This thesis will consider the possibility of an epistemological process described in the narratives and teaching of the Pentateuch and the Gospel of Mark. The specific nature of this epistemological process will be explored upon the priorities constrained by the texts themselves. While the epistemological objectives are not always perspicuous to the reader of the canon, error is more clearly diagnosed in these narratives. This thesis then investigates the epistemological process by looking primarily at where characters of the narratives 'get it wrong' according to the narrative's diagnosis. Primacy appears to be given in these texts to heeding the authenticated and authoritative voice first, and then enacting the authoritative guidance in order to see what is being shown; in order 'to know'. Errors occur along the same boundaries. Failure to heed the authoritative voice creates a first order of error, while failure to enact the guidance yields a second order of error. We begin at the fore of the canon working through these Pentateuchal texts as they are presented to the reader. In the first chapter, the necessity of this current study will be defended. As well, we will survey various attempts at describing a 'biblical epistemology' and their deficiencies and/or methodological shortcomings. Chapter 2 will advance the case that Genesis 2-3 actually yields sufficient epistemological categories which resemble the rest of the Pentateuchal descriptions of error in more than superficial ways. Genesis 2 is analyzed as paradigmatic for proper epistemological process while Genesis 3 is paradigmatic of error. It is upon the boundary of the authenticated voice that error is assessed in the Garden of Eden. These patterns of error are lexically and conceptually reverberated in the stories of the patriarchs and Joseph. Chapter 3 then looks at how these features discovered in Genesis are interwoven in the reader's mind as they come to the stories regarding Moses' prophetic authentication, Pharaoh's errors, and eventually Israel's own errors. The errors of Balak with Balaam in Numbers are considered as further reason to believe that this epistemological process is not reserved for Israel. Chapter 4 explores the unique connections between Israel's Deuteronomic reflections and the creation narratives of Genesis. The fifth chapter leaps to the Gospel of Mark to discern whether or not any of these patterns from the Pentateuch remain in the Gospel narrative. In the final chapter, the fruit of our theological reading is brought forward to interact with current epistemological theories (mostly in analytic philosophy). These contemporary epistemologies are found wanting to describe anything like what we found in the scriptures. Implications are then drawn for theological prolegomena and praxis.

Drawing from observation, autoethnography, ethnographic research and audio-taped interviews, this thesis explores the complicated and emotionally charged relationship between homosexuality and Christianity. The current culture war being waged in the media between the Religious Right and members of the LGBT community often results in the isolation and rejection of those who would define themselves as gay Christians. This thesis explores the role of the Bible as it informs and catalyzes this war and other foundational beliefs used as weapons in this rhetorical conflict. Additionally, this thesis analyzes the current battle between the church and the social movement for change in light of the historical battles fought over similar movements. The rhetoric of Christianity, specifically Fundamentalist rhetoric, has been emphatically defended and then dramatically changed in every such battle. Is this a possible resolution for today’s current battle? The thesis explores the historical basis and current application of rhetorical effects on this conflict through the author’s insight as a veteran of both worlds, interviews with major players in the battle such as Randy Thomas and Kristin Tremba of Exodus International and interviews with people who step on the battlefield everyday as pastors, congregants or observers in the fight. With each interview or rhetorical analysis, the viability of dialogue between these two groups is questioned and investigated.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-10T10:49:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pedro Ramos Lima.pdf: 5624359 bytes, checksum: 2e0bb0a3f44b3bf33e0a2a9e5aefca19 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-09-30 / From the Green Revolution took place in the world, and especially since the year 1970 in Brazil, with the use of machinery and chemicals, agricultural changes occurred globally and nationally. New áreas were occupied in Brazil, opening new frontiers for agriculture, which began to develop new crops. This work aims to show the changes occurring in the Cerrado of Goiás from state interference in agriculture, with programs, investments, research and technology allowed the creation of big business to serve the southern and external markets. The focus is to show that economic growth occurred as a result of economic development. Research shows that this is an unsustainable model of agriculture in social and environmental issue, with the contradiction between the rate of economic growth and social development. It was a conservative modernization, further