(Re)emerging peasantries:A diverse economies approach to agrarian reform in the Philippines
Marni GilbertMaster of Arts in Development Studies
The University of Auckland
DEVNET 2010Massey University
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
What are the current agrarian reform policies, practices and processes in the Philippines?
How is the ‘peasant’ subject being constructed within these debates?
How are these constructions recognizing or ignoring agency?
To what extent can an understanding of the economy as diverse contribute to an understanding of a multiple peasant subject?
FORMS OF PEASANT RESISTANCE
Agrarian Reform as inevitably controversial
Struggles as multidimensional
Strategic choices being made
DIVERSE ECONOMIESNarrative approach to understanding multiple economic subjects
Dissonance between ‘peasant’ subjects
REFLECTIONS ON RESEARCH
Recognizing peasants as strategic actors
Asking who is engaging in diverse economic practices
Responding to challenges for the performance of everyday forms of resistance and diverse economic practices
