Antropologia da Ciência, Educação Ambiental e Agenda 21 Local

Abstract

The objective of this article is to present a contribution of Science Anthropology to Environmental education discussing the subject-object dichotomy in the light of the concept of symmetry between nature and culture, such as presented by Bruno Latour. The main consequence of this discussion is the possibility of establishing a dialogue between popular and scientific knowledge systems on nature and health. In the educational field this discussion translates itself in the possibility of specialists and community sharing formulation actions aiming at decreasing the variety of local socioenvironmental problems.