The paradigms of possession and private property and their influence on the territorial formation of Acre: from the rubber plantation to the large estate
Private propriety; possession; paradigm; territorial formation; Acre.
This work aims to investigate the influence that the paradigms of ownership and private property had on the formation of the territory of Acre. To achieve this objective, it was necessary to establish a semantic agreement around the concept of paradigm. Subsequently, the four paradigms that, throughout history, shaped human occupation and the formation of the territory of Acre were analyzed, which are the paradigms of uti possidetis, the Regime of Possessions, the Land Law of 1850 and the Code Civil. The research methodology was essentially theoretical and explanatory, using data as a source for bibliographic research. It is concluded that these paradigms constructed a worldview that enabled an unequal land structure, which was perpetuated throughout the entire historical process and which is still the source of many social inequalities today. From the birth, development and death of the rubber plantation, with its subsequent replacement by extensive livestock farms and large estates, the paradigms legitimized the extreme concentration of land. A paradigm idea was shown to be useful in explaining the way in which possession and private property were constructed, manipulated and updated throughout the historical process of formation of the territory of Acre, all in a way that allowed extreme land concentration and the maintenance of the status quo.