URBAN GARDEN, AGROECOLOGY, SOLIDARITY ECONOMY

THE COMMUNITY GARDEN OF THE NORTH ZONE IN ARARAQUARA-SP

Abstract

Faced with the events caused by COVID-19, negative implications occurred (and still occur) in the dimension of contact, experience and sharing of relationships. With regard to the theme of this article, impacts were felt in the daily life of solidarity economy enterprises, both in the field of production and commercialization, as well as in the work process. In this sphere, it is argued here that the solidarity economy can contribute to facing a variety of effects of the pandemic, in the short and medium term. One of the possibilities refers to the formulation and use of social technologies that can be designed, proposed and reapplied in different territories. This article seeks to investigate the connections between solidarity economy, social technologies and coping with the post-pandemic scenario from the perspective of urban community gardens, focusing on an experience in the municipality of Araraquara, in the interior of the State of São Paulo. The experience is treated as a social technology that gains strength in the face of food and nutritional insecurity, especially for the most vulnerable populations. The research, of a qualitative nature, has an exploratory nature, outlined as action research, with data collected through participant observation.