The Spanish word formación can be translated as ‘training’ or ‘education’,
but Latin American social movements use it as inspired by Che Guevara’s
notion of ‘molding’ the values of the new woman and new man for
egalitarian, cooperative social relations in the construction of a ‘new
society’. This contribution presents findings on the dialectical linkages
between the formación processes led by the Rural Workers’ Association (ATC)
and the gradual transformation of the Nicaraguan countryside by peasant
families choosing to grow food using agroecological practices. We use
Vygotsky’s..........
[permaculture] Mediated territoriality: rural workers and the efforts to scale out agroecology in Nicaragua | Peter Rosset - Academia.edu,
Lawrence London, 01/24/2017