Types of resistance of family farmers in the Northwest of Uruguay

Despite the advance of agrarian capitalism over the Pampas pastures, still most family farmers in Uruguay are livestock producers, dedicated to the mixed breeding of cattle and sheep. Within the framework of a more comprehensive investigation about resistance practices of family farming, concepts of...

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Autores: Rossi Rodríguez, Virginia, Filardo, Veronica, Chia, Eduardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Ecuador
Institución:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista EUTOPIA
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/3868
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/eutopia/article/view/3868
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Family farming
peasantry
strategies of resistance
Pampas region
Agricultura familiar
campesinado
estrategias de resistencia
región Pampeana
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Sumario:Despite the advance of agrarian capitalism over the Pampas pastures, still most family farmers in Uruguay are livestock producers, dedicated to the mixed breeding of cattle and sheep. Within the framework of a more comprehensive investigation about resistance practices of family farming, concepts of Bourdieu's work are used, such as peasant habitus and practical sense, to analyze the resistance strategies of family farmers in northwestern Uruguay. An ethnographic study of sixteen families of livestock farmers, through the "Global Approach of Agricultural Exploitations" and life stories of families, allowed to identify the strategies (economic, educational, inheritance and symbolic), and typify the resistance of these family farmers. It is discussed the role of endogenous and exogenous conditions in the families' objectives and in the practices and strategies generated.