation is part of the work developed since the beginning of 2017 in the Baixo Rio Negro region, specifically in the Tupé and Puranga Conquista Sustainable Development Reserves (RDS), the centrality of the discussions are the processes of territorialization of newly created indigenous communities and the forms of use of their territories, these multi-ethnic communities located in Conservation Unit are therefore subject to rules and restrictions. The management bodies of the SDRs call them "indigenous nuclei", here they are presented by the way they call themselves: Diakuru nucleus and Tuyuka village (RDS Tupé); community Cipiá and community Tatuyo (RDS Puranga Conquista). The communities were formed by indigenous people from the Upper Rio Negro who migrated from their lands and in the late 1990s began to develop experiences with tourism in the Baixo Rio Negro whereby they make possible complementary income and, often, it constitutes the only source of income. The Tatuyo indigenous community, the main focus of the analysis of this dissertation, is an emblematic case in view of the importance of reflections on the scenario in which territorialities, practices in tourism and their own way of carrying out such activity are constructed. The main objective was to analyze the territorial and cultural dynamics and their relations with the tourism developed in the Tatuyo community, in front of the limits of use of the territory in Conservation Units. The research was characterized as case study, qualitative approach, under the techniques of field work, in situ observation, semi-structured interviews, informal dialogues, bibliographical and documentary research. In this scenario, tourism has been identified as an essential activity for the subsistence of the community. However, it is being developed in the midst of asymmetrical conflicts and relations, arising from the relationships between the different internal (indigenous) and external social agents (agencies, guides) and their own interests.