Caimmi Nuria
Licenciada en Ciencias Antropológicas. Becaria Doctoral, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, con sede en el Centro de Estudios en Nutrición y Desarrollo Infantil, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Salud Colect. 2024 Dec 26;20:e4899. doi: 10.18294/sc.2024.4899.
This study aims to analyze the configuration of inequalities in one of Argentina's most significant production zones for fresh vegetables and cut flowers, located in Greater La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. This ongoing anthropological research, initiated in 2021, employs methods such as participant observation, interviews, food mapping, and digital ethnography. Among the main findings, we highlight that this production zone exhibits, in both its origins and daily operations, certain racist dynamics that are not solely generated by the host society toward migrants but are disseminated throughout the social fabric, including by migrant producers themselves. Positive valuations of ultra-processed foods by those living and working in the area reflect the importance of belonging to the host society, running parallel to strategies for preserving food preparations from before migration. These include the recreation of a "food identity" and the proliferation of "legumbrerías" (legume shops) and "paisano eateries" (restaurants serving traditional food). These transformations are intertwined with the productive changes migrants have experienced, shifting from peasant economies in their places of origin to intensive production in Greater La Plata.
本研究旨在分析位于布宜诺斯艾利斯省大拉普拉塔地区的阿根廷最重要的新鲜蔬菜和切花生产区之一的不平等状况。这项正在进行的人类学研究始于2021年，采用了参与观察、访谈、食物图谱绘制和数字民族志等方法。在主要研究结果中，我们强调，这个生产区在其起源和日常运营中都表现出某些种族主义动态，这些动态并非仅仅由东道社会对移民产生，而是在整个社会结构中传播，包括移民生产者自身。在该地区生活和工作的人们对超加工食品的积极评价反映了融入东道社会的重要性，这与移民前保留食物制备方式的策略并行。这些策略包括重塑“食物身份”以及“豆类商店”（legumbrerías）和“老乡餐馆”（供应传统食物的餐馆）的增多。这些转变与移民所经历的生产变化相互交织，从他们原籍地的农民经济转变为大拉普拉塔地区的集约化生产。
