Land Reform and Sustainable Development

Land reform, equitable distribution, economic development, environmental quality, land reform strategies, Brazil, Landless Workers’ Movement, East Asia, rural poverty, land productivity, sustainable agriculture, comparative advantage, small farms.Land reform, equitable distribution, economic development, environmental quality, land reform strategies, Brazil, Landless Workers’ Movement, East Asia, rural poverty, land productivity, sustainable agriculture, comparative advantage, small farms.

Agrocombustibles, soberanía alimentaria, y la crisis alimentaria contemporánea

In this article, agrofuels are examined in the context of the world food price crisis and the “food sovereignty” proposal for addressing the crisis. Both short- and long-term causes of the crisis are examined, and while agrofuels are presently not a prime causal factor they are clearly contraindicated by the crisis. Food sovereignty, including a moratorium on agrofuels, is argued to offer the best option for managing the crisis.En este artículo, se examinan los agrocombustibles bajo el contexto de la crisis mundial del precio de los alimentos, y la propuesta de “soberanía alimentaria” para enfrentar la crisis. Se examinan las causas de la crisis tanto a corto como a largo plazo, y aunque actualmente los agrocombustibles no son un factor causal principal, claramente no son convenientes en esta crisis. Se afirma que la soberanía alimentaria, incluyendo una moratoria en los agrocombustibles, ofrecen la mejor opción para manejar la crisis

Thematic Section Food Sovereignty and the Contemporary Food Crisis

ABSTRACT Peter Rosset examines the current global food price crisis, identifying both long-and short-term causes. He argues that to escape the crisis, countries must rebuild and protect domestic peasant and family farmer food production and public inventories. The 'food sovereignty' paradigm put forth by the global peasant and farmer alliance, La Via Campesina, may well offer our only way out of the current conundrum

EPISTEMES RURALES Y LA FORMACIÓN AGROECOLÓGICA EN LA VÍA CAMPESINA

A Agroecologia ocupa cada vez mais um lugar central no trabalho propositivo dos movimentos sociais rurais na América Latina, como parte da disputa territorial crescente com o capital, e na (re)construção de territórios camponeses e indígenas. Na Coordenação Latino-americana de Organizações do Campo (CLOC), representação continental dentro da Via Campesina Internacional (LVC), se tem construído experiências agroecológicas locais, nacionais, regionais e continentais de educação e formação. Essas experiências estão envolvidos em, e são enriquecidos por, processos regionais, continentais e globais na LVC, de troca de experiências e diálogo de saberes sobre agroecologia (Rosset e Martinez-Torres, 2012; Batista, 2013). Em essência, representa a construção coletiva de uma visão política e camponesa/indígena da agroecologia, que abarca uma pedagogia camponês emergente e diversa, da agroecologia.  Neste artigo, analiso as contribuições feitas a partir de três comuns ou típicas epistemes rurais, que por meio do diálogo entre eles, tem contribuído para essa visão e pedagogia emergente. Em particular, examino como é concebido e transmitido o conhecimento de forma diferenciada entre os movimentos rurais de identidades camponesas, indígenas e proletárias dentro da CLOC/LVC. Cada um tem contribuído elementos valiosos para a visão pedagógica e política coletiva

História das ideias de um movimento camponês transnacional

Analisa-se como observador-participante a evolução do pensamento do movimento social camponês transnacional, a Via Campesina, nos últimos 25 anos, sobre os temas da reforma agrária e da defesa da terra e do território. O mundo rural e a questão agrária mudaram e as mudanças externas aos movimentos, juntamente com seus diálogos de saberes e suas trocas de experiências internas, geraram novas posições, estratégias de luta, consensos e dilemas

Agrarian reform, land and territory: evolution in the thinking of La Via Campesina

