Gender and innovation in the new re-ruralization processes in Spain

Authors

  • Mireia Baylina Departamento de Geografía, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Montserrat Villarino Departamento de Geografía, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela
  • Maria Dolors Garcia Ramon Departamento de Geografía, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Maria Josefa Mosteiro Departamento de Métodos de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Educación, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
  • Ana Maria Porto Departamento de Métodos de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Educación, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
  • Isabel Salamaña Departamento de Geografía, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universitat de Girona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis16053

Abstract

In the last decade, there has been a return of young adult men and women in some well-communicated rural areas of Spain. This process of change in rural communities is not exclusive to Spain but is also observed in other rural areas of Europe. This article examines who is behind the new processes of re-ruralization in Spain from the analysis of professional projects carried out by young adult educated men and women, with urban experience. These agents are not gender neutral, so this analytical category is taken to examine the power relations that underlie these processes, taking into account the objectives, opportunities and difficulties that each one has at the origin of their projects. The research has been conducted through in-depth interviews, in order to ascertain how people give expression to their own experiences. The results confirm the existence of re-ruralization processes distinguished by innovative and highly professionalized initiatives developed by women and men whose discourse reveals new forms of inequality and different power mechanisms.

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Published

2019-05-10

How to Cite

Baylina, M., Villarino, M., Garcia Ramon, M. D., Mosteiro, M. J., Porto, A. M., & Salamaña, I. (2019). Gender and innovation in the new re-ruralization processes in Spain. Finisterra, 54(110), 75–91. https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis16053

Issue

Vol. 54 No. 110 (2019)

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