Peasant territorialities in Loja, Ecuador: analysis of its organizational dynamics from three cases ; Territorialidades campesinas en Loja, Ecuador: análisis de sus dinámicas organizativas a partir de tres casos

Abstract

In the province of Loja, located south of Ecuador, since the 90s of the last century, several peasant families have created local organizations through which promote alternative territorialities, how ecological production, solidarity finance, community management of water, defense of ancestral lands, empowerment of rural women, amongst other activities. This paper asks how these experiences are structured, and from participatory elaboration of sociograms, analyzes the internal dynamics of three organizations, and its interactions with other actors. These territorialities are more than simple practices of production, or management, these are also complex phats of political subjectivation. ; En la provincia de Loja, al sur de Ecuador, desde de los años 90 del siglo pasado, varias familias campesinas han creado organizaciones locales que impulsan territorialidades alternativas como la producción ecológica, finanzas solidarias, gestión comunitaria del agua, defensa de territorios ancestrales, empoderamiento de mujeres, entre otras. Este trabajo se pregunta de qué manera se estructuran estas experiencias, y a partir de la construcción participativa de sociogramas, analiza las dinámicas internas de tres organizaciones, y sus interacciones con otros actores. Se encuentra que estas territorialidades, más que simples prácticas de producción o gestión, son complejas trayectorias de subjetivación política. Abstract In the province of Loja, located south of Ecuador, since the 90s of the last century, several peasant families have created local organizations through which promote alternative territorialities, how ecological production, solidarity finance, community management of water, defense of ancestral lands, empowerment of rural women, amongst other activities. This paper asks how these experiences are structured, and from participatory elaboration of sociograms, analyzes the internal dynamics of three organizations, and its interactions with other actors. These territorialities are more than simple practices of production, or management, these are also complex phats of political subjectivation.