concentrating land and income in the region. It occurred to urbanization of the rural exodus to cities, where the population excluded from the field moved to the cities, increasing poverty and misery in the urban centers. As a result, there was the occurrence of economic growth, increasing GDP and Trade Balance of the State of Goiás, with no economic development. That is, the agricultural model implemented has brought social and environmental burden. To address these social burdens were studied 10 municipalities with the highest agricultural VA, 2008, based on Census 2000 and 2010, where he observed the occurrence of the rural exodus at all, and no increase of poverty, since income average of these municipalities was increasing, and urban incomes than rural, with some exceptions. The age of the rural population above 50 years increased, with the young going to the cities. In all municipalities informal employment is higher than 40%, exceeding 50% in some. And the environmental burden is seen as the destruction of the headwaters of rivers, soil solidification, the indiscriminate use of water, among others. It is a historical approach with the use of material already published separately, which will be collected so that you can get a more comprehensive view of this context. / A partir da Revolução Verde ocorrida no mundo, e especialmente a partir dos anos 1970 no Brasil, com a utilização de máquinas e produtos químicos, ocorreu mudanças na agricultura mundial e nacional. Novas áreas foram ocupadas no Brasil, abrindo novas fronteiras para a agricultura, que passou a conceber novas culturas. Este trabalho visa mostrar as transformações ocorridas no Cerrado goiano a partir da interferência do Estado na agricultura, que com programas, investimentos, pesquisas e tecnologia que permitiu a criação do grande negócio para atender ao mercado sulino e externo. O foco é mostrar que em conseqüência ocorreu crescimento econômico sem desenvolvimento econômico. A pesquisa demonstra que se trata de um modelo agrícola insustentável na questão socioambiental, com contradição entre os índices de crescimento econômico e os de desenvolvimento social. Tratou-se de uma modernização conservadora, concentrando ainda mais as terras e a renda da região. Ocorreu a urbanização das cidades com o êxodo rural, onde a população excluída do campo mudou-se para as grandes cidades, aumentando a pobreza e miséria nos centros urbanos. Como consequência, houve a ocorrência de crescimento econômico, com aumento do PIB e da Balança Comercial do Estado de Goiás, sem que houvesse desenvolvimento econômico. Ou seja, o modelo agrícola implantado trouxe consigo um ônus social e ambiental. Para responder a esses ônus sociais foram estudados os 10 municípios com maiores VA agropecuários de 2008, com base nos Censos de 2000 e 2010, onde se pôde observar a ocorrência do êxodo rural em todos, e que não houve aumento da pobreza, pois a renda média desses municípios foi crescente, sendo a renda urbana superior a rural, com algumas exceções. A idade da população rural acima de 50 anos foi crescente, com o jovem indo para os centros urbanos. Na totalidade dos municípios o emprego informal é superior a 40%, sendo superior a 50% em alguns deles. E, os ônus ambientais observados é quanto à destruição das nascentes dos rios, a solidificação dos solos, a utilização indiscriminada das águas, entre outros. Trata-se de uma abordagem histórica com utilização de materiais já publicados isoladamente, que serão reunidos de forma que possa obter uma visão com maior abrangência desse contexto.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-04-23T12:33:39Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Francisca Cirlena Cunha Oliveira Suzuki.pdf: 2336750 bytes, checksum: 21c083bc10ee472d107ebc7af83b718d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-23T12:33:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Francisca Cirlena Cunha Oliveira Suzuki.pdf: 2336750 bytes, checksum: 21c083bc10ee472d107ebc7af83b718d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-08 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Zipporah, Moses’ wife, is the object of study of this Master’s degree dissertation, a character that belongs to the exodus traditions. She participates in just four episodes in the macronarrative on exodus (Ex 2:15-22; 4:18-20.24-26; 18:1-7). Therefore, in the first sight the Midianite seems to have less matter, in the sense of she occupies a position of secondary figure. However, the biblical literature shows that the roles, in certain moment, can be inverted. Suddenly, the protagonism comes out, exactly, through the character that, in general, does not have a big visibility. In fact, Zipporah astonishes us in many ways: in literary terms she is in the center; historically, she may contradict eventual prejudices from her cultural context in question when she defends the life of those who are endangered in their surviving, without anyone questioning her freedom as a woman; theologically she is reflected as someone who gains the consent of God. Thus, Moses’ Midianite wife becomes a model for the protagonism of those characters that, in general, are evaluated as secondary figures, highlighting their fundamental importance for the history of salvation / Séfora, esposa de Moisés, é o objeto de estudo desta dissertação de mestrado, uma