Contracercar, producir y resistir. La defensa de los bienes comunes en dos comunidades campesinas (Argentina)

The various manifestations of resistance against the plundering of common goods are the other side of the capitalist enclosures. These expressions of collective actions encompass a broad battery of strategies on the part of rural communities. Many of these manifestations could be interpreted ascounter-enclosure (physical or institutional).In this context, