Social sense of risk on the use of pesticides in producers and rural workers in the Junín County (Buenos Aires), between 2015 and 2019
The objective of this article is to analyze the social meanings of risk of rural workers and producers regarding the use of pesticides in Junín (Buenos Aires). The study was conducted under a qualitative perspective with an ethnographic approach. We analyzed the working conditions and processes of rural producers and workers, their perceptions of the risk of working with pesticides, the implications of the social constructions of gender and the role of the Good Agricultural Practices discourse in this perception. It is concluded that the social sense of risk is constructed differently according to the place occupied in the social structure, working conditions and gender. It is not possible to study risks without thinking about the relations of inequality in the different production processes of social life.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | spa |
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Centro de Historia Argentina y Americana
2023
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| Online Access: | https://www.mundoagrario.unlp.edu.ar/article/view/mae223 |
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| Summary: | The objective of this article is to analyze the social meanings of risk of rural workers and producers regarding the use of pesticides in Junín (Buenos Aires). The study was conducted under a qualitative perspective with an ethnographic approach.
We analyzed the working conditions and processes of rural producers and workers, their perceptions of the risk of working with pesticides, the implications of the social constructions of gender and the role of the Good Agricultural Practices discourse in this perception. It is concluded that the social sense of risk is constructed differently according to the place occupied in the social structure, working conditions and gender. It is not possible to study risks without thinking about the relations of inequality in the different production processes of social life. |
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