As pesquisas brasileiras sobre comunidades intencionais e ruralidades: notas exploratórias

Abstract

Intentional communities can be briefly defined as human settlements composed of people who have common purposes and ideologies, so they choose to live together. The researches involving these groups can be considered recent, since they have been developed only in the last two decades in the stricto sensu Brazilian post graduate programs. Despite this, its multiple characteristics make the theme a field rich in analytical possibilities for different areas of knowledge. Given this, this article seeks to map the research already carried out involving intentional communities as a way of pointing out gaps that can be filled in later studies on the subject. The results point to an increase in research on intentional communities in recent years in all regions of the country. Among the gaps identified is precisely the lack of research that touches these groups and issues in the rural world.