Promoters of agroecology and poster girls for participation: divergence in leadership training with a Bolivian ngo

  • Jenny Cockburn Carleton University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32870/cer.v0i115.5667
Palabras clave: rural youth, leadership training, agroecology, jóvenes rurales, Bolivia, promotores, genero.

Resumen

This article examines rural Bolivian youth within farm households engaged in participatory agroecology development with an ngo. A central component of this work involves ‘leadership’ training. Despite certain politicized aspects, it tends to operate in neoliberal and technical ways, resulting in greatly diverging experiences for participants along gendered and generational lines. e buzzword nature of the term raises questions of how it is used and what is glossed over. ese issues are examined through vignettes, with particular attention to one teenaged girl who attended workshops to become a leader in organic production and became a symbol of the ngo’s success with youth and women’s ‘empowerment.’ Her motives to participate involved familial pressure, a desire to network toward relocation, and nally, some interest in the sustainability of her household’s farm and community. 

Biografía del autor/a

Jenny Cockburn, Carleton University
Doctora en sociología con especialización en justicia social por la Universidad de Windsor, maestra en antropología social y cultural y licenciada en antropología por la Universidad de Concordia en Montreal.  

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Publicado
2016-06-10
Cómo citar
Cockburn, J. (2016). Promoters of agroecology and poster girls for participation: divergence in leadership training with a Bolivian ngo. Carta Económica Regional, (115), 20. https://doi.org/10.32870/cer.v0i115.5667
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Núm. 115 (2015): Jóvenes rurales, memoria y futuros agrícolas en américa latina: Carta Económica Regional Enero - Junio 2015 - Digitalizado
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