Creole seeds and power relations in agriculture

Interfaces between Biopower and social agency

Bibliographic Data

ID3755040
AuthorsMichele Laffayett De Campos (0000-0001-8317-0977, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Fábio Kessler Dal Soglio (0000-0003-1408-6338, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Year2020
Volume23
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmbiente & sociedade (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1414-753X • E-ISSN: 1809-4422
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-4422asoc20180242r2vu2020l5ao
OpenAlexW3093978304
SCIELO_PIDS1414-753X2020000100341
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited4

The present study deals with the issue of Creole seeds from two approaches: Biopower in Biopolitics by Michel Foucault and Norman Long 's Actor - Oriented Perspective (POA). The objective is to relate the concept of Biopower to the global scenario of appropriation, privatization and commodification of the seeds and to discuss the contributions and fragilities of this theoretical reference, presenting the POA as a complementary approach to support these discussions. This work demonstrated that the application of the two approaches in the study of this thematic, can present novel interpretive and analytical. Experiences of networks of actors that mobilize the conservation of creole seeds, prove the social agency and dynamics against the global dictates. These are experiences that stand in the face of the tax and socio-technical standards processes for the use of commercial seeds and justify the choice of the POA as a complete approach to Biopower

Appropriation · Biopower · Commodification · Creole language · Economics · Economy · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · CRISPR and Genetic Engineering · Law

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