Design e café: um mapeamento sobre a capacidade da reutilização de resíduos da cafeicultura em Conceição das Pedras, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Abstract

This study, of an interdisciplinary nature, approaches the possibility of contribution of handicraft with coffee straw for the construction of actions related to local sustainable development. The geographic delimitation of the research is the municipality of Conceição das Pedras, Minas Gerais, a city located within the Geographical Indication of Mantiqueira de Minas for the production of specialty coffees. In this context, the objective of this research is to map the possible ways of using coffee residues in the manufacture of local handicrafts based on the Actor-Network Theory combined with Design and Territory in the aforementioned Municipality. The methodology used is a qualitative approach, divided into two stages: the first consists of a bibliographical survey in books, databases of dissertations and theses from several universities and scientific articles published in scientific journals and a research in archived documents in municipal schools and in the City Hall. Municipal. The second stage comprises the application and analysis of interviews with a semi-structured script with residents, coffee growers of Conceição das Pedras. Two artisans, one from Poço Fundo and the other from Três Pontas, Minas Gerais, were also interviewed with the aim of raising the methodology used in making handicrafts with coffee straw in order to replicate them in Conceição das Pedras. The work could be carried out successfully, the methodology of crafting with coffee straw was replicated and aspects of the local cultural identity were incorporated into the prototype of the artifact. The Conceição das Pedras community participated in the prototype development process, bringing the community closer to the university and making it possible to describe the identity and symbolism of coffee through an interdisciplinary integration. The viability was proven through Baxter's product development tools (2013) and Krucken's Design tools (2009) for the enhancement of the territory. It is concluded that the work was of great relevance for reflections on sustainable development based on the singularities of each territory and on projects with the use of new materials and technologies. It is hoped that future research can refine the present study so that the prototype of the artifact can be improved and that it can serve as an incentive for projects to generate income and work in the community, following a circular perspective of production.