Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaBig words, small farmers:: Exploring academic overflows and ‘surplus water’ in Motupe, Peru
In the Motupe valley on the north coast of Peru, the cultivation of mango for export is in the hands of smallholders, many of whom cultivate on communal lands without water rights or official approval to grow perennial crops. In this article I present the case of the smallholders, known as excedente...
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Universidad Católica del Norte, Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Museo
2019
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| description | In the Motupe valley on the north coast of Peru, the cultivation of mango for export is in the hands of smallholders, many of whom cultivate on communal lands without water rights or official approval to grow perennial crops. In this article I present the case of the smallholders, known as excedentes de agua, who only have access to irrigate in time of abundance or excess water. Although these small farmers are considered displaced by modern agro-export, they and their mango plantations have managed to put down roots in a desert climate and adverse market sector. They challenge in this way, not only such conditions for doing agriculture, but also how to write about them and their water realities. It is this last point that constitutes the main contribution of this work. Inspired by actor-network theory, this article presents alternative ways to situate the partial ontologies that emerge from the case study as a point of interference – to converse or interchange with the grand narratives and their holistic aspirations, without having to add to them. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO801772022-03-22T15:04:13Z Big words, small farmers:: Exploring academic overflows and ‘surplus water’ in Motupe, Peru Grandes narrativas, pequeños agricultores:: Explorando desbordes académicos en el caso de los excedentes de agua en el valle de Motupe, Perú Domínguez Guzmán, Carolina water agro-export smallholders ethnographic case Peru agua agroexportación pequeña agricultura caso etnográfico Perú In the Motupe valley on the north coast of Peru, the cultivation of mango for export is in the hands of smallholders, many of whom cultivate on communal lands without water rights or official approval to grow perennial crops. In this article I present the case of the smallholders, known as excedentes de agua, who only have access to irrigate in time of abundance or excess water. Although these small farmers are considered displaced by modern agro-export, they and their mango plantations have managed to put down roots in a desert climate and adverse market sector. They challenge in this way, not only such conditions for doing agriculture, but also how to write about them and their water realities. It is this last point that constitutes the main contribution of this work. Inspired by actor-network theory, this article presents alternative ways to situate the partial ontologies that emerge from the case study as a point of interference – to converse or interchange with the grand narratives and their holistic aspirations, without having to add to them. En la costa norte del Perú el cultivo de mango de exportación se encuentra en manos de pequeños agricultores, muchos de los cuales cultivan en tierras comunales sin licencias de agua o aprobación oficial para sembrar cultivos perennes. En este artículo presento el caso de los pequeños agricultores del valle de Motupe, conocidos también como los excedentes de agua, ya que sólo tienen acceso a irrigar sus campos en tiempo de abundancia o exceso de agua. Aunque estos pequeños agricultores se consideran desplazados por la agro-exportación moderna, ellos y sus plantaciones de mango han logrado echar raíces en un clima desértico y sector mercantil desfavorable, desafiando no solamente dichas condiciones para hacer agricultura, sino también, el cómo escribir sobre ellos y sus realidades de agua. Es en este último punto donde se concentra el principal aporte del presente trabajo. Inspirado en la teoría del actor red, el artículo presenta alternativas o vías de desborde para situar las ontologías parciales que emergen del caso de estudio como punto de interferencia para conversar o intercambiar con las grandes narrativas y sus aspiraciones holísticas, sin necesidad de sumar a ellas. 2019-11-18 2022-03-22T15:04:13Z 2022-03-22T15:04:13Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://revistas.ucn.cl/index.php/estudios-atacamenos/article/view/1436 10.22199/issn.0718-1043-2019-0029 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/80177 spa http://revistas.ucn.cl/index.php/estudios-atacamenos/article/view/1436/3287 Derechos de autor 2019 Estudios Atacameños. Arqueología y antropología surandinas application/pdf Universidad Católica del Norte, Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Museo Estudios Atacameños; No. 63 (2019); 365-381 Estudios Atacameños (En línea); Núm. 63 (2019); 365-381 0718-1043 0716-0925 |
| spellingShingle | water agro-export smallholders ethnographic case Peru agua agroexportación pequeña agricultura caso etnográfico Perú Domínguez Guzmán, Carolina Big words, small farmers:: Exploring academic overflows and ‘surplus water’ in Motupe, Peru |
| title | Big words, small farmers:: Exploring academic overflows and ‘surplus water’ in Motupe, Peru |
| title_full | Big words, small farmers:: Exploring academic overflows and ‘surplus water’ in Motupe, Peru |
| title_fullStr | Big words, small farmers:: Exploring academic overflows and ‘surplus water’ in Motupe, Peru |
| title_full_unstemmed | Big words, small farmers:: Exploring academic overflows and ‘surplus water’ in Motupe, Peru |
| title_short | Big words, small farmers:: Exploring academic overflows and ‘surplus water’ in Motupe, Peru |
| title_sort | big words, small farmers:: exploring academic overflows and ‘surplus water’ in motupe, peru |
| topic | water agro-export smallholders ethnographic case Peru agua agroexportación pequeña agricultura caso etnográfico Perú |
| url | http://revistas.ucn.cl/index.php/estudios-atacamenos/article/view/1436 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/80177 |