TY - JOUR
T1 - The Spaces of Social Movements
T2 - O Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra from a Socio-spatial Perspective
AU - Garmany, Jeff
PY - 2008/12/2
Y1 - 2008/12/2
N2 - This paper considers the social movement O Movimento dos Trabalharores Rurais Sem Terra (The Movement of Landless Rural Workers, often referred to as the MST). Based on empirical data collected in Ceará, Brazil during 2005, it explores the social and spatial practices that shape MST communities. Using Henri Lefebvre's theory of spatial production, a framework is developed for conceptualising Brazilian agrarian reform within the context of spatial appropriation and the tactics of counter-hegemonic ideology. Through an examination of emergent MST communities, the paper considers the production and constant rearticulation of space. This spatial analytic, it is suggested, offers new insight into the attributes that frequently distinguish individual MST communities.
AB - This paper considers the social movement O Movimento dos Trabalharores Rurais Sem Terra (The Movement of Landless Rural Workers, often referred to as the MST). Based on empirical data collected in Ceará, Brazil during 2005, it explores the social and spatial practices that shape MST communities. Using Henri Lefebvre's theory of spatial production, a framework is developed for conceptualising Brazilian agrarian reform within the context of spatial appropriation and the tactics of counter-hegemonic ideology. Through an examination of emergent MST communities, the paper considers the production and constant rearticulation of space. This spatial analytic, it is suggested, offers new insight into the attributes that frequently distinguish individual MST communities.
U2 - 10.1080/13562570802515218
DO - 10.1080/13562570802515218
M3 - Article
SN - 1470-1235
VL - 12
SP - 311
EP - 328
JO - Space and Polity
JF - Space and Polity
IS - 3
ER -