Territory and agrarian geography: Approaches and perspectives

Abstract

The concept of territory currently has more and more centrality in the field of Geography, however, as Saquet (2020) asserts, this centrality was only possible from the movement of re-elaboration of geographical thinking that occurred at the international level from the 1950s/1960s/1970s. Specifically in the field of agrarian studies, initially, with the advent of Critical Geography and more recently with cultural studies, the territory has been an important element for many researchers who focus on different themes of Agrarian Geography. In this context, the research methodology is based on content analysis, according to Bardin (2022), in the analysis of works by Geography authors who have turned their attention to the study of territory, notably in the field of agrarian studies. From the perspective of the research results, we highlight the presence of a wide diversity of conceptions and theoretical approaches to the concept of territory from the perspective of numerous authors, a fact that evidences the diversity of geographical theories that have influenced the discussion around the concept of territory in the field of agrarian studies, notably reflections linked to the perspective of critical agrarian geography and cultural studies.