The power of maps and participatory approaches: the use of social cartography in the territorial representation of rural settlements

Milagres, Cleiton Silva Ferreira; Ferreira Neto, José Ambrósio; Sousa, Diego Neves de

doi:10.20435/inter.v21i2.2190

Cleiton Silva Ferreira Milagres

Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT), Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil.

Cleiton Silva Ferreira Milagres: Doctor in Regional Development from the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT). Adjunct Professor I (UFT) in the course of Technology in Cooperative Management, campus Araguaína. E-mail: cleiton.milagres@uft.edu.br, Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5651-4292

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José Ambrósio Ferreira Neto

Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

José Ambrósio Ferreira Neto: Post-doctor at LABORATE at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Galicia, Spain. PhD in Development, Agriculture and Society by the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). Full Professor at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). E-mail: ambrosio2@ufv.br, Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1173-4582

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Diego Neves de Sousa

Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil.

Diego Neves de Sousa: Doctor in Rural Development from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Analyst at Embrapa Pesca e Aquicultura. E-mail: diego.sousa@embrapa.br, Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3124-5150

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3124-5150

Cleiton Silva Ferreira Milagres: Doctor in Regional Development from the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT). Adjunct Professor I (UFT) in the course of Technology in Cooperative Management, campus Araguaína. E-mail: cleiton.milagres@uft.edu.br, Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5651-4292

José Ambrósio Ferreira Neto: Post-doctor at LABORATE at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Galicia, Spain. PhD in Development, Agriculture and Society by the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). Full Professor at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). E-mail: ambrosio2@ufv.br, Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1173-4582

Diego Neves de Sousa: Doctor in Rural Development from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Analyst at Embrapa Pesca e Aquicultura. E-mail: diego.sousa@embrapa.br, Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3124-5150

Comparison Element	Social Cartography (Cartesian or not)	Institutional Cartography (Cartesian)
Territory	It represents the variables that are important for each territory, since the self-recognition of the participating community.	It represents territories, since modernity has been defined as a priority for the definition of nation-state.
Method	Qualitative procedures where the community is the main actor. Among them, there are oral language and symbolic representation.	Use of rigid instruments to count on a given information and statistical methodologies.
Political Position	There is a clear intention and political stance.	It admits an apparent objectivity and impartiality of the data obtained.
Power	It legitimizes a process in which the interests of the community are recognized as the engine of social processes. Thus, one becomes aware of the power of self-determination and transformation of the territory.	Only institutional or business interests are taken into account.
Space representation	Combination of perceived, conceived and lived space. Representations of the relations (networks of strengthening, flows) that conform a territory.	Representation of perceived (Euclidean) space where georeferencing prevails.
Methodology	Qualitative and participatory methods where the community and agents contribute: in the joint elaboration of the map, the collective knowledge is perpetuated; in the cultural environment, which is mediated by the needs of the community, and the potentialities of the territory to be represented.	Quantitative methods. Group of experts. They represent the interest of the institution and the State.
Runtime	The use of qualitative methodologies leads to a more expensive work, but with less exclusive results.	There are standard procedures, which are easily systematized.
Systematization	Systematization is incipient. It is necessary to implement some documentation system of the information collected.	It continues to work on software sophistication and systematization policies.
Scale	Defined by the level of participation. Usually detailed scales.	Level of aggregation. Various scales and levels of generalization.

[1] Cleiton Silva Ferreira Milagres: Doctor in Regional Development from the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT). Adjunct Professor I (UFT) in the course of Technology in Cooperative Management, campus Araguaína. E-mail: cleiton.milagres@uft.edu.br, Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5651-4292

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