OCCUPATIONAL TRAJECTORIES AND SOCIAL REPRODUCTION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM GRAPE GROWERS (LUJÁN DE CUYO, MENDOZA-ARGENTINA) TRAYECTORIAS OCUPACIONALES Y REPRODUCCIÓN SOCIAL DE LOS PEQUEÑOS Y MEDIANOS PRODUCTORES VITÍCOLAS (LUJÁN DE CUYO, MENDOZA-ARGENTINA)

BUSTOS, Rosa1*; BENEDETTO, Andrea1; YÁÑEZ, Liliana1; ROMÁN, Juan1; PALAZZO, Romina2; ACOSTA, Gabriela3 1 FCPYS, UNCUYO, Centro Universitario s/n, Mendoza (M5502JMA), Argentina 2Proyecto Centros de Desarrollo Vitícola. Convenio INTA-COVIAR 3Agencia Extensión Rural INTA Maipú. *Corresponding Author: rosamariabustos@hotmail.com

Abstract: This work analyzes the social reproduction strategies of small and medium grape growers located in Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina. Small grape growers are involved in a process of continuous "displacement" that corresponds to intra-generational and inter-generational mobility. It is observed that those who were part of the rural middle classes are facing their declassification with survival strategies that allow them to continue as owners in the productive chain. Based on the distinction between grape growers who foresee the generational continuity of their activities and those who do not, the objective of this study is to compare these groups and to observe how they organize the resources that are necessary for their social reproduction. The paper describes the existing differences regarding the activities they perform to reproduce their social position as agents from rural middle classes. The methodology used was an analysis of an existing database: the results of the survey carried out by INTACOVIAR, that collected the main characteristics of the vineyards of up to 30 hectares of Luján de Cuyo.

Keywords: Occupational Trajectories, Small and medium grape growers, Social reproduction.
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