Mujeres campesinas de la agroecología popular: ¿una praxis emancipadora? La experiencia del MOCASE - Vía Campesina

In this article I address peasant women’s action in agroecological experiences that are framed, on the one hand, within “social economy projects” designed by the government, and at the same time that are part of a social movement with a trajectory of autonomous proclamations. Setting up a dialogue b...

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Main Author: Pena, Mariela
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2025
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Online Access:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/43047
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Summary:In this article I address peasant women’s action in agroecological experiences that are framed, on the one hand, within “social economy projects” designed by the government, and at the same time that are part of a social movement with a trajectory of autonomous proclamations. Setting up a dialogue between different work lines and discussions, I explore the possibilities of (re) appropriation of economic projects originally designed for a population thought of homogeneously as “popular sectors”, within the framework of a specific territoriality. To this end, I use an ethnographic analysis of the Peasant Movement of Santiago del Estero (MOCASE-VC) experience, in Argentina. I argue that this organization has an extensive trajectory around agroecology as an alternative livelihood that includes cultural, political, ontological, identitary, economic and technical-productive aspects, in which peasant and popular feminism is part of its broader emancipation strategy. In this context, the state aid programs employed in recent years, having Plan Potenciar Trabaja as an emblematic example, are (re)interpreted and used creatively, within the possibilities of a geography marked by extractive capitalism imposed inequalities. In this way, moving away from the classic dichotomies of co-optation/autonomy between the state or real economic power and social movements, here I propose to expand knowledge from a situated approach that interweaves different dimensions of analysis.