Submitted by Sara Ribeiro (sara.ribeiro@ucb.br) on 2018-04-13T18:22:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MarildaTeixeiraMendesTese2017.pdf: 2454416 bytes, checksum: 21ba7f1451109a8a55c62e1762f0d45c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Sara Ribeiro (sara.ribeiro@ucb.br) on 2018-04-13T18:26:12Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 MarildaTeixeiraMendesTese2017.pdf: 2454416 bytes, checksum: 21ba7f1451109a8a55c62e1762f0d45c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-13T18:26:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MarildaTeixeiraMendesTese2017.pdf: 2454416 bytes, checksum: 21ba7f1451109a8a55c62e1762f0d45c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-27 / The practice of caving, as an activity from the perspective of leisure, performed in a cave environment, opened possibilities for its understanding. Such a practice contributes to a more comprehensive view of physical adventure activity in nature in cave environments. This study allowed to dialogue with cavers and environmental agents, to understand through the quotidian of speleological practices, the interrelationships between themselves and the cave environment. It is also intended to bring new contributions to the study of socioenvironmental relations and leisure activity in caves, with a careful look that may have significant and revealing meanings in relation to the cave environment and its environment. The study aimed to investigate whether caving is perceived as physical activity of adventure and leisure by its practitioners. This is a qualitative research, developed with the Peter Lund Speleogrupo and the Association of Environmental Agents of the Vale do Perua??u with 30 individuals. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews, processed in IRAMUTEQ and the similarity analysis made. The results were commented on the structural approach of six axes, and later, the analysis of the corpus of the interviews will be presented, based on the similarity analysis. The results analyzed were structured based on interviews. The first axis was related to the meanings attributed to leisure during the practice of caving. The second axis referred to the understanding of caving while physical activity or sport. The third axis dealt with the relationship of the body with nature and with other bodies in the practice of Caving. The fourth axis referred to the speleological practices that are configured as potentialities for the learning of environmental education. The fifth axis addressed how the caving practitioner relates to nature. The sixth axis addressed whether speleological practices intervene directly in the well-being of its practitioners in the relationship between human being and nature. The results showed that caving promotes the well-being of its practitioners in the relationship between human beings and nature. It revealed a relationship mediated by the presence of natural elements. Given the peculiar characteristics of the cave environment, nature was shown as an important partner in promoting physical and mental well-being, perceived through bodily senses and introspection with the cave. It became evident that caving is an activity that restores the health, well-being, knowledge and relationship of the body to nature. It was concluded that caving is a physical activity of multidisciplinary adventure, which has man as a major relation of valorization and preservation of the cave environment. Caving while physical activity is a pleasurable activity of leisure, which promotes a dialogue with the energies existing in the caveman environment. Caving is much more than caving as sports practice or research, caving establishes social relationships, exchanges of spiritual and religious experiences. / A pr??tica do caving, como atividade sob a ??tica do lazer, realizada em ambiente de caverna, abriu possibilidades para o seu entendimento. Tal pr??tica contribui para uma vis??o mais abrangente de atividade f??sica de aventura na natureza em ambientes de caverna. Este estudo permitiu dialogar com espele??logos e agentes ambientais, compreender por meio do cotidiano das pr??ticas espeleol??gicas, as inter-rela????es entre eles mesmos e o ambiente de caverna. Tem como intuito tamb??m trazer novas contribui????es para o estudo das rela????es socioambientais e atividade de lazer em cavernas, com um olhar cuidadoso, que possa vir a ter significados importantes e reveladores na rela????o com o ambiente cavern??cola e o seu entorno. O estudo teve como objetivo investigar se o caving ?? percebido como atividade f??sica de aventura e de lazer pelos seus praticantes. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa, desenvolvida junto ao Espeleogrupo Peter Lund e a Associa????o de Agentes Ambientais do Vale do Perua??u com 30 indiv??duos. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, processados no IRAMUTEQ e a an??lise de similitude feita. Os resultados foram comentados a partir da abordagem estrutural de seis eixos, e posteriormente, apresentar-se-?? a an??lise do corpus das entrevistas, com base na analise da similitude. Os resultados analisados foram estruturados com base nas entrevistas. O primeiro eixo foi relativo aos significados atribu??dos ao lazer durante a pr??tica do caving. O segundo eixo referiu-se ?? compreens??o do caving enquanto atividade f??sica ou esporte. O terceiro eixo tratou da rela????o do corpo com a natureza e com outros corpos na pr??tica do Caving. O quarto eixo referiu-se ??s pr??ticas espeleol??gicas que configuram-se como potencialidades para o aprendizado da educa????o ambiental. O quinto eixo abordou como o praticante do caving relaciona com a natureza. O sexto eixo abordou se pr??ticas espeleol??gicas interv??m diretamente no bem-estar de seus praticantes na rela????o ser humano e natureza. Os resultados encontrados mostraram que o caving promove o bem-estar de seus praticantes na rela????o ser humano e natureza. Revelou uma rela????o mediada pela presen??a de elementos naturais. Dadas as caracter??sticas peculiares do ambiente cavern??cola, mostrou-se a natureza como uma importante parceira na promo????o do bem-estar f??sico e mental, percebidos por meio dos sentidos corporais e da introspec????o com a caverna. Ficou evidente que o caving ?? uma atividade que restaura a sa??de, o bem-estar, o conhecimento e a rela????o do corpo com a natureza. Concluiu-se que o caving ?? uma atividade f??sica de aventura multidisciplinar, que tem o homem como rela????o maior de valoriza????o e preserva????o do ambiente cavern??cola. O caving, enquanto atividade f??sica ?? uma atividade prazerosa de lazer, que promove um di??logo com as energias existentes no ambiente cavern??cola. O caving ?? muito mais do que espeleologia como pr??tica esportiva ou pesquisa, o caving estabelece rela????es sociais, trocas de experi??ncias espirituais e religiosas.