1. Open Seminar
LOCAL RURAL STRUGGLES AMIDST GLOBAL
ENVIRONMENTAL DISCOURSES IN THE SOUTH
Monday 17th December 2012
SUMMARY
IN THE LAST TWO DECADES, THE ENVIRONMENT
HAS BECOME A HEGEMONIC SOCIAL CONCERN.
ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS HAVE DISPLACED
CLASSIC AGRARIAN STRUGGLES OVER RESOURCE
USE AND ACCESS AS CENTRAL FOR IMPROVING THE
TOILSOME PEASANT LIVES. HOW HAVE
COMMUNITIES AND RURAL ORGANIZATIONS
RESPONDED TO THIS?
OPEN SEMINAR [13.30 – 17.30]
TENSIONS AND SYNERGIES BETWEEN AGRARIAN
AND ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE
MIDST OF CHANGING GLOBAL AGRARIAN-
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT [13.40]
SATURNINO ‘JUN’ BORRAS
Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
INTERNATIONAL WATER DISCOURSES: BLESSING OR
CURSE FOR WATER USE COLLECTIVES IN THE ANDES
[14.10]
RUTGERD BOELENS
Wageningen University
DISCUSSION [14.40]
GEMMA VAN DER HAAR
Wageningen University
COFFEE BREAK [15.10]
CAN RURAL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS REFRAME
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT?
UNIONS, CHURCHES, PESTICIDES AND BANANAS IN
COSTA RICA [15.30]
KEES JANSEN
Wageningen University
LIVELIHOODS AND DISCOURSE IN STRUGGLES OVER
EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY EXPANSION [16.00]
ANTHONY BEBBINGTON
Clark University (USA)
DISCUSSION [16.30]
FÁBIO DE CASTRO
CEDLA, Amsterdam
FAREWELL DRINKS [17.10 ]
Place: C81, The Leeuwenborch, Wageningen
Pre-registration required for assistance:
antonio.castellanosnavarrete@wur.nl