Se analiza, como participante-observador, la evolución durante las últimas dos décadas del pensamiento del movimiento social rural transnacional, La Vía Campesina, sobre los temas de reforma agraria y la defensa de tierra y territorio. El mundo rural ha cambiado y los cambios externos a los movimientos, junto con sus diálogos internos e intercambios de experiencias, han generado nuevas posiciones, estrategias de lucha, consensos y dilemas. Se destacan diversos temas, como el concepto del territorio, el “quehacer” en la tierra, las relaciones entre actores que comparten territorios, las ocupaciones, la titulación, el Estado y nuevos derechos.The evolution of the thinking of the transnational rural social movement La Via Campesina over the past two decades, particularly concerning agrarian reform and the defense of land and territory, is analyzed from a participant-observer perspective. The rural world has changed, and the changes external to the movements, along with their internal dialogs and exchange of experiences, have generated new positions, strategies of struggle, consensuses and dilemmas. Several issues are highlighted, such as the concept of territory, what to do with the land, relationships among actors who share territories, land occupations, titling, the state, and new rights.Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

Agrarian reform, land and territory: evolution in the thinking of La Via Campesina

Se analiza, como participante-observador, la evolución durante las últimas dos décadas del pensamiento del movimiento social rural transnacional, La Vía Campesina, sobre los temas de reforma agraria y la defensa de tierra y territorio. El mundo rural ha cambiado y los cambios externos a los movimientos, junto con sus diálogos internos e intercambios de experiencias, han generado nuevas posiciones, estrategias de lucha, consensos y dilemas. Se destacan diversos temas, como el concepto del territorio, el “quehacer” en la tierra, las relaciones entre actores que comparten territorios, las ocupaciones, la titulación, el Estado y nuevos derechos.The evolution of the thinking of the transnational rural social movement La Via Campesina over the past two decades, particularly concerning agrarian reform and the defense of land and territory, is analyzed from a participant-observer perspective. The rural world has changed, and the changes external to the movements, along with their internal dialogs and exchange of experiences, have generated new positions, strategies of struggle, consensuses and dilemmas. Several issues are highlighted, such as the concept of territory, what to do with the land, relationships among actors who share territories, land occupations, titling, the state, and new rights.Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

Agrarian reform, land and territory: evolution in the thinking of La Via Campesina

Se analiza, como participante-observador, la evolución durante las últimas dos décadas del pensamiento del movimiento social rural transnacional, La Vía Campesina, sobre los temas de reforma agraria y la defensa de tierra y territorio. El mundo rural ha cambiado y los cambios externos a los movimientos, junto con sus diálogos internos e intercambios de experiencias, han generado nuevas posiciones, estrategias de lucha, consensos y dilemas. Se destacan diversos temas, como el concepto del territorio, el “quehacer” en la tierra, las relaciones entre actores que comparten territorios, las ocupaciones, la titulación, el Estado y nuevos derechos.The evolution of the thinking of the transnational rural social movement La Via Campesina over the past two decades, particularly concerning agrarian reform and the defense of land and territory, is analyzed from a participant-observer perspective. The rural world has changed, and the changes external to the movements, along with their internal dialogs and exchange of experiences, have generated new positions, strategies of struggle, consensuses and dilemmas. Several issues are highlighted, such as the concept of territory, what to do with the land, relationships among actors who share territories, land occupations, titling, the state, and new rights.Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

Emotion recognition in children with profound and severe deafness : do they have a deficit in perceptual processing?

Findings from several studies have suggested that deaf children have difficulties with emotion identification and that these may impact upon social skills. The authors of these studies have typically attributed such problems to delayed language acquisition and/or opportunity to converse about personal experiences with other people (Peterson & Siegal, 1995, 1998). The current study aimed to investigate emotion identification in children with varying levels of deafness by specifically testing their ability to recognize perceptual aspects of emotions depicted in upright or inverted human and cartoon faces. The findings from the study showed that, in comparison with both chronological- and mental-age-matched controls, the deaf children were significantly worse at identifying emotions. However, like controls, their performance decreased when emotions were presented on the inverted faces, thus indexing a typical configural processing style. No differences were found across individuals with different levels of deafness or in those with and without signing family members. The results are supportive of poor emotional identification in hearing-impaired children and are discussed in relation to delays in language acquisition and intergroup differences in perceptual processing.Peer reviewe