Andrew Ofstehage
Biographic Data
| ID | 95281 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Ofstehage |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Ofstehage |
| SIGNATURE | OFSTEHAGE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Development Sociology Cornell University 240 Warren Hall 137 Reservoir Avenue Ithaca NY 14853 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Plantationocene as analytical concept: A Forum for Dialogue and Reflection
This forum for dialogue and reflection invites empirical and theoretical inquiries that critically interrogate plantations in their myriad forms through the conceptual analytic of the Plantationocene. In doing so, we understand, and invite attention to, the Plantationocene, both as a key for interpreting histories of local to global development and for understanding the role of plantationlogics today. Not all contributors need agree that the Plan…
Farming
Farming has become increasingly visible in recent years, following a growing public interest in how food is produced. Anthropologists have been studying farming since the founding of the discipline. This entry summarises the origins of farming and agricultural intensification before analysing three themes of the social anthropology of farming. First, farming is dependent on relations of power and capital. Second, farming is deeply engaged with so…
Farming out of place: Transnational family farmers, flexible farming, and the rupture of rural life in Bahia, Brazil
North American soybean farmers have responded to farmland inaccessibility in the US Midwest by purchasing and operating large soybean farms in western Bahia, Brazil. They have turned to "flexible farming" and flexible crops, labor, and land that are commodified, replaceable, and alienated from social and physical relations. Nevertheless, temporalities of farming survive, redefined in terms of progress and backwardness, and new materialities and m…
Farming is easy, becoming Brazilian is hard: North American soy farmers' social values of production, work and land in Soylandia
Since the late 1980s, North American farmers have been migrating to Brazil to produce soybeans and escape a general farm crisis in the United States. This paper analyzes their work, values, social relations and relations with the land in order to understand transnational farming and agrarian change from the perspective of transnational farmers. North Americans' migration to Brazil and soy production in Brazil can inform our understanding of the m…
NustaJuira's Gift of Quinoa: Peasants, Trademarks, and Intermediaries in the Transformation of aBolivian Commodity Economy
Farmers and activists in theLosLipez region ofBolivia have created a symbolic commons that links their identity, quinoa crop, and work. Since 2005, farmers have worked with regional activists and marketers to create a denomination of origin in order to project their work and connection with quinoa into international markets for their crop. Yet sales certified with the denomination of origin trademark have not significantly displaced other sales t…
The Plantationocene as analytical concept: A Forum for Dialogue and Reflection
This forum for dialogue and reflection invites empirical and theoretical inquiries that critically interrogate plantations in their myriad forms through the conceptual analytic of the Plantationocene. In doing so, we understand, and invite attention to, the Plantationocene, both as a key for interpreting histories of local to global development and for understanding the role of plantationlogics today. Not all contributors need agree that the Plan…
Farming out of place: Transnational family farmers, flexible farming, and the rupture of rural life in Bahia, Brazil
North American soybean farmers have responded to farmland inaccessibility in the US Midwest by purchasing and operating large soybean farms in western Bahia, Brazil. They have turned to "flexible farming" and flexible crops, labor, and land that are commodified, replaceable, and alienated from social and physical relations. Nevertheless, temporalities of farming survive, redefined in terms of progress and backwardness, and new materialities and m…
Farming is easy, becoming Brazilian is hard: North American soy farmers' social values of production, work and land in Soylandia
Since the late 1980s, North American farmers have been migrating to Brazil to produce soybeans and escape a general farm crisis in the United States. This paper analyzes their work, values, social relations and relations with the land in order to understand transnational farming and agrarian change from the perspective of transnational farmers. North Americans' migration to Brazil and soy production in Brazil can inform our understanding of the m…
NustaJuira's Gift of Quinoa: Peasants, Trademarks, and Intermediaries in the Transformation of aBolivian Commodity Economy
Farmers and activists in theLosLipez region ofBolivia have created a symbolic commons that links their identity, quinoa crop, and work. Since 2005, farmers have worked with regional activists and marketers to create a denomination of origin in order to project their work and connection with quinoa into international markets for their crop. Yet sales certified with the denomination of origin trademark have not significantly displaced other sales t…
NustaJuira's Gift of Quinoa: Peasants, Trademarks, and Intermediaries in the Transformation of aBolivian Commodity Economy
Farmers and activists in theLosLipez region ofBolivia have created a symbolic commons that links their identity, quinoa crop, and work. Since 2005, farmers have worked with regional activists and marketers to create a denomination of origin in order to project their work and connection with quinoa into international markets for their crop. Yet sales certified with the denomination of origin trademark have not significantly displaced other sales t…
Farming is easy, becoming Brazilian is hard: North American soy farmers' social values of production, work and land in Soylandia
Since the late 1980s, North American farmers have been migrating to Brazil to produce soybeans and escape a general farm crisis in the United States. This paper analyzes their work, values, social relations and relations with the land in order to understand transnational farming and agrarian change from the perspective of transnational farmers. North Americans' migration to Brazil and soy production in Brazil can inform our understanding of the m…
Farming out of place: Transnational family farmers, flexible farming, and the rupture of rural life in Bahia, Brazil
North American soybean farmers have responded to farmland inaccessibility in the US Midwest by purchasing and operating large soybean farms in western Bahia, Brazil. They have turned to "flexible farming" and flexible crops, labor, and land that are commodified, replaceable, and alienated from social and physical relations. Nevertheless, temporalities of farming survive, redefined in terms of progress and backwardness, and new materialities and m…
Farming
Farming has become increasingly visible in recent years, following a growing public interest in how food is produced. Anthropologists have been studying farming since the founding of the discipline. This entry summarises the origins of farming and agricultural intensification before analysing three themes of the social anthropology of farming. First, farming is dependent on relations of power and capital. Second, farming is deeply engaged with so…
The Plantationocene as analytical concept: A Forum for Dialogue and Reflection
This forum for dialogue and reflection invites empirical and theoretical inquiries that critically interrogate plantations in their myriad forms through the conceptual analytic of the Plantationocene. In doing so, we understand, and invite attention to, the Plantationocene, both as a key for interpreting histories of local to global development and for understanding the role of plantationlogics today. Not all contributors need agree that the Plan…
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (3 works) · Organic Food and Agriculture (3 works) · Agrarian society (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Economy (2 works)