Agroecological fair as community of practice: networks of sociability, consumption and resistance

Authors

  • Maria Rita Macedo Cuervo Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Cristiano Hamann Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
  • Adolfo Pizzinato Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/sec.v22i1.43743

Abstract

This study seeks to understand the functioning of an agroecological fair in Porto Alegre (Brazil),
using the notion of communities of practice. In addition to participant observation for four years,
nineteen interviews were held between producers and consumers in order to build a network of recurring themes that allow mapping the relations established. Three aspects emerge in the analysis of this community: the association of organic food with health; agroecology as political production and consumption; confidence, sociability and transgenerationality as relational aspects distinguishing this practice. The social actors take positions in environmental discourse involving alternatives to agro-industrial production, bringing up forms of political resistance that show up in the building of a dialogic network of trade negotiations and sociability. 

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Author Biographies

Maria Rita Macedo Cuervo, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Professora Doutora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul,
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Cristiano Hamann, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Doutorando pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

Adolfo Pizzinato, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Professor Doutor da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

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Published

2019-05-23

How to Cite

CUERVO, M. R. M.; HAMANN, C.; PIZZINATO, A. Agroecological fair as community of practice: networks of sociability, consumption and resistance. Sociedade e Cultura, Goiânia, v. 22, n. 1, 2019. DOI: 10.5216/sec.v22i1.43743. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/fcs/article/view/43743. Acesso em: 12 may. 2024.

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Vol. 22 No. 1 (2019)

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