RECONFIGURING AGRI-FOOD ASSEMBLAGES THROUGH ‘SUPER VINES’ : KNOWLEDGE, TECHNOLOGIES, AND VITICULTURAL ADAPTATION IN CHILE AND BELGIUM

Helene Dodion

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DOI

10.29327/9786527226680.1441972

Título do Trabalho

RECONFIGURING AGRI-FOOD ASSEMBLAGES THROUGH ‘SUPER VINES’ : KNOWLEDGE, TECHNOLOGIES, AND VITICULTURAL ADAPTATION IN CHILE AND BELGIUM

Autores

Helene Dodion

Modalidade

IRSA - Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (01/10/2025 a 20/01/2026)

Área temática

Sessão Especial

Data de Publicação

06/08/2026

País da Publicação

Brasil

Idioma da Publicação

pt-BR

Página do Trabalho

https://www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1441972-reconfiguring-agri-food-assemblages-through-super-vines-knowledge-technologies-and-viticultural-adaptation

ISBN

978-65-272-2668-0

Palavras-Chave

STS, Climate risk and adaptation, Hybrid agri-food object, Interspecific grapevines, Traditional grape varieties

Resumo

Contemporary viticulture is increasingly confronted with multiple and interrelated challenges, including climatic unpredictability, frost, drought, wildfires, and the proliferation of pests and pathogens. These difficulties are intensified by climate change and have prompted the search for adaptive solutions that are often framed as technical responses to environmental risks. Drawing on Science and Technology Studies (STS), this paper examines how new forms of knowledge and plant technologies participate in the reconfiguration of agri-food assemblages through the transformation of vineyards and grape varieties. Based on ethnographic research and semi-structured interviews conducted in two contrasting wine-producing regions—Wallonia (Belgium) and Quilpué (Chile)—the study analyzes the emergence of what winegrowers describe as “super vines”: grapevines endowed with enhanced resistance, vigor, and adaptability. Although both regions are historically dominated by French grape varieties that are poorly suited to current ecological conditions, they conceptualize and enact “super vines” in markedly different ways. In Chile, adaptation relies on the revaluation of ancient and locally embedded grape varieties (such as País, Moscatel de Alejandría…), mobilizing long-standing practices and memories. In Wallonia, by contrast, innovation is oriented toward interspecific grape varieties ( such as Solaris, Johanniter…) produced through botanical crossings, emphasizing technoscientific breeding and experimentation. To interpret these divergent trajectories, the paper mobilizes Anna Tsing’s concepts of “contamination” and “transformative mutualism” (2015), highlighting how heterogeneous forms of knowledge, plants, and environments co-evolve in uncertain conditions. The analysis shows that these “super vines” not only reshape taste or vineyards but also challenge wine markets, quality regimes, and certification systems (e.g., appellations and labels). Ultimately, the paper questions how such hybrid agri-food objects reconfigure standards, value, and legitimacy in contemporary wine economies under socio-ecological crisis.

Título do Evento: 16th World Congress of Rural Sociology and 64th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Rural Economics, Management and Sociology
Cidade do Evento: Porto Alegre
Título dos Anais do Evento: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA)
Nome da Editora: Even3
Meio de Divulgação: Meio Digital
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DODION, Helene. RECONFIGURING AGRI-FOOD ASSEMBLAGES THROUGH ‘SUPER VINES’ : KNOWLEDGE, TECHNOLOGIES, AND VITICULTURAL ADAPTATION IN CHILE AND BELGIUM.. In: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA). Anais...Porto Alegre(RS) UFRGS, 2026. Disponível em: https//www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1441972-RECONFIGURING-AGRI-FOOD-ASSEMBLAGES-THROUGH-SUPER-VINES-KNOWLEDGE-TECHNOLOGIES-AND-VITICULTURAL-ADAPTATION. Acesso em: 22/09/2026