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Cross-Cultural Perceptions and Discourses Between Rural and Urban in Galicia

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This chapter focuses on the relationships between rural-urban imaginaries and the social construction of new naturalist and culturalist images and ideologies of the rural in Galicia, as well as on the role of Galician nationalism in the new rural identifications. The so-called traditionally rural spaces are being redefined, globally and on the Iberian Peninsula in particular. The so-called neo-rural and ‘rurban’ people have assumed a leading role in the reconstruction, look/appearance and meaning of the ‘old’ rural and have entered into a dialogue with other actors and institutions. One of the main conclusions of the chapter is that the urban-rural dichotomy has disappeared from the physical world but still exists in collective imaginaries. The Galician case also demonstrates the existence of many rural spaces in the world and of different relationships with the urban medium.

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  1. 1.

    In the case of Xerardo Pereiro, this work is the result of a Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology sabbatical grant (SFRH/BSAB/1186/2011) developed at the University of Santiago de Compostela’s Department of Philosophy and Social Anthropology from January to July 2012. In the case of Santiago Prado, this work is part of his research for CETRAD, a research centre funded by the Portuguese Government through the FCT, within the framework of the Pest-OE/SADG/UI4011/2011 project.

  2. 2.

    See http://www.neorural.com/ ; www.cdrtcampos.es/plataforma_rural/ and www.abrazalatierra.com

  3. 3.

    See Professor Dr. José Graziano da Silva’s ‘rurbano’ project (Instituto de Economia – UNICAMP): www.eco.unicamp.br/projectos/rurban21.htm

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We are grateful to Óscar Iglesias for help with the translation of this text. We thank, in particular, Sharon Roseman for her critical reading of a previous version. We are thankful to Luís Silva for his work with the edition of the text and advices.

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    Xerardo Pereiro

  2. Department of Psycho-socio-educational Analysis and Intervention, Social Anthropology Area, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

    Santiago Prado

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Pereiro, X., Prado, S. (2013). Cross-Cultural Perceptions and Discourses Between Rural and Urban in Galicia. In: Silva, L., Figueiredo, E. (eds) Shaping Rural Areas in Europe. GeoJournal Library, vol 107. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6796-6_15

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