This master's thesis has as main objective to identify which is the new role or meaning of
Igarapé-Miri in the region of Baixo Tocantins and the socio-spatial implications resulting
from this new meaning. To this end, we seek to show how the socio-spatial formation of
Baixo Tocantins and, in particular, the municipality of Igarapé-Miri / PA took place through a
periodization, with an emphasis on the occupation of space and the development of economic
activities, since its origin , in the 18th century, to the present day. Based on this initial
proposal, it is sought throughout the work, to show that this new economic meaning assumed
by the municipality in the region, based on the production and commercialization of açaí, has
had repercussions regarding its centrality and insertion in the economy at different scales, as
well as provoking socio-spatial implications verified in the improvement of the quality of life
of the diverse social agents that participate in the productive chain and in the restructuring of
the urban space due to the influence of social relations inherent to this new meaning. In order
to arrive at the results, we tried to use the theoretical-conceptual review based on authors who
used the Marxist dialectical historical materialism to interpret reality for the discussion of
geographic space and socio-spatial formation as a path. For other stages, methods based on
bibliographic research, field research, interviews, photographic survey and use of software
that helped in the production of thematic maps on spatial cutouts referring to the study areas
were used.
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