Creole seeds and power relations in agriculture: Interfaces between Biopower and social agency

• Autor(a) principal: Campos,Michele Laffayett de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Soglio,Fábio Kessler Dal
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Ambiente & Sociedade (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-753X2020000100341
• topic: Guardians of Creole Seeds; Agroecology; Agrobiodiversity; Sociotechnical standards

Abstract The present study deals with the issue of Creole seeds from two approaches: Biopower in Biopolitics by Michel Foucault and Norman Long ‘s Actor - Oriented Perspective (POA). The objective is to relate the concept of Biopower to the global scenario of appropriation, privatization and commodification of the seeds and to discuss the contributions and fragilities of this theoretical reference, presenting the POA as a complementary approach to support these discussions. This work demonstrated that the application of the two approaches in the study of this thematic, can present novel interpretive and analytical. Experiences of networks of actors that mobilize the conservation of creole seeds, prove the social agency and dynamics against the global dictates. These are experiences that stand in the face of the tax and socio-technical standards processes for the use of commercial seeds and justify the choice of the POA as a complete approach to Biopower.