Commitment to the ‘countryside’ in the face of exclusion from rural territory: Elements for a variegated ethnography with transhumant families (Malargüe, Mendoza / 2010-2022)

There is ample research documenting how the process of capital expansion has modified peasant and indigenous ways of life on a planetary scale; however, when thinking about rural territorialities in the neoliberal crisis horizon, there are theoretical and methodological knots that require a politica...

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Autor principal: Soto, Oscar
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Publicado: Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA 2024
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topic Neoliberalism
conflict
ethnography
peasants
transhumance
Neoliberalismo
Conflictividad
Etnografía
Campesinado
Trashumancia
Neoliberalismo
conflito
etnografia
camponeses
transumância
spellingShingle Neoliberalism
conflict
ethnography
peasants
transhumance
Neoliberalismo
Conflictividad
Etnografía
Campesinado
Trashumancia
Neoliberalismo
conflito
etnografia
camponeses
transumância
Soto, Oscar
Commitment to the ‘countryside’ in the face of exclusion from rural territory: Elements for a variegated ethnography with transhumant families (Malargüe, Mendoza / 2010-2022)
topic_facet Neoliberalism
conflict
ethnography
peasants
transhumance
Neoliberalismo
Conflictividad
Etnografía
Campesinado
Trashumancia
Neoliberalismo
conflito
etnografia
camponeses
transumância
description There is ample research documenting how the process of capital expansion has modified peasant and indigenous ways of life on a planetary scale; however, when thinking about rural territorialities in the neoliberal crisis horizon, there are theoretical and methodological knots that require a political inquiry on the variegated social formation. This article questions the theoretical-political conditions surrounding ethnographic work in rural areas whose capitalist social structures have not been fully developed and coexist with legal and social forms of pre-capitalist formation. Based on an ethnographic methodological proposal that combines theoretical conceptualization, documentary analysis and participant observation in rural peasant and indigenous territories of Malargüe (Mendoza, Argentina), elements are provided here for a notion of ‘variegated ethnography’ as an emerging modality of anthropological, political and sociological study of the peasant and indigenous universe in Latin America.
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title Commitment to the ‘countryside’ in the face of exclusion from rural territory: Elements for a variegated ethnography with transhumant families (Malargüe, Mendoza / 2010-2022)
title_short Commitment to the ‘countryside’ in the face of exclusion from rural territory: Elements for a variegated ethnography with transhumant families (Malargüe, Mendoza / 2010-2022)
title_full Commitment to the ‘countryside’ in the face of exclusion from rural territory: Elements for a variegated ethnography with transhumant families (Malargüe, Mendoza / 2010-2022)
title_fullStr Commitment to the ‘countryside’ in the face of exclusion from rural territory: Elements for a variegated ethnography with transhumant families (Malargüe, Mendoza / 2010-2022)
title_full_unstemmed Commitment to the ‘countryside’ in the face of exclusion from rural territory: Elements for a variegated ethnography with transhumant families (Malargüe, Mendoza / 2010-2022)
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spelling I28-R145-12906_oai2025-11-17 Soto, Oscar 2024-02-01 There is ample research documenting how the process of capital expansion has modified peasant and indigenous ways of life on a planetary scale; however, when thinking about rural territorialities in the neoliberal crisis horizon, there are theoretical and methodological knots that require a political inquiry on the variegated social formation. This article questions the theoretical-political conditions surrounding ethnographic work in rural areas whose capitalist social structures have not been fully developed and coexist with legal and social forms of pre-capitalist formation. Based on an ethnographic methodological proposal that combines theoretical conceptualization, documentary analysis and participant observation in rural peasant and indigenous territories of Malargüe (Mendoza, Argentina), elements are provided here for a notion of ‘variegated ethnography’ as an emerging modality of anthropological, political and sociological study of the peasant and indigenous universe in Latin America. Existe una amplia indagación que documenta cómo el proceso de expansión del capital ha modificado los modos de vida campesinos e indígenas a escala planetaria; sin embargo, al momento de pensar las territorialidades rurales en el horizonte de crisis neoliberal, irrumpen nudos teóricos y metodológicos que requieren una indagación política sobre la formación social abigarrada. El presente artículo se cuestiona por las condiciones teórico-políticas que rodean un trabajo etnográfico en ruralidades cuyas estructuras sociales capitalistas no han logrado desarrollarse en su totalidad y conviven con formas jurídicas y sociales de formación precapitalistas. A partir de una propuesta metodológica etnográfica que combina conceptualización teórica, análisis documental y observación participante en territorios rurales campesinos e indígenas de Malargüe (Mendoza, Argentina), se aportan aquí elementos para una noción de ‘etnografía abigarrada’ como modalidad emergente del estudio antropológico, político y sociológico del universo campesino e indígena en América Latina. Há uma ampla pesquisa que documenta como o processo de expansão do capital modificou os modos de vida camponeses e indígenas em escala planetária. No entanto, quando se pensa em territorialidades rurais no contexto da crise neoliberal, há nós teóricos e metodológicos que exigem uma investigação política sobre a formação social variada e a condição multissetorial da América Latina. Este artigo questiona as condições teórico-políticas que envolvem o trabalho etnográfico em ruralidades cujas estruturas sociais capitalistas não foram totalmente desenvolvidas e coexistem com formas jurídicas e sociais de formação pré-capitalistas. Com base em uma proposta metodológica etnográfica que combina conceitualização teórica, análise documental e observação participante em territórios rurais camponeses e indígenas de Malargüe (Mendoza, Argentina), este artigo fornece elementos para uma noção de ‘etnografia variada’ como uma modalidade emergente de estudo antropológico, político e sociológico do universo camponês e indígena na América Latina. application/pdf text/html https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/12906 10.34096/runa.v45i1.12906 spa Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/12906/12510 https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/12906/12856 RUNA, archivo para las ciencias del hombre; Vol. 45 No. 1 (2024): Ethnographic challenges. Anthropological studies of communities in contemporary times.; 133-152 RUNA, archivo para las ciencias del hombre; Vol. 45 Núm. 1 (2024): Retos etnográficos. Estudios antropológicos de las comunidades en la contemporaneidad; 133-152 RUNA, archivo para las ciencias del hombre; v. 45 n. 1 (2024): Desafios etnográficos. Estudos antropológicos de comunidades no mundo contemporâneo.; 133-152 1851-9628 0325-1217 Neoliberalism conflict ethnography peasants transhumance Neoliberalismo Conflictividad Etnografía Campesinado Trashumancia Neoliberalismo conflito etnografia camponeses transumância Commitment to the ‘countryside’ in the face of exclusion from rural territory: Elements for a variegated ethnography with transhumant families (Malargüe, Mendoza / 2010-2022) Compromiso de ´campo´ ante la exclusión material del territorio rural: Elementos para una etnografía abigarrada con familias trashumantes (Malargüe, Mendoza / 2010-2022) Compromisso com o ‘campo’ em face da exclusão do território rural: Elementos para uma etnografia abigarrada com famílias transumantes (Malargüe, Mendoza / 2010-2022) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo enviado a un dossier temático https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=runa&d=12906_oai