Cours de vie d’agriculteurs allant vers l’économie en intrants : les plaisirs associés aux changements de pratiques
Whilst they are volunteers in their processes of change, farmers who engage in the reduction of fertilizer and pesticide use often live their practice changes as a necessary evolution. The disruption of habits leads to concerns and difficulties which are now well identified and which agricultural fa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Association Recherche et Pratique sur les Activités
2015-10-01
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| Series: | Activités |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/activites/1081 |
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| Summary: | Whilst they are volunteers in their processes of change, farmers who engage in the reduction of fertilizer and pesticide use often live their practice changes as a necessary evolution. The disruption of habits leads to concerns and difficulties which are now well identified and which agricultural facilitators seek to limit. However, analysis of the courses of life of twelve arable crop farmers who tested specifications for a more ecological agriculture (GCE project) shows that changes in practice are also accompanied by positive emotions which often run counter to farmers’ expectations and which have so far received little attention in the literature. These positive emotions emerge in the relationships between the farmer and third parties – the pleasure of demonstrating, of standing out, of doing things together, of receiving inherited knowledge, but also a pleasure found in the individual relationship with the farm: here, we provide evidence for a range of epistemic pleasures - knowing one’s land, experimenting, being surprised, looking for a comprehensive framework for understanding one’s cropping system. Although it is potentially risky to point out such induced pleasures, as this might legitimise an order for change, it can also become an incentive that agricultural facilitators can use to foster an agroecological transition. Moreover, this view leads to an uptake of the results produced in the field of suffering at work, and highlights a need for sources of satisfaction in the deployment of work activity. In broader theoretical terms, this study constitutes an illustration of the necessary integration of emotions in a situated approach. |
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| ISSN: | 1765-2723 |