Struggling for autonomy: from estate labourers to organic farmers in Andalusia

Struggling for autonomy: from estate labourers to organic farmers in Andalusia

This article records verbatim interviews with a small group of labourers who became pioneer organic farmers and formed a cooperative in rural Andalusia. Their voices provide acute insights into strategies to avoid economic exploitation, and the politics of autonomy which is characteristic of the lef...

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Veröffentlicht in:Critique of anthropology 2010-09, Vol.30 (3), p.313-321
Hauptverfasser: Luetchford, Peter, Pratt, Jeff, Montiel, Marta Soler
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Alliances
Anarchism
Andalusia
Autonomy
Cooperation
Exploitation
Farmers
Food
Left Wing Politics
Leftism
Manual workers
Organic farming
Politics
Rural Areas
Rural communities
Spain
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Zusammenfassung:This article records verbatim interviews with a small group of labourers who became pioneer organic farmers and formed a cooperative in rural Andalusia. Their voices provide acute insights into strategies to avoid economic exploitation, and the politics of autonomy which is characteristic of the left in this part of Spain.
ISSN:0308-275X
1460-3721
DOI:10.1177/0308275X10372469