FOOD WITH PESTICIDES OR AGROECOLOGICALLY-BASED FOOD: SYMBOLIC GAME ON THE FIELD
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2016.23643Keywords:
Food. Pesticides. Symbolic Power. Sustainable.Abstract
We emphasize pesticides as a factor that can influence the habits of the subjects that participate in the context of Brazilian agriculture, who usually take a stance for or against the use of these inputs. This article aims to analyze some hidden elements in the universe of food with pesticides and, therefore, we rely on Bourdieu’s methodology, making an approach against the mechanical action of subjects; it reveals mechanisms of domination based on a game of concealment. In this context, productivism and competitiveness seem to contribute to strengthening the belief of socioeconomic development. In the field, where there is a set of disputes surrounding the food produced or not with pesticides, sustainability emerges as a value which can capitalize representatives of hegemonic force, trying to insert a way to reframe pesticide names, giving a new designation by hiding their meaning in daily life. Thus, we understand that rethinking the practices used in food production may be a possibility of building new forms of social transformation, aimed at public health.
DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2016.23643
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