‘I'm Sad To Be Glad’. An Analysis of Farmers’ Pride in Flanders

Dessein, Joost; Nevens, Frank

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9523.2007.00437.x

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“…It has been studied in connection with a variety of issues such as gender (see Brandth, 2002 for a review), professionalism (Gonzales and Benito, 2001), collective action participation (Klandermans et al, 2002), farmers' pride (Dessein and Nevens, 2007), farm diversification (Bryant, 1999;Carter, 2001;Sharpley and Vass, 2005;Vesala et al, 2007) and agri-environmental schemes (Burgess et al, 2000;Lockie, 2006). In these studies identity is seen as essential for understanding and explaining the nature of ongoing changes in the agricultural sector 1 Ilbery (1991) described a typology of farm diversification options as comprised of structural and agricultural diversification.…”

Section: Previous Studies Of Farmers' Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Entrepreneurs and producers: Identities of Finnish farmers in 2001 and 2006

Vesala

2010

Journal of Rural Studies

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Section: Previous Studies Of Farmers' Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Entrepreneurs and producers: Identities of Finnish farmers in 2001 and 2006

Vesala

2010

Journal of Rural Studies

120

108

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“…In more recent research by Dessein and Nevens (2007), the question of pride among farmers in Flanders is examined across a wide range of values in three categories: (1) those that relate to the characteristics and endeavours of the farmer as an individual (2) those that reflect the meaningful relations the farmer or the family have developed in social networks (3) those concepts which influence the farmer's pride but that are beyond the control of the individual. This study concludes that farm women who leave the productive arena of the farm and take off-farm work are able to R e t r a c t e d regain pride in the reconstruction of their own identity.…”

Section: Masculinities and The Crises In Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

Retracted: Masculinities in the Rural and the Agricultural: A Literature Review

Coldwell

2009

Sociologia Ruralis

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This article provides a summary of social science studies at the nexus of masculinity and the rural, particularly the agricultural. These studies began to emerge in the rural social science literature in 1995, when Berit Brandth pioneered the study of masculinities and farming practices in Norway. The studies reviewed here are particularly important as they begin to focus on men and masculinities in the rural and the agricultural, categories that previously had been the assumed, yet invisible subject of rural studies. The studies also link masculinity to farming practices in a number of ways that clearly have implications for the future of farming in terms of ecological crises across social, economic and environmental rural landscapes. The aim of this article is twofold; to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between masculine identities and farming practices and to identify possible theoretical pathways for future research that might assist us to identify and develop more sustainable ways of farming and rural life. S tudies have shown agriculture in Australia and other western nations to be a masculine domain of social practice where men see themselves as the farmers and the name 'farmer' is analogous to the identities and practices of men. In the context of current social, economic and environmental concerns that are perceived to threaten the sustainability of agriculture and many of its rural communities, it therefore seems likely that much of what has taken place historically in the practices of agriculture has a lot to do with men and therefore with masculinity. It follows that the future sustainability of agriculture will also have a lot to do with men and therefore with masculinity. Here, a review of the literature is used as a starting point in attempting to understand current knowledge about the relationships between masculinity and the rural, particularly the agricultural. Such an understanding is able to inform further necessary work in documenting the emerging story of agriculture and its farmers in the context of sustainability.Most current knowledge about masculinity in the rural and the agricultural emerged in discourse analysis from studies organised around the concept of gender as social practice within a framework informed by hegemonic masculinity theory (Campbell et al. 2006). The concept and theory have been used widely in

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“…The importance of such Bpleasures^when changing towards more ecological farming practices has been emphasized by Barbier et al (2015). Indeed, farmers want to be proud of the work they do, which requires a fit between their aspirations and the daily reality of being a farmer (Dessein and Nevens 2007). Work satisfaction and being proud of their work contribute to emotional health, which is essential to enable farmers to cope with change and recover from setbacks.…”

Section: Organic Farming To Increase Professional Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%