A mobilidade da força de trabalho no centro da relação campo-cidade e a produção do espaço geográfico no município de Vitória da Conquista-BA

• Ano de defesa: 2018
• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Verônica Ferraz de
• Orientador(a): Costa, José Eloízio da
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Pós-Graduação em Geografia
• Palavras-chave em Português: Geografia; Geografia agrária; Relação campo-cidade; Mobilidade da força de trabalho; Produção do espaço
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Urban-rural relationship; Labor force mobility; Space production
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CIENCIAS HUMANAS::GEOGRAFIA
• Link de acesso: http://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/8726

This study discusses the urban-rural relationship and space production, presenting the centrality of the labor force as basis, and as empirical arguments: the city of Vitória da Conquista-BA. Hence, the study aims to analyze the links of the rural with the urban and space production, based on the mobility of the labor force in this city. The theoretical foundation discusses the conceptual approaches of the urban-rural relationship, the concepts and historical evolution of labor, with its different phases, as well as migration conceptions and historicity, human movements and mobility, in order to answer questions regarding the urban-rural relationship. In terms of methodological aspects, an intense bibliographic review and application of questionnaires was carried out. In addition, semi-structured interviews and direct observation were performed from 2014 to 2018. The analyses provided support to the findings which go beyond the objectives of the proposed research project regarding the urbanrural relationship, since a broad study on rural population was carried out, to understand the connection it has to its municipality. In the investigation process, a significant connection between the countryside with Vitória da Conquista was observed through several elements, nonetheless the labor force mobility stands out. It was also noted that this displacement does not lead to a significant loss in the connection and condition of rural citizen. The fixed and social-spatial flows were also identified, which result from the displacement of people according to their labor activities, as well as the contributive factors to such process. Furthermore, the space production was found as an intrinsic procedure to guide the process of urban-rural relationship, since the movement of people from one place to the other dialectically affects the space, both rural and urban. Additionally, the research revealed the absence of some infrastructural aspects in the villages, such as: mailing services, banks, lottery kiosks, hospitals, schools, police precinct, among others. This deficiency causes an intense articulation with the municipality, for people stated they need to move around daily to use bank, health, education services, and still need to go to the city to buy groceries, clothes and other goods, as the villages do not have sufficient commerce to satisfy daily product’s needs. The analyses revealed the precariousness of labor that is the reality of the rural citizen of Vitória da Conquista, as the rates of unemployed and unregistered workers are high. Moreover, poor levels of schooling were observed, with evidence of astonishing illiteracy. This fact is closely related to the labor activities rural workers perform, namely: housekeepers, construction workers, maids, security guards, janitors, etc. In such sense, the thesis that labor is a key category in the urban-rural relationship in the city of Vitória da Conquista-BA is confirmed.