Paisagem cultural da imigração em Santa Catarina

Abstract

The singularity of the immigration’s cultural landscape in Santa Catarina is largely supported by the existence of small farms, mixed cropping and family-based, that for a long time had their livelihood by selling traditional products, made from raw materials produced on the farm and marketed locally. From the second half of the twentieth century, the growing industrialization and the rapid transformation of cities, whose urban area swallows the old rural centers, compounded by the imposition of sanitary rules restricting the artisan producer, have created serious problems for the economic survival of small farms. The preservation of the most authentic aspects of the cultural landscape in these regions depends, currently, on the development of economic alternatives for the small property support, including the necessary creation of special labels and certifications to traditional products.