personagem pertencente às tradições do êxodo. Ela participa de apenas quatro episódios na macronarrativa sobre o êxodo (Ex 2,15c-22; 4,18-20.24-26; 18,1-7). No entanto, ainda que à primeira vista a madianita pareça ter uma importância menor, apenas ocupando o lugar de uma figura secundária, a literatura bíblica tem mostrado que os papéis, em determinado momento, podem inverter-se e, de repente, uma personagem sem maior visibilidade assume o protagonismo. Nesse sentido, Séfora surpreende em alguns aspectos: literariamente, ela ganha centralidade na cena em que salva seu noivo de sangue; historicamente, ela talvez contradiga eventuais preconceitos pertencentes a seu contexto cultural, ao defender a sobrevivência de quem se vê ameaçado e ao assumir protagonismo como mulher; teologicamente, ela é retratada como quem obtém o consentimento de Deus. Dessa forma, a esposa madianita de Moisés se torna um modelo para o protagonismo daquelas personagens que, em geral, são avaliadas como secundárias, destacando a fundamental importância delas para a história da salvação

[pt] Os bezerros de Arão e Jeroboão: Uma verificação da relação intertextual entre Ex 32,1-6 e 1 Rs 12,26-33 tem por objetivo tanto verificar a existência das várias relações intertextuais entre as passagens de Ex 32,1-6 e 1 Rs 12,26-33 quanto apresentar e demonstrar como se manifesta essa intertextualidade. Esta tese faz uso do método sincrônico da análise narrativa. A necessidade de trabalhar com o método sincrônico da análise narrativa existe porque a verificação, a apresentação e a demonstração das relações intertextuais precisam considerar o texto na sua forma final. Este trabalho visar contribuir para o estudo das relações intertextuais aplicadas aos textos bíblicos tanto propondo uma clara conceituação de intertextualidade quanto apresentando os critérios de classificação de suas manifestações, bem como deseja verificar que existem relações intertextuais específicas entre Ex 32,1-6 e 1 Rs 12,26-33 e ampliar o horizonte dessas relações intertextuais a todos os versos dos textos de Ex 32,1-6 e 1 Rs 12,26-33. / [en] Aaron s and Jeroboam s Calves: An Intertextuality Verification Analyzing Exodus 32,1-6 and I Kings 12,26-33 has the purpose not only to verify the existence of a broad intertextuality relations between Exodus 32,1-6 and I Kings 12,26-33 but also to present and demonstrate how this intertextuality relation occurs. This thesis is based using the synchronic method of narrative analysis. The reason to use narrative analysis is because the verification in how the text is presented and demonstrated has to consider the text itself in its final form. This work is focused to shad light in the study of intertextuality relations to or deriving meaning applied to the biblical texts not only proposing a clear concept and thesis but also to present the criteria of classification and manifestation as well. Verifying that there are interrelationships in both texts between Exodus 32,1-6 and I Kings 12,26-33 and to broaden the perspective in these intertextuality to every single verses in Exodus 32,1-6 and I Kings 12,26-33. / [it] I vitelli di Aronne e Geroboamo: Una verifica del rapporto intertestuale tra Es 32, 1-6 e 1 Re 12,26-33 ha come oggetto tanto verificare l esistenza dei vari rapporti intertestuali tra i passaggi di Es 32,1-6 e 1 Re 12,26-33 quanto presentare e dimostrare come si manisfesta questa intertestualità. Questa tesi usa il metodo sincronico dell analise narrativa. La necessità di lavorare con il metodo sincronico dell analise esiste perché la verifica, la presentazione e la dimostrazione dei rapporti intertestuali hanno bisogno di considerare il testo nella sua forma finale. Questo lavoro si rivolge a contribuire con lo studio dei rapporti intertestuali applicati ai testi biblichi tanto al proporre un chiaro concetto di intertestualità quanto al presentare i criteri di classificazione delle sue manifestazioni cosí come desidera verificare che ci sono rapporti intertestuali specifichi tra Es 32, 1-6 e Re 12,26-33 e ampliare l orizzonte di questi rapporti intertestuali a tutti i versi dei testi di Es 32,1-6 e 1 Re 12,26-33.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:17:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Antonio Sergio Curioni.pdf: 892657 bytes, checksum: 5d2a69daa35a20aaeb870791e4b32867 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-10-15 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The present dissertation takes as an object the configuration of the rural exodus in the Assentamento Santa Rosa II Abelardo Luz, SC: an analysis in construction 1986/2008. The objective aims to understand and to analyse for why families that were established by the Movement of the Rural Workers Without Land (MST) in the Assentamento Santa Rosa II, in the local city of Abelardo, SC, after they suffer the whole process of occupation, eviction and definite registration, after his property is installed and organized they sold his share and migrated for city. The lifted hypothesis can be considered multifatorial, of objective and subjective nature, with distinction for the difficulties of survival in the agriculture, weakening in the acting of the MST near the fixed families and lack of leisure options, culture, sport and health in the Assentamento. The adopted concepts of reference were: agrarian question, migration, rural