theory Marie France Labrecque: Feminism and the Neoconservative State 
8 to November 11 in the abattoir had a seminar with the anthropologist Marie France Labrecque, Université Laval. Labrecque Professor led us, through examples of his great career in anthropology, through different areas of discussion that have prevailed since los1970s until today, and showed us the ways in which these discussions have modified the methodology of research in anthropology, and their own projects. The first day we talked about how the theoretical landscape shaped her feminist outlook los1970s within the currents of Marxist anthropology, structuralism and the economy policy, and then the women and development approaches, gender and development and post-structuralist thought. We talked about his research experiences in Puebla, Yucatan, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico; of his work in Colombia, in Canada, Vietnam and Mali. raised the importance of racial thought, originally conceptualized by Hanna Arendt, to understand both past and contemporary events. He described the role the human zoo of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century have played in the development of the racial thinking.
the second day the teacher told us specifically Labrecque political and academic context in which the anthropological approach was generated on Women and Development "and the manner in which she and her research team applied this approach Yucatan, in the study of UAIM (Agricultural-Industrial Units for Women) and in Colombia, Nariño Department, with the Partnership for Development Campesino. We talked about how the limitations of the approach were raised both during and at the end of the investigation, and how issues were extremely important unanticipated result in such projects.
the third day the doctor told us about his work among Canadian Innuit populations, and how was your experience on violence against women in Ciudad Juarez that led her to investigate violence against women in Aboriginal communities Canada. found a high level of violence against women, both domestic and institutional. The session focused on the definition of femicide, and its possibilities and its limits as a research guide. The concept was the most motivated and questions from the audience, because according to Labrecque MF can not extend much beyond the very issues specific, clearly directly related to the deaths of women, lest they lose their strength can be conceptual and methodological approaches become.
the fourth day the conference focused on interdisciplinary work in a science project agroforestry and agriculture in Mali, which is now in progress, and participating as the only professional anthropologist with biology, agronomy, forestry and veterinary sciences. He told us how far you have to work with groups including polygamous men, besides women, who are part of the professional staff of the Instituto Tecnológico de Koulikoro (doctors in agronomy, forestry and veterinary), and had to convince them that was not there to judge but to teach them how to work with international institutions.
A concept that began to develop from day one and finished explaining the last was the neoconservative state, she thinks which is related to the neoliberal state, but in its contemporary version ultra-conservative, tied to religion and institutionalized monitoring board. This type of state, common to a large number of nations now have, at least at this moment, very popular among its citizens. Research and the definition of what is "important" or not for the academy and institutions must be understood within this current context.
Throughout the conference shone the candor, rigor and personal charm that characterize this distinguished researcher. Anecdódico style of the chair, which theory had been tested in a practical way from the field investigation and its results, and trapped the students and teachers in the audience. The Friday following the talks, master's and undergraduate students talked with her at a restaurant of city. Thank you, Marie France. And thank you very much to the abattoir and Support Program for Visiting Professors, PAFP, for making this seminar possible.
