Peasant movements in Brazil and Argentina and the opposition to agricultural biotechnologies

• Grant number: 09/18274-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: July 01, 2010
• End date: May 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Sociology - Other specific Sociologies
• Principal Investigator: Renato Peixoto Dagnino
• Grantee: Márcia Maria Tait Lima
• Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências (IG). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 11/19719-0 - Opposition to agricultural biotechnologies in Brazil and Argentina: study of women social moviments, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

This study is to investigate the fundamental proposition speeches of opposition to agricultural biotechnologies peasant social movements of women in Brazil and Argentina. For both, are provided for steps that involve: literature search, interviews with experts for theoretical development and conducting field research in both countries. The conceptual discussion and results will be based mainly on the perspective of Social Studies of Science and Technology and author contributions that help understand the context of social struggles on the field in Latin America. This tesis aims to discuss issues related to technoscien and new biotechnologies and provide support for a critical and analytical understanding of the point of view of social movements on those topics.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

LIMA, Márcia Maria Tait. Peasant women contention action to trangenic crops in Brazil and Argentina. 2014. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Geociências Campinas, SP.