Ecossistemas estéticos: reimaginar o alimento

Abstract

Based on the case study of Cape Verde, we propose a reflection on the intersection of food policies and their corporate pattern with the extractivist mentality of natural and human resources - whose massification at the planetary level began in colonialism coupled with the European techno-scientific revolution. Having been considered the 7th country in the world most vulnerable to climate change, Cape Verde is, in fact, a particularly interesting case to reflect on the perpetuation of colonial logics and social imaginaries. It is thus urgent to find new imaginaries linked to the sea that contribute to sustainable modes of production and food patterns at the social and environmental level in order to counteract the capitalist extractivist mentality and create a space for the reinvention of alternative futures.