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PhD candidate

Tel +64 3 479 5327
Email herpa358@student.otago.ac.nz

Paula Herrera imagePaula is a PhD student at the Centre for Sustainability.  She is part of the Sociology program. Her main focus is on ecological agriculture, alternative ways of farming and the connection between farmers and non-human actors.  Paula was born in the south of Chile and holds a Sociology degree and a Master's in Human Development at a local and regional scale.

Research

Beyond boundaries: property, sustainability, and small farms

Paula's research studies how property boundaries are developed in today's agriculture that seeks to be more ecological and how non-human actors affect the definition of these limits in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Paula's research interests include:

  • Alternative agriculture
  • Territory, property and boundaries
  • Intercultural research
  • Critical theory

Supervisors

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