The administration of precariousness and flexibility as an opportunity. An ethnography on the local production of jeans

This article aims to show, from an ethnographic approach, the rural producers of jeans in San Mateo Ayecac, Tlaxcala, Mexico as rural subjects who manage their own precariousness and value in flexibility an opportunity to generate productive businesses on their own, making use of immediate resources...

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Autor principal: Rojas Contreras, Janeth
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Publicado: Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA 2020
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spelling I28-R145-8914_oai2025-11-17 Rojas Contreras, Janeth 2020-11-17 This article aims to show, from an ethnographic approach, the rural producers of jeans in San Mateo Ayecac, Tlaxcala, Mexico as rural subjects who manage their own precariousness and value in flexibility an opportunity to generate productive businesses on their own, making use of immediate resources: In this way, they assume the figure of owners and workers, at the same time, they incorporate the flexible and the precarious as a way of existence of long standing that affects their lifestyle, goes through a process of socialization and absorbs the conditions and organization of work. That is, they emerge as new rural subjects from the pores of neoliberal capitalism as a surplus population and at the same time responsible for their own survival and maintenance El presente artículo tiene por objetivo mostrar, desde un abordaje etnográfico, a los productores rurales de pantalones de mezclilla en San Mateo Ayecac, Tlaxcala, México como sujetos rurales que logran administrar su propia precariedad y valoran en la flexibilidad una oportunidad para generar negocios productivos por cuenta propia, haciendo uso de los recursos inmediatos: tierras de cultivo, viviendas y relaciones de confianza que les permiten generar un tipo de economía subalterna, donde ellos asumen la figura de dueños y trabajadores, a la vez, incorporan lo flexible y lo precario como un modo de existencia de larga data que incide en su estilo de vida, transita por un proceso de socialización y absorbe las condiciones y organización del trabajo. Es decir, emergen como nuevos sujetos rurales de los poros del capitalismo neoliberal como población excedente y al mismo tiempo responsables de su propia sobrevivencia y manutención. Este artigo pretende mostrar, a partir de uma abordagem etnográfica, os produtores rurais de jeans em San Mateo Ayecac, Tlaxcala, México, como sujeitos rurais que administram sua própria precariedade e valor na flexibilidade, uma oportunidade de gerar negócios produtivos por conta própria, fazendo uso de recursos imediatos: Desta forma, assumem a figura de proprietários e trabalhadores, ao mesmo tempo em que incorporam o flexível e o precário como forma de existência de longa data que afeta seu estilo de vida, passa por um processo de socialização e absorve as condições e organização do trabalho. Ou seja, eles emergem como novos sujeitos rurais dos poros do capitalismo neoliberal como uma população excedente e, ao mesmo tempo, responsável por sua própria sobrevivência e manutenção. application/pdf text/html https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CAS/article/view/8914 10.34096/cas.i52.7008 spa Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CAS/article/view/8914/7735 https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CAS/article/view/8914/8646 Cuadernos de antropología social; Núm. 52 (2020) 1850-275X 0327-3776 Precarity management Flexibility Resources Rural Subjects Jeans Administración de la precariedad Flexibilidad Recursos Sujetos rurales Jeans Gestão da Precariedade Flexibilidade Recursos Temas rurais Jeans The administration of precariousness and flexibility as an opportunity. An ethnography on the local production of jeans La administración de la precariedad y la flexibilidad como oportunidad. Una etnografía sobre la producción local de jeans A administração da precariedade e flexibilidade como uma oportunidade. Uma etnografia sobre a produção local de jeans info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=cantropo&d=8914_oai
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topic Precarity management
Flexibility
Resources
Rural Subjects
Jeans
Administración de la precariedad
Flexibilidad
Recursos
Sujetos rurales
Jeans
Gestão da Precariedade
Flexibilidade
Recursos
Temas rurais
Jeans
spellingShingle Precarity management
Flexibility
Resources
Rural Subjects
Jeans
Administración de la precariedad
Flexibilidad
Recursos
Sujetos rurales
Jeans
Gestão da Precariedade
Flexibilidade
Recursos
Temas rurais
Jeans
Rojas Contreras, Janeth
The administration of precariousness and flexibility as an opportunity. An ethnography on the local production of jeans
topic_facet Precarity management
Flexibility
Resources
Rural Subjects
Jeans
Administración de la precariedad
Flexibilidad
Recursos
Sujetos rurales
Jeans
Gestão da Precariedade
Flexibilidade
Recursos
Temas rurais
Jeans
description This article aims to show, from an ethnographic approach, the rural producers of jeans in San Mateo Ayecac, Tlaxcala, Mexico as rural subjects who manage their own precariousness and value in flexibility an opportunity to generate productive businesses on their own, making use of immediate resources: In this way, they assume the figure of owners and workers, at the same time, they incorporate the flexible and the precarious as a way of existence of long standing that affects their lifestyle, goes through a process of socialization and absorbs the conditions and organization of work. That is, they emerge as new rural subjects from the pores of neoliberal capitalism as a surplus population and at the same time responsible for their own survival and maintenance
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title_short The administration of precariousness and flexibility as an opportunity. An ethnography on the local production of jeans
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title_full_unstemmed The administration of precariousness and flexibility as an opportunity. An ethnography on the local production of jeans
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