A CARTOGRAFIA SOCIAL COMO PRÁTICA CONTRA-HEGEMÔNICA DE RESISTÊNCIA CAMPONESA

This study aims to present social cartography as a counter-hegemonic practice that supports peasant resistance through participatory mapping and production of social maps in areas affected by environmental injustice. We use a qualitative methodology to combine the theoretical debate on the meanings of social cartography as a counter-hegemonic practice with the empirical analysis of the participatory mapping experience in Chapada do Apodi – Tabuleiro do Norte (Ceara – Brazil), a region where agribusiness is expanding. Social cartography, understood as a form of appropriation of space representation techniques by rural population, contributes beyond the map produced to peasant resistance by strengthening their reflection and making environmental injustice visible.