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“La gente del barrio es muy trabajadora”. Un análisis de las experiencias residenciales y los imaginarios urbanos en un barrio de la ciudad de Rafaela, Argentina

2024-12-02T19:43:54+00:00

In Latin America, access to housing has been a historical problem. In Argentina, the housing construction programs of the National Housing Fund were aimed at guaranteeing access to habitat and counteracting the housing deficit. From a collaborative intervention-research project, based on qualitative fieldwork with semi-structured interviews and photographs, this article aims to reflect on the residential experiences and urban imaginaries of neighbors living in a neighborhood that emerged from a housing program in 1986 in the city of Rafaela, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is based on the assumption that residential experiences around access to housing and the consolidation of a neighborhood build urban imaginaries that are sustained over time and dispute meanings about the city.

Evaluation of community-based agroecological sustainability in urban gardens in the General Pueyrredon district, Buenos Aires

2024-12-02T19:28:39+00:00

Analysing urban production systems is essential to develop strategies that strengthen their activities. In this paper, a methodological proposal is developed to evaluate of community-based agroecological sustainability in urban gardens of the General Pueyrredon district (Buenos Aires), from indicators. This evaluation consists, in the first instance, of a theoretical discussion of the 10 elements of agroecology (proposed by FAO), identified in 21 urban and community gardens. From there, a typology capable of condensing these experiences into 3 groups is defined and a set of indicators are identified to evaluate sustainability qualitatively and quantitatively in these spaces. The sum of the scores obtained by the indicators made it possible to define a Community-based Agroecological Sustainability Index. The results obtained favored the detection of the weakest aspects of each of the typologies, to redirect actions and strategies to achieve sustainability objectives.

Mapping industrial symbiosis networks: synergies driven by bioethanol

2024-12-02T19:20:31+00:00

This study aims to explore industrial symbiosis networks derived from corn ethanol in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. The goal is to contribute to the understanding of this phenomenon for the utilization of agro-industrial waste and by-products. 16 interviews were conducted with owners or managers of ethanol plants, biogas facilities, feedlots, food producers, and carbon dioxide producers. Two industrial symbiosis networks were identified, comprising 28 exchanges of waste and by-products that are used as raw materials for other organizations. This work expands knowledge on the implementation and positive effects of industrial symbiosis, particularly its triple impact benefits (economic, social, environmental), and associated competitive advantages for the industrial sector. The study revealed that the key factor in the development of a symbiotic network is the willingness of the organizations to engage in collaborative activities.

Economic strategies of Hatian rural families: an analysis of income sources in Saint-RaphaelL

2024-12-02T19:05:02+00:00

The aim of this paper is to identify the sources of income and economic strategies of rural families in the municipality of Saint-Raphael, northern department of Haiti. For that, in addition to the use of bibliographical references and secondary data, a questionnaire was applied to 25 rural families. The results of this study point to a diversification of income sources, with an average of 14.3 sources per family, which come both from a varied agricultural production (for sale and self-consumption) and from non-agricultural activities and receiving remittances from family members living abroad. However, in terms of value, income obtained from agricultural production predominates (87.1% of the total value). In addition, there is strong economic inequality among families, as well as high dissatisfaction with their financial condition and low prospects for the future among respondents, indicating the need and challenge of thinking about rural development processes in Saint-Raphael.

Representations, memories and symbolism: the art of curing cattle with prayer in the Patía Valley (department of Cauca, Colombia)

2024-12-02T18:42:15+00:00

Here we provide an ethnographic vision of the praxis of curing cattle with prayer in the Patía Valley, in the department of Cauca, Colombia. This craft has become part of the identity of the patianos and patianas and is being transmitted generationally as a symbolic element of their culture. This skill is a manifestation little studied by disciplines such as Geography, Anthropology and History. This lack of information motivated the beginning of this research that used interviews and local epistemes as main methods of analysis. It seeks, as a primary intention, to highlight the relevance of the cattle cure with prayer in the territory. In this article, this practice is understood (that of curing cattle with prayer) as an identity representation of the Afro-Patagonian population that helps the way in which the community has re-signified its space and has made its culture an extension of themselves, demonstrating the interdependence between natural conditions, identity and idiosyncrasy.