Who is who in CASAS? Mercedes Ejarque

Posted on by Carol Hernández

I’m Mercedes Ejarque, a researcher at the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) in Argentina and a Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). I’m a sociologist and hold a Master’s Degree in Social Research and a PhD in Social Sciences.  I participated in the 2020 JPS Writeshop and became a CASAS member afterwards. My research focuses on society–nature relations around agrarian activities, social constructivism of environmental problems, alternatives forms of production and political ecology in Patagonia. I’ve also published about methodological issues in agrarian research, rural labour markets and rural-urban tendencies.

This picture was taken in march 2020 in El Escorial, a small village in Chubut’s drylands in Patagonia with two female sheep herders. 
I was researching family labour organization (especially female participation) and production strategies to deal with environmental problems. 

Some of my latest works are:

Frank, M., Kaufmann, B., Ejarque, M., Lamaison, G., Nessi, M. V. & Amoroso, M. (2022) Changing conditions for local food actors to operate towards agroecology during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in sustainable food systems, 6:866004. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.866004.

Preda, G., Ejarque, M., Lammel, S. y Pasetto, F. (2022). Entre la conservación y la producción: las familias crianceras del Área Natural Protegida El Tromen (Neuquén, Argentina) Debates en Sociología, (54), 1-29. https://doi.org/10.18800/debatesensociologia.202201.002

Ejarque, M. (2021). Problemas ambientales y ganadería ovina: una encrucijada en la Patagonia. Interpretaciones y prácticas de los agentes “laneros” chubutenses. Teseo. https://www.teseopress.com/ambienteyganaderia/ 

Ejarque, M. (2019). Actividades agropecuarias de la Patagonia Argentina: vínculo y resignificación en la relación “global-local” y “rural-urbano”. Carta Económica Regional, 32 (125), 19-46. https://doi.org/10.32870/cer.v0i125.7794

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Carol Hernandez holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Portland State University, U.S., and is a professor/researcher at the University Program of Bioethics, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Her areas of interest focus on agriculture and climate change, seed sovereignty, and indigenous social movements.

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