Psychology in rural contexts: pluralistic approaches from la Rural Latin american Psychology

Abstract

Hacia una psicología rural latinoamericana, organized by Fernando Landini and published in 2015 by the Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales has been confirmed as a reference work for this movement that we are experiencing in which rural contexts have increasingly received studies and interventions by of Psychology as science and profession. The book is the result of conferences and symposia that comprised the program of the 1st Latin American Congress of Rural Psychology, organized by the University of Cuenca del Plata, Argentina in 2013. The purpose of the publication is to open a critical discussion about the specifics, problems and main areas of interest in rural psychology. (Landini, 2015, p. 12). The publication thus minimizes a “huge gap in the participation of Psychology in these discussions, especially with regard to ruralities, modes of subjectification, psychosocial and identity processes in the context of rural contexts”. (Leite & Dimenstein, 2013, p. 19).