A AGRICULTURA URBANA COMO PRÁXIS DE UM TERRITÓRIO ‘HÍBRIDO’ E COMPLEXO. Singularidades e contradições que permeiam as atividades hortícolas na cidade de Natal, RN

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Arguing that analyzing territory across multiple scales requires an analytical framework grounded in the dynamic, repeated interweaving of elements and processes that combine into — and clash as — diverse "territorial fragments," this paper examines urban agriculture as a site where city and countryside, urban and rural, and their diverse practices approach, blend and are sometimes confused with one another. Focusing on horticulturists in the Gramorezinho Community in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, as its case, the study shows that historical and spatial singularities — environmental, socioeconomic and administrative — have produced distinct processes that at times align and at other times contradict one another.