exodus, MST and Land reform, based on classic and contemporary authors of the areas of the rural sociology, economy, history, geography and political sciences. The inquiry is of qualitative nature, having like proceedings methodologic, the bibliographical lifting, the documentary inquiry and he was seeing Internet, the observation participant of the investigator, and the field work. Principal instrument of collection of data in the empirical inquiry was used, the interview semi-structured with topical advisors. There were interviewed six subjects chosen between 27 families that went out from the Assentamento priorizing the six people that migrated for the city of Abelardo it shines, what they were possible of being located. The got informations were analysed through analysis of content. The results of the inquiry pointed that the MST for the immigrants is characterized like a movement of release, of struggle for rights the land, Land reform, social justice, popular sovereignity, as well as, favorable formation partner-politics of his participants, which provides means of individual and collective growth, becoming a school of life, as well as provides conquests that go very much besides the land and the own house, like knowledge, freedom, dignity and spirit of citizenship. The results point still that, in spite of the mentioned conquests the interviewed ones left the Assentamento and migrated for the city, being the principal motives: very small land and with bad lands, lack of agricultural credit, providing a low production, besides the distance and the difficult access to resources like health, education, social work, culture, sport and leisure / A presente dissertação tem por objeto a configuração do êxodo rural no Assentamento Santa Rosa II Abelardo Luz, SC: uma análise em construção 1986/2008. O objetivo visa compreender e analisar por que famílias que foram assentadas pelo Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) no assentamento Santa Rosa II no município de Abelardo, SC, depois de passarem por todo o processo de ocupação, despejo e assentamento definitivo, após se instalarem e organizarem sua propriedade venderam seus lote e migraram para cidade. A hipótese levantada pode ser considerada multifatorial, de natureza objetiva e subjetiva, com destaque para as dificuldades de sobrevivência na agricultura, enfraquecimento na atuação do MST junto às famílias assentadas e falta de opções de lazer, cultura, esporte e saúde no assentamento. Os conceitos adotados de referência foram: questão agrária, migração, êxodo rural, MST e Reforma Agrária, baseados em autores clássicos e contemporâneos das áreas da sociologia rural, economia, história, geografia e ciências políticas. A pesquisa é de natureza qualitativa, tendo como procedimentos metodológicos, o levantamento bibliográfico, a pesquisa documental e via internet, a observação participante do pesquisador, e a pesquisa de campo. Como instrumento principal de coleta de dados na pesquisa empírica foi utilizado, a entrevista semi-estruturada com tópicos orientadores. Foram entrevistados seis sujeitos, escolhidos entre as 27 famílias que saíram do assentamento priorizando as seis que migraram para a cidade de Abelardo luz, as quais foram possíveis de serem localizadas. As informações conseguidas foram analisadas por meio de análise de conteúdo. Os resultados da pesquisa apontaram que o MST para os imigrantes caracteriza-se como um movimento de libertação, de luta por direitos a terra, Reforma Agrária, justiça social, soberania popular, bem como, propicia formação sócio-política dos seus participantes, o que proporciona possibilidades de crescimento individual e coletivo, tornando-se uma escola de vida, bem como proporciona conquistas que vão muito além da terra e da casa própria, como conhecimento, liberdade, dignidade e espírito de cidadania. Os resultados apontam ainda que, apesar das conquistas mencionadas os entrevistados deixaram o assentamento e migraram para a cidade, sendo os principais motivos: terreno muito pequeno e com terras ruins, falta de credito agrícola, proporcionando uma baixa produção, além da distância e o difícil acesso a recursos como saúde, educação, assistência social, cultura, esporte e lazer

L’activité de recherche a eu lieu alternativement dans le cadre de l‟École doctorale le Simion Mehedinți”, Faculté de Géographie, Université de Bucarest et au laboratoire „PAVE- Profession, Architecture, Ville, Environnement”, École Nationale Supérieure d‟Architecture et du Paysage de Bordeaux, France. Durant la réalisation de cette thèse on a suivi également des stages de formation et perfectionnement au laboratoire de recherche „ThèMA”, Université de Franche Comté, France, ESRI Roumanie et dans le cadre de l'Unité Régionale de Formation à l'Information Scientifique et Technique, URFIST de Bordeaux, France. / The research period took place alternatively to the Doctoral School “Simion Mehedinţi”, Bucharest University, Geography Department and to the PAVE Research Laboratory (ENSAP Bordeaux), member of the Emile Durkheim Research Center (UMR5116). During the realization of this PhD work we have also was also carried out training courses to the research laboratory „ThèMA”, University of Franche-Comté, France, ESRI Romania and to the Regional Training Unit for Scientific and Technical Information, URFIST de Bordeaux, France.

