Abstract
This article focuses on discussing fatalism in peasant labor and its possibilities of rupture. It is based on the theoretical contributions of Ignacio Martín-Baró and takes as an empirical reference the reports of peasants from the Center-South region of the State of Paraná, Brazil. The reports were obtained through a conversation circle with agroecologist farmers and semi-structured interviews with five tobacco-producing families. Taking tobacco production and the diversification of this production for agroecological agriculture as an example, this work seeks to highlight labor relations as a source of fatalism in the context of the peasantry, and the recovery of historical memory, social organization and class practice as dimensions present in its process of rupture.
Keywords:
Fatalism; Peasant work; Peasantry; Agroecology