A proposta do caminho para os ervais: desenvolvendo territórios através da criação de itinerários culturais na fronteira Brasil-Paraguai

Abstract-Cultural itineraries are considered as alternatives to foster the development of a region, especially considering the cultural rescue that can be provided by them. Culture is also seen as a good that can be used to remedy the socioeconomic problems of the territories when activating or reacting social and economic systems such as education, tourism, artisanal production, among others. Thus, this study presents a cultural itinerary proposal for the fringe of the western border of Mato Grosso and which is characterized by a series of socioeconomic indicators that demonstrate its fragility. The purpose of this work is born from a research project of cultural identity of the frontier of the Master of Regional Development and Productive Systems (PPGDRS) of the State University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UEMS) in order to develop development mechanisms suitable for the territory. After a step of identifying the local reality, a bibliographic and cartographic revision of the region was carried out to know its history since the colonial period. In this phase you can find various materials, documents, maps that ensure the presence of an ancient path that crossed the territory from north to south. The region of this itinerary is strongly marked by the culture of yerba mate, the interaction between ethnicities and multiple cultures. The path presented is shown in the historical documents as an important way of access throughout the process of historical economic formation of the region. Currently, what is observed in the area covered by this itinerary is an economic heterogeneity with a predominance of low development and poverty.