KNOWLEDGE OF THE BRAZILIAN PINE NUT

MEMORY, MEDIATION AND CIRCULATION

Abstract

Traditional knowledge related to the pinhão (araucaria seed) articulates practices of extractivism, conservation of the araucaria tree (Araucaria angustifolia), collective memory, community ways of life, and strategies for territorial permanence in the Highlands of Santa Catarina. Embedded in contexts of intense environmental, economic, and cultural pressure, this knowledge has been shared and strengthened by extractivists, civil society organizations, cooperatives, research institutions, and public agents through audiovisual productions, and cultural events aimed at valuing the Traditional Agricultural System of the Pinhão. This study aims to survey how this traditional knowledge circulates, is mediated, and asserts itself as legitimate within institutional spaces and in the promotion of public policies. The research adopts a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, and analytical approach, based on a documentary analysis of productions carried out between 2021 and 2026, including seminars, documentaries, web series, and cultural exhibitions. It also considers the articulation processes among extractivist family farmers, agroecological networks, educational institutions, and safeguarding policies. Partial results indicate that audiovisuals and community events act as information mediation devices capable of strengthening social memory, expanding the circulation of traditional knowledge, and contributing to its recognition as fundamental to araucaria conservation, cultural valuation, and the permanence of families in the territory. It concludes that contemporary technologies, when articulated with community practices, contribute to the appreciation of cultural identities and the permanence of ways of life associated with the pinhão.