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New Materialist Feminist Ecological Practices: La Via Campesina and Activist Environmental Work

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  • Miranda Imperial

    (Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 2AE, UK)

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Within the context of new theoretical developments in environmentalist materialism, as inflected by gender issues, this paper attempts to analyze the important work of La Via Campesina (women’s section) both in grassroots activism and in creating a feminist agenda for the transformation of human-non-human connections. Methodologically, this paper proceeds by historically situating La Via Campesina and the progressive incorporation of women’s issues as part of the movement. In parallel, La Via Campesina’s insurgent practices of contestation to the exploitation of huge multinational agrobusinesses, to genetically modified crops, and to land-grabbing practices and land usurpation from indigenous populations are illustrated. In conclusion and within the frame of new materialisms, my discussion addresses issues of response-ability, sustainability, and co-habitation to reflect upon the major changes brought about by these new modes of thinking and inhabiting the planet.

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  • Miranda Imperial, 2019. "New Materialist Feminist Ecological Practices: La Via Campesina and Activist Environmental Work," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(8), pages 1-15, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:8:y:2019:i:8:p:235-:d:255973
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    Cited by:

    1. Adriana Ruiz-Almeida & Marta G. Rivera-Ferre, 2019. "Internationally-based indicators to measure Agri-food systems sustainability using food sovereignty as a conceptual framework," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 11(6), pages 1321-1337, December.
    2. Anika Trebbin, 2021. "Land Grabbing and Jatropha in India: An Analysis of ‘Hyped’ Discourse on the Subject," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-21, October.
    3. Beatriz Revelles-Benavente & Waltraud Ernst & Monika Rogowska-Stangret, 2019. "Feminist New Materialisms: Activating Ethico-Politics through Genealogies in Social Sciences," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(11), pages 1-6, October.

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