The Corumbau Marine Extractive Reserve From the Perspective of Tourism in Protected Areas: the Discursive Perspective of the Serie “Mar Sem Fim - Conservation Units”

Abstract

Extractive Reserves are territories protected by their ecological and social importance, intended for self-sustainable exploitation associated with the conservation of natural resources by local communities. The Marine Extractive Reserve of Corumbau is the result of the fishermen's community initiative and organization. In order to understand the importance of this community organization and initiatives that seek to disseminate technical-scientific knowledge, the research aimed to identify discursive aspects of episode 34 of the series “Mar Sem Fim”; in order to analyze their argumentative strategies for promoting social mobilization processes regarding three themes of protected areas: conservationism, public use and governance. The research adopted the Content Analysis methodology (Bardin, 2011). It was considered as perspectives of discourse analysis the understanding of the categories of protected areas associated, essentially, with the tourist phenomenon and social inclusion. The main speeches covered by the documentary were classified into three main categories, which are: role of protected areas; participatory management and traditional community and; development of tourism in the conservation unit. As final conclusions, the use of episode as an educational tool proves to be effective, especially in the current days where digital media play a fundamental role in society.