Pluriactivity, Identity of Farming and Their Relation to the Question of Class Location of Farming Households
This paper is a methodological one, addressing the issue of how to deal with questions of identity, of farming, and its relation to the class locations of households engaged in farming and off-farm employment concurrently, which is usually called “pluriactivity”. The paper first examines and assesse...
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| description | This paper is a methodological one, addressing the issue of how to deal with questions of identity, of farming, and its relation to the class locations of households engaged in farming and off-farm employment concurrently, which is usually called “pluriactivity”. The paper first examines and assesses why and how this problem arises out of different abstract conceptions of class, the social-class-identities of productive activities, the occupational identities of individuals and how the household boundaries are drawn in empirical research. Next, the paper makes suggestions for how to overcome these problems by paying attention to the problem of emergence, that is, how to describe and decide the very unity and identity that several income generating activities and forms of employment bring about concerning the class location of individuals and households. The leading argument of this essay is that the same or similar types of activities or types of employment derive their identity not from within themselves as separate entities but from the larger scheme of material, social or cultural objectives which the individuals and households, acting on the principle of “we-intentionality”, try to achieve by using their labour and resources as instruments. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1aec67237dd24652a48e50b3b2c0e1e02025-08-20T03:17:44Zengİlmi Etüdler Derneği (İLEM)İnsan & Toplum2146-70992602-27452023-03-0113111810.12658/M0667Pluriactivity, Identity of Farming and Their Relation to the Question of Class Location of Farming HouseholdsAbdulkerim Sönmez0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8288-2240Hacettepe UniversityThis paper is a methodological one, addressing the issue of how to deal with questions of identity, of farming, and its relation to the class locations of households engaged in farming and off-farm employment concurrently, which is usually called “pluriactivity”. The paper first examines and assesses why and how this problem arises out of different abstract conceptions of class, the social-class-identities of productive activities, the occupational identities of individuals and how the household boundaries are drawn in empirical research. Next, the paper makes suggestions for how to overcome these problems by paying attention to the problem of emergence, that is, how to describe and decide the very unity and identity that several income generating activities and forms of employment bring about concerning the class location of individuals and households. The leading argument of this essay is that the same or similar types of activities or types of employment derive their identity not from within themselves as separate entities but from the larger scheme of material, social or cultural objectives which the individuals and households, acting on the principle of “we-intentionality”, try to achieve by using their labour and resources as instruments.https://www.insanvetoplum.org/sayilar/13-1/m0667pluriactivitysocial identity of farmingideal-typical conceptionssocial classconceptions of social classclass locations of farmersclass location of households |
| spellingShingle | Abdulkerim Sönmez Pluriactivity, Identity of Farming and Their Relation to the Question of Class Location of Farming Households İnsan & Toplum pluriactivity social identity of farming ideal-typical conceptions social class conceptions of social class class locations of farmers class location of households |
| title | Pluriactivity, Identity of Farming and Their Relation to the Question of Class Location of Farming Households |
| title_full | Pluriactivity, Identity of Farming and Their Relation to the Question of Class Location of Farming Households |
| title_fullStr | Pluriactivity, Identity of Farming and Their Relation to the Question of Class Location of Farming Households |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pluriactivity, Identity of Farming and Their Relation to the Question of Class Location of Farming Households |
| title_short | Pluriactivity, Identity of Farming and Their Relation to the Question of Class Location of Farming Households |
| title_sort | pluriactivity identity of farming and their relation to the question of class location of farming households |
| topic | pluriactivity social identity of farming ideal-typical conceptions social class conceptions of social class class locations of farmers class location of households |
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