Ruralidades em disputa na região cafeeira do município de Manizales, Colômbia

Abstract

Following the identification and analysis of multiple ruralities in dispute, that is, the interaction between frames of differentiated social relations generated by actors gathered around certain common purposes, informed, and characterized by different ways of representing the country that guides the conduct of various actors , the thesis aims to analyze the dynamics of the rural municipality of Manizales, State of Caldas, Colombia. The analysis is based on the identification of conflicts and solidarities of the interaction between the various actors who mobilize the rural dynamics (agricultural producers, farmers, environmentalists, activists, academics and students, visitors and tourists, among others), from the junction of four operational categories (productive rurality, contestatory rurality, hedonistic rurality, fragile rurality), and synthesizer designed as descriptors of the various ways of perceiving the rural identifiable locally. The points of divergence and convergence findings shall go around five major themes: a) the disagreement between specialization in coffee crop diversification or agri-food production as an alternative for local farmers, b) the dispute arose over the treatment of family farmers unproductive as actors and their design as social and political actors with the potential to operate with greater autonomy, c) the approach of the proposed conversion agroecology as a strategy to create a "new society" as opposed to their conception and design of adjustment to the demands of contemporary market dynamics, d) the divergence between the rural tourism as an opportunity for private business and his understanding as a community development strategy, and e) the disagreement between the decision to encourage youth to stay in rural areas and encourage their departure. Finally, analysis of the dispute stems ruralities in a series of guidelines about how to leverage synergies and negotiate the conflicts found, working as informants for the formulation of local development policies.