[pt] O uso do texto de Rm 5,12-21 quase exclusivamente nos debates a respeito da origem e da universalidade do pecado levou a uma supervalorização da discussão a respeito do segmento 12d, passando quase desapercebidos aspectos fundamentais para a compreensão da mensagem teológica contida no texto paulino. Um desses aspectos transcurados foram as alusões a Is 53,11-12. A presente pesquisa pretende ser uma contribuição para que se possa perceber os efeitos produzidos por essas alusões nos contemporâneos de Paulo, as quais trazem à mente dos ouvintes/leitores a figura do Servo que por seu conhecimento justifica a muitos presente no texto isaiano, como também as categorias bíblico-teológicas do Novo Êxodo e da Nova Criação contidas no seu contexto e com as quais está profundamente interligado. A partir disso, a recuperação do valor dessas alusões possibilitaria uma compreensão mais adequada do potencial hermenêutico, teológico e retórico da perícope, o que resultaria em uma verdadeira contribuição para o debate teológico tendo-se em vista o espaço que a perícope paulina ocupa em tal debate. A metodologia a ser utilizada será aquela proposta por G. K. Beale, a qual, contemplando os aspectos sincrônicos e diacrônicos da pesquisa, propõe uma análise exegético-interpretativa, mostrando-se assim muito adequada para que se possa perceber a intenção de Paulo ao utilizar o texto isaiano. / [en] The use of Romans 5:12-21 almost exclusively in debates regarding the origin and universality of sin has resulted in the super valorization of the discussion on segment 12d, with fundamental aspects for the understanding of the theological message comprised in the Pauline text going almost unnoticed. One of the pretermitted aspects was the allusions to Isaiah 53:11-12. The present research aims to contribute to a perception of the effects these allusions produced on Paul s contemporaries. They make the hearers/readers picture the image of the Servant who by his knowledge will justify many, present in Isaiah s text, as well as the biblical-theological categories of the New Exodus and the New Creation comprised in its context and to which it is strongly interconnected. Following that, the recovery of the value of these allusions would enable a more adequate understanding of the hermeneutical, theological and rhetorical potential of the pericope, which would result in a true contribution for the theological debate, considering that Paul s pericope plays an important role in such debate. The methodology used in this study will be that proposed by G. K. Beale, which, by contemplating the synchronic and diachronic aspects of the research, proposes an exegetical and interpretative analysis, therefore proving itself perfectly adequate to enable the perception of Paul s intention when using Isaiah s text.

