Paper short abstract:

This paper focus on the relationships between imaginaries rural / urban in Galicia and the social construction of a new naturalist and culturalist images and ideologies of rural territories of Galicia. We want to discuss the role of Galician Nationalism and other ideologies in the new rural identifications.

Paper long abstract:

In Spain, in the 1950s lived in towns of less than 2000 inhabitants some 11 million people, today less than 7. Today, in spite of Peri-urbanization and rurbanization processes, only 24% of the Spanish population (45.989.016 inhabitants) lives in localities considered "rural".

The so-called traditionally rural spaces are redefining globally and in particular on the Iberian Peninsula (Roseman, 2008; Silva, 2009). The so-called neorural and rurban people have assumed a leading role in reconstruction, look and meaning of "old" rural and have entered into a process of dialogue with other actors and institutions. The truth is that we are witnessing a series of social, economic, political and cultural transformations of the senses of "rural" where it is necessary to rethink the theoretical and methodological framework.

In the first part of our paper we are going to present the social sciences ways of thinking rural-urban relationship, and in the second we want to discuss: a) the role of Galician Nationalist Ideologies in the construction of new ruralities and rurban identities; b) the mechanisms, processes, actors and stakeholders involved in the formation of the new Galician ruralities and cultural landscapes.

Bibliography cited:

-Roseman, Sharon (2008: O rexurdimento dunha base rural no concello de Zas: O Santiaguiño de Carreira. A Coruña: Baía Edicións.

-Silva, Luís (2009): Casas no Campo. Etnografia do Turismo Rural em Portugal, Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais.