Joseba Azkarraga Etxagibel

Small Group Project 2024-25

Fighting for Gender and Food Justice: Rural Women's Struggles in Portugal, Galicia, and the Basque Country

With Ana Cabana IglesiaRita Calvário

This project seeks to illuminate the often-overlooked rural women’s experiences and leadership in agrarian struggles and their pursuit of gender equality. Employing oral history and qualitative research methods, the study aims to gather and analyse testimonies from rural women across three distinct geographical contexts, with a focus on areas characterised by small to medium-sized family farming: Portugal, Galicia, and the Basque Country.

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Joseba Azkarraga Etxagibel has a PhD in Sociology. After spending many years at Mondragon University, he is currently a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Sociology and Social Work at the University of the Basque Country. His main area of ​​interest is ecosocial transition and post-growth society, and mainly the subjectivity and psychocultural aspects related to them (as well as other aspects: food sovereignty, community resilience, ecosocial policies, or the social-solidarity economy).

Biographical details correct as of 14.02.25

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