Civilisation et désert : deux termes qui donnent l’impression en apparence d’être antithétiques, mais ils sont cependant et ont souvent été liés étroitement ensemble dans l'imaginaire aussi bien que dans la pratique. Depuis L'Épopée de Gilgamesh, en passant parles textes antiques et les traditions religieuses ou bien par les variations successives menant aux «découvertes géographiques», à la «modernité» et à la «mondialisation», l’idée de la civilisation a maintes fois trouvé son inverse, son révélateur et son complément dans la référence qu’elle donne au désert : quand la civilisation échoue à conquérir et à urbaniser le désert, c’est à ce même désert qu’elle retourne. Cette interaction des représentations autour des variantes contemporaines du rapport civilisation/désert n’a cessé de donner une inspiration importante depuis deux siècles à une littérature abondante sur le désert,dans laquelle la relation de ce dernier à l’espace civilisé constitue non seulement une sorte de confrontation entre deux espaces, mais aussi entre deux mondes, Occident et Orient,entre deux temps mythiques, deux visions du destin humain. Cet imaginaire se projette aussi dans les représentations des utopies– anciennes et nouvelles – pour mettre en valeur le désert.La présente thèse se donne pour objet de mettre l’accent sur l’opposition civilisation/désert à l’époque moderne. Notre lecture structuro-idéologique et socio-historique s’efforce d’identifier, pour chacun de nos quatre textes, les procédés sémiotiques et poétiques mobilisés en vue de mettre en lumière cette opposition, à savoir les mécanismes de sa représentation, de son fonctionnement et de sa mutation.Partant d’une analyse du contraste entre le discours colonial et le discours postcolonial,notre approche comparatiste repose sur la lecture de quatre oeuvres romanesques postcoloniales appartenant à quatre littératures mondiales traitant de l'opposition civilisation / désert tout en révélant la misère de l'Homme primitif face à tant de tentatives de l’Homme civilisé de l’arracher de son milieu. Les quatre oeuvres qui superposent l’Histoire à la fiction s’articulent sur une vision dénonciatrice de la civilisation moderne et sur une vision idéaliste et utopique du désert et du nomadisme. / Civilization and desert: two words which in appearance appear to be antithetical, and yet they are and have often been tightly linked in the imaginary as well as in practical experience. From The Epic of Gilgamesh, to ancient texts and religious traditions or even to the successive variations leading to "geographic discoveries", "modernity" and to "globalization", the idea of civilization has many times met its opposite, its enlightener, and its point of reference that it gives to the desert. For two centuries, this interaction in the representations about the contemporary variations of the connection civilization/desert has been continuously providing an important inspiration to an extensive literature on the desert. The latter's relationship with the civilized space not only sets up some confrontation between two spaces but also between two worlds, the Western and Eastern ones, between two mythical times, two different visions of human destiny. This imaginary experience is also shown through the representations of the utopias ancient or recent to highlight the desert. The opposition civilization/desert in modern times forms the subject matter of this thesis. Our structural-ideologicaland socio-historical reading endeavors to identify, through all four texts, the semiotic and poetic processes. These processes are featured in order to bring this opposition to the fore, which are the mechanism of its representation, functioning and mutation. On the basis of an analysis of the contrast between the colonial discourse and the postcolonial one, our comparative approach hinges on the reading of the four postcolonial novelistic works belonging to four world pieces of literature which deal with the opposition civilization/desert while featuring the misery of the primitive Man facing so many attempts of the civilized Man to force him out of his background. The four works superposing History on fiction are structured on a denunciatory vision of modern civilization and on a utopian and idealistic vision of the desert and of nomadism.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T18:33:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Werner Angel.pdf: 3345252 bytes, checksum: 32ba0d4fd5794efb434d7d3ff462fc23 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-06-25 / The objective of this research was to analyse and to identify the agricultural sector in the cities established in the far west of Paraná State, focusing on small farms, determinants factors of sustainability and the perspectives for the future of these properties. Data collection was conducted through questionnaires, interviews that sought to highlight the characteristics of the farmer and his production unit and data about how the producer view his property, and how he perceives this perspectives for the future. The data were the basis of the analysis in the verification of financial, economic, social and environmental (un)sustainability, noting the presence or not of the small landowner in his activities. With the outcome of this case study, it contributes to the knowledge of this portion of the population and the authorities can direct resources and policies to encourage production and income to reduce the rural exodus because it was found unsustainable trends of small farms in the cities studied. / O objetivo desta pesquisa foi identificar e analisar no setor agropecuário, nos municípios estabelecidos do extremo oeste do Estado do Paraná, com foco nas pequenas propriedades rurais, fatores determinantes da sustentabilidade e as perspectivas para o futuro dessas propriedades. A coleta de dados foi realizada através da aplicação de questionário, entrevistas que buscaram evidenciar as características do produtor rural e sua unidade de produção e dados sobre a forma como o produtor visualiza a sua propriedade, e como percebe as perspectivas do futuro. Os dados foram a base da análise na verificação da (in)sustentabilidade financeira, econômica, social e ambiental, constatando a permanência ou não do pequeno proprietário nas suas atividades. Com o resultado deste estudo de caso, espera-se contribuir para o conhecimento dessa parcela da população e que as autoridades possam direcionar recursos e políticas de incentivo à produção e renda para reduzir o êxodo rural, porque se constataram tendências de insustentabilidade nas pequenas propriedades rurais nos municípios estudados.