Conhecimentos etnofísicos na produção de azeite de coco babaçu por alunos da EJA

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the ethnophysical knowledge involved in babassu coconut oil production and its relationship with physical knowledge. The field research, based on authors such as Silva and Rosário (2023), Prudente (2010), Souza and Silveira (2015), Anacleto (2007), Pereira (2019), Souza (2013), and Almeida (2017), was conducted with artisanal producers through direct observation and photographic records to collect data on the babassu coconut oil production process in the city of Santo Antônio dos Milagres, Piauí. The results indicate that the babassu coconut oil production process involved several stages in which ethnophysical knowledge and practices were applied in practice by the producers. Furthermore, this knowledge, acquired through experience and observation, was essential for production and demonstrated the importance of ethnophysics in daily activities.