In the last years, new forms of commercialisation through short supply chains have been emerging and taking shape. In these new forms, the traditional economic agents act together with social agents. New citizenship is arising and begins to organise itself, carrying us to an interest in its forms of action, and on the nature of its propositions. One aspect of these renewed actions consists in the reconstruction of connection throughout food producers participating in "Short Food Supply Chains" (SFSCs). That implies multiple dimensions, such as those linked with productive activities, territorial articulation, and with the emergence of new social links based on trust. The present paper aims to highlight the intermediaries' strategies and the agency of SFSCs actors, analysing the social and economic dynamics they generate, and their role in the construction of consumer's new connections with the rural spaces.
Chueca, in Madrid, is Spain’s most well-known gaybourhood, a significant space for both local and national LGBTQ individuals and activist movements, as well as for the Spanish and European LGBTQ tourist circuits. The COVID- 19 pandemic hit hard in a neighbourhood already heavily disputed among arguments of touristification and tourist accommodation, as tourist-oriented businesses began closing and other, more resident-oriented ones transformed themselves to survive the year 2020. Drawing from ethnographic research undertaken from 2019 to early 2021, this article analyses different experiences and expectations of recovery among local professionals, mostly business- owners from Chueca itself. The opposition between a return to business-as-usual and a revolution towards a more humane or sustainable tourism, on the one hand, and an already conflicted debate over the nature of the neighbourhood, on the other one, interacts with the wider situation of urban tourist destinations in Western Europe and with the practices of discourses unveiled in Chueca. The article argues for the pandemic’s role as a catalyst for pre-existing conflicts, as local and global processes intertwine.
En los últimos años, en el espacio periurbano próximo a las ciudades de Madrid y Guadalajara (España), han surgido y tomado forma nuevas formas de comercialización a través de cadenas cortas de suministro de alimentos (Short Food Supply Chains, SFSC). Entre otros elementos, estos modelos económicos buscan conscientemente la reconstrucción de la relación entre productores de alimentos y sus consumidores, permitiendo a los agentes económicos tradicionales actuar junto con los agentes sociales. Además de la dimensión productiva y de consumo, este tipo de cadenas incluyen otras muchas dimensiones, como la articulación territorial y el surgimiento de nuevos vínculos sociales basados en la confianza. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo destacar las estrategias de los intermediarios y la agencia de los actores de SFSC, analizando las dinámicas sociales y económicas que generan y su papel en la construcción de estas nuevas conexiones del consumidor con los espacios rurales.
En el conjunto de su obra, y en ésta de modo explícito, José Ángel Sotillo siente la necesidad de escribir para compartir su profundo conocimiento sobre el sistema de cooperación internacional para el desarrollo. El resultado es de agradecer.
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