Comunidade Quilombola de Felipe: estudos em Product-Service Systems para incentivar a economia local

Abstract

Methodological process of design acting based on PSS-Product Service Systems to Felipes's quilombola community from Bom Jesus do Amparo city, Minas Gerais. The team of designers was hired to study strategies and entrepreneurial initiatives focused on local development, appreciation of the culture and of the products from the territory. As a result, the project Sabores da Terra was developed with the objective of promoting a local business exploring the community's potentials. A quilombola buffet service was proposed and has as guidelines spreading the culture, exploitation o f local resources and territory appreciation. The project values the potential of afro-brazilian cuisine, present on the quilombola memory of the Community de Felipe, applying the Whole Food Usage, and the design associated to PSS as a differential when implanting sustainable activities.