Papers by Amalia Hammarund
This research investigates how the Brazilian educational movement Educação do Campo’s (EdC) (ed... more This research investigates how the Brazilian educational movement Educação do Campo’s (EdC) (education for and by the countryside) constructivist pedagogical method – the critical pedagogy of place – contributes to the upscaling of agroecology. The study is primarily based on data generated through ethnographic research conducted at an EdC school, the EFA-Puris in the Zona da Mata region of the state Minas Gerais. Fernandes (2009) argues that the tensions of power relations between the two main agricultural paradigms - agroecological and industrial – result in a contestation of territories. This research suggests that the EFA-Puris’ critical pedagogy of place is contesting both immaterial and material territories in favour of the agroecological agriculture. By raising the students’ critical consciousness and ecological literacy, they are encouraged to engage in organising and knowledge-sharing processes that are important for the upscaling of agroecology as both an agricultural paradigm and development model for the countryside. Despite the institutional advancements in Brazil for rural education, EdC still faces issues of funding and support from the government, which limits the extent to which territories can be contested.
This research explores the content and genesis of the Aymara concept of Suma Qamaña (Vivir Bien ... more This research explores the content and genesis of the Aymara concept of Suma Qamaña (Vivir Bien in Spanish, Living Well in English) as an emergent discourse in Bolivia. How does the institutionalisation and constitutionalisation of the Suma Qamaña form the indigenous peoples' identity construction in Bolivia? Through analysing the three constitutional, political and legal texts (The Constitution of 2009, The National Development Plan, and the Law of the Rights of Mother Earth) that incorporate the concept of Suma Qamaña, together with the use of Jorge Larrain’s model of identity construction, the paper suggests that while aspects of the Suma Qamaña are empowering for the majority of the indigenous peoples in Bolivia, it is still excluding for those who do not live up to the indigenous rural stereotype.
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Papers by Amalia Hammarund