Abstract
This seminar brings together contributions on the theme of rurality approached in different theoretical and methodological perspectives: rural sociology, environmental history, political economy and political ecology. Associative experiences, cooperation and agricultural innovation, and rural tourism are the basis of the presentations. The  authors call into question the separation country/city, looking at the processes of 'new rurality' that has characterized public policy, market processes, cultural changes and social movements in recent decades, in Portugal and Latin America.

Programme

9h30 | Opening  by  Stefania Barca (CES)
9h45 | Gilmar Arruda (State University  of Londrina-UEL), “Nature, leisure tourism and environmental history"
10h15 | Cristiane Lisita (CES), “Rural Tourism and family agriculture: possible symbiosis"

10h45 | Break

11h00 |  Lúcia Fernandes (CES/SOCIUS), ”On the rails degrowth and transition: an empirical study of the neo-rural experiences in Portugal".
11h30 | Santiago Conti (National University of Río Negro (UNRN) - Andean Headquarters), "The problematisation on rural as object. A look from associative experiences of northern Argentine Patagonia "

12h00 | Debate

Moderator: Pedro Hespanha (CES)

Note: Activity within the  Social Policies, Labour and Inequalities Research Group (POSTRADE)