Campesinado, agricultura familiar y un Trabajo Social agroecológico
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2017
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Escuela de Trabajo Social. Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales. Universidad Nacional de Rosario
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Este artículo exhibe los resultados
del trabajo investigativo titulado
“Agricultura Familiar, Campesinado
y su incidencia en la construcción
del Trabajo Social Agroecológico”,
el cual demuestra la importancia
de la agricultura familiar en el
modo de vida del campesinado y
sus aportes hacia un Trabajo Social
agroecológico, es decir, un Trabajo
Social enfocado en el estudio del
campo, la ruralidad, la conservación
del medio ambiente, sus paisajes, las
transformaciones de sus poblaciones,
sus prácticas de vida y su cultura.
Para ese trabajo se toma como
metodología la hermenéutica;
como método de investigación
el cualitativo y su enfoque la
etnografía; para la recolección de la
información se usaron: la historia de
vida, la observación participante y la
revisión documental. Los resultados
evidencian que para el pequeño
campesino no industrializado la
agricultura familiar es la mejor
alternativa para resistir al sistema
económico capitalista dominante,
dentro de la producción de bienes y
servicios agrícolas, demostrando que
ésta es una de las mejores prácticas
para conservar sus conocimientos
ancestrales y compartirlos con
otros interesados en el tema. Por
otro lado, el Trabajo Social puede
enriquecer la agricultura familiar
en la medida que da continuidad a
la visión de la agroecología desde
sus prácticas y esas alternativas
de vida que tiene el campesinado
en relación con el labriego, el
cuidado de la tierra, el medio ambiente y la conservación de todo
hábitat, sin olvidar la construcción
de relaciones sociales entre los
campesinos que se suman a estas
nuevas prácticas en la agricultura.
This article shows the results of the research project titled ‘Family Farming, Peasantry and its impact on the construction of Agroecological Social Work’. This project demonstrates the importance of Family Farming as a way of life for the small farmer, contributing to the construction of an Agro-ecological Social Work, in other words, a Social Work focused on the study of the rural sector, rurality, conservation of the environment, the landscapes, and the transformations of the peasant populations close to the central cities, consolidating the conservation of their practices and the ancestral culture. For this work, we used a hermeneutical, qualitative method and its focus was ethnography. In order to collect information, life stories, participant observation and written documents were used. Results demonstrate that Family Farming is part of the effective alternative strategies to resist the dominant economic system. This alternative not only focuses on the production of agricultural goods and services, but also on the importance of establishing relationships of trust, demonstrating that the conservation of ancestral knowledge has the possibility of resisting and of being shared with those who wish to learn about it. Furthermore, Social Work could complement Family Farming by perpetuating the Agro-Ecologic framework within its practices and the alternative lifestyles that rural populations have to offer in relation to taking care of the Earth and the environment, as well as conserving any type of habitat, without forgetting about the importance of social relations between farmers, which are included within these new agricultural practices.
This article shows the results of the research project titled ‘Family Farming, Peasantry and its impact on the construction of Agroecological Social Work’. This project demonstrates the importance of Family Farming as a way of life for the small farmer, contributing to the construction of an Agro-ecological Social Work, in other words, a Social Work focused on the study of the rural sector, rurality, conservation of the environment, the landscapes, and the transformations of the peasant populations close to the central cities, consolidating the conservation of their practices and the ancestral culture. For this work, we used a hermeneutical, qualitative method and its focus was ethnography. In order to collect information, life stories, participant observation and written documents were used. Results demonstrate that Family Farming is part of the effective alternative strategies to resist the dominant economic system. This alternative not only focuses on the production of agricultural goods and services, but also on the importance of establishing relationships of trust, demonstrating that the conservation of ancestral knowledge has the possibility of resisting and of being shared with those who wish to learn about it. Furthermore, Social Work could complement Family Farming by perpetuating the Agro-Ecologic framework within its practices and the alternative lifestyles that rural populations have to offer in relation to taking care of the Earth and the environment, as well as conserving any type of habitat, without forgetting about the importance of social relations between farmers, which are included within these new agricultural practices.
Palabras clave
Trabajo social, Agricultura familiar, Ecología, Social work, Family farm, Ecology