A Análise Ergonômica do Trabalho (AET) aplicada ao trabalho na agricultura: experiências e reflexões / The Ergonomic Work Analysis (EWA) applied to agricultural work: experiences and reflections

Objetivo: este trabalho resume a experiência do Grupo de Pesquisa em Ergonomia, Trabalho e Agricultura, do Programa de Pós-Graduação da Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), sobre a análise do trabalho agrícola com a utilização da Análise Ergonômica do Trabalho (AET). Método: reflexão circunstanciada com base no referencial teórico-metodológico da AET. Resultados: apresentam-se reflexões sobre a utilização da AET em um contexto de pesquisa acadêmica, focado no estudo do trabalho na agricultura, por meio de estudos sobre o trabalho na fruticultura e horticultura orgânica, na colheita manual da cana-de-açúcar, na avicultura de corte, em unidades de beneficiamento de tomates e na colheita florestal. Conclusões: a AET mostrou-se apropriada como um meio de aproximação ao objeto da pesquisa e sua utilização auxiliou na lapidação das hipóteses iniciais e no detalhamento dos procedimentos metodológicos.

Objective: this paper summarizes the experience of the Research Group on Ergonomics, Work and Agriculture, within the graduate program of the College of Agricultural Engineering at Campinas State University, on the analysis of agricultural labor using the Ergonomic Work Analysis (EWA) method. Method: detailed reflection based on the theoretical and methodological EWA reference. Results: Reflections are shown on the EWA use in an academic research context focused on the study of agricultural work using studies on organic fruitculture and horticulture, sugar cane manual harvesting, in poultry production, in tomatoes packing houses and in forest harvesting. Conclusions: EWA was adequate as means of approaching the research object and its use helped to develop the initial hypotheses and set the methodological procedures details.

Formación de un solo hueso en antebrazo, en pseudoartrosis infectada de cúbito proximal / Formation of a single bone in the forearm in infected pseudoarthrosis of the proximal ulna

Propósito: Presentar el resultado exitoso de la técnica de formación de un solo hueso en antebrazo en un paciente con fractura inicial de cúbito con múltiples osteosíntesis e injertos fallidos. Caso: Paciente masculino dedicado a labores del campo que, a los 39 años de edad, sufre fractura de cúbito izquierdo, después de una evolución de 13 años y 5 intervenciones quirúrgicas con diversos tipos de osteosíntesis e injertos fallidos, que finalizaron en seudoartrosis infectada de cúbito izquierdo, decidiendo efectuarle la formación de un solo hueso en antebrazo evolucionando satisfactoriamente en función. Actualmente: supinación de 20º de antebrazo, flexoextensión de codo y muñeca completas, fuerza muscular adecuada, actualmente integrado en su trabajo de campo sin limitaciones funcionales. Conclusión: La técnica de formación de un solo hueso en antebrazo es, en casos adecuadamente seleccionados, una excelente alternativa de cirugía de reconstrucción o de salvamento en extremidad torácica.

Purpose: To present the successful results of the single-bone reconstruction technique in the forearm in a patient who sustained an ulnar fracture and underwent multiple osteosyntheses and failed grafts. Case: Male patient, agricultural worker, who at age 39 sustained a left ulnar fracture. After 13 years and 5 surgeries involving different types of osteosyntheses and failed grafts, which resulted in infection of the left ulnar pseudoarthrosis, we decided to do a single-bone reconstruction of the forearm. He did well and achieved good function. His current status is: 20º of forearm supination, full elbow and wrist flexion and extension, appropriate muscle strength, and he returned to his job without functional limitations. Conclusion: The single-bone forearm reconstruction technique is, in properly selected cases, an excellent surgical alternative when reconstruction or salvage of the thoracic limb is required.

Sufriendo en el yerbal… Los procesos de self en jóvenes de familias tareferas / Suffering in the Yerbal… Processes of self-construction amongst young people from harvest-gathering families / Sofrendo com o erbal… Os proccessos de self em jóvens de famílias tarefeiras de erva mate

En este artículo presento un análisis de los procesos de constitución del self en jóvenes de familias de cosecheros de yerba mate -tareferos y tareferas- que residen en los barrios periurbanos de la provincia de Misiones (Noreste de Argentina), indagando sobre las dimensiones corporal, situacional y emocional. Reflexiono particularmente sobre los procesos de objetivación de identidades juveniles, considerando el lugar protagónico que tiene la emoción del sufrimiento en su conformación. Al respecto, observo que los sujetos jóvenes trazan diversas estrategias ligadas a la resistencia por asumir la identidad tarefera sufrida de sus padres y madres. Tales hallazgos demuestran el lugar protagónico de la emoción corporizada en la objetivación de ciertas relaciones sociales. Para evaluar estas cuestiones, adopto una metodología etnográfica.

In this paper, the author presents an analysis of the construction of self in young people from families (known as tareferos) whose main occupation is to harvest yerba mate (a popular herb for mate infusion) and who live in peri-urban neighbourhoods in the provence of Misiones (in the North East of Argentina). The study focuses on the corporal, situational and emotional dimensions of the processes of constituting self. The author reflects particularly on the processes of objectification of the identities of young people, giving particular importance to the emotion of suffering in the formation of self. In this respect, it is noted that young people draw on various strategies linked to resistance to the identity and suffering of their parents. These findings demonstrate the important role of embodied emotion in the objectification of certain social relationships. An ethnographical approach is adopted to assess these processes.

Neste artigo la autora apresenta uma análise dos processos de constituição do self dos(as) jovens de famílias de colhedores de erva mate -tareferos- que residem nos bairros suburbanos da província de Misiones (Nordeste da Argentina), analisando as dimensões corporal, situacional e emocional. A autora reflexiona particularmente sobre os processos de objetivação de identidades juvenis, considerando o lugar protagonista que tem a emoção do sofrimento em sua conformação. Sobre esta questão, observa que os/as jovens traçam diversas estratégias ligadas à resistência por assumir (assimilar) a identidade tarefera sofrida por seus pais. Estas descobertas demonstram o lugar protagonista da emoção corporificada na objetivação de certas relações sociais. Para avaliar estas questões Roa adota uma metodologia etnográfica.

Determinants of Life satisfaction among Japanese Agricultural Workers

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factorial structure of life satisfaction in agricultural workers. One hundred and sixty−five (87 males and 78 females) agricultural workers mainly engaged in plastic greenhouse cultivation in southern Japan, ranging in age from 19 to 72 years (mean = 44.3 years), completed a questionnaire. Scores of life satisfaction showed a higher tendency in males than in females, and those in elders were higher than in younger people. Conversely, females showed higher stress scores than males, and younger people’s score were higher than the elders. Multiple regression analysis was performed to analyze the factorial structure of satisfaction. It is suggested that the level of life satisfaction is positively related to social support, and is negatively related to the impact of stressful life events, globally perceived stress and subjective symptoms of ill health. Stress levels depended on factors concerning the psychological demands of work, work posture, work hours and work environment. Different factorial structures were observed between female and male workers. Findings from this study suggest that a strong social support network may assist in enhancing life satisfaction. Furthermore, the ill health and stress experienced in agricultural work were associated with a reduced life satisfaction.