When a Guardian dies: What remains?

Abstract

This work aims to highlight the important reflexes of the act of conserving Creole seeds by guardian farmers. We used a qualitative and participatory research whose research technique was conversation, with the objective of giving these actors a voice and voice through their narratives. The research clipping is the life story of a farmer who guarded Creole onion seeds. Such a process narrated by the actor-authors allows us to conclude that, at first, the attitude of conserving the seeds is linked to the repetition of daily practices through repetition and that later assume certain meanings and symbolisms that are demonstrated and transmitted by a given “authority” . When reviewing their attitudes, symbolisms, perceptions, practices and attitudes of how, when, why, maintain, conserving and selecting creole seeds, the transmission and evolution of cultural aspects occurs. A guardian never dies because his seeds will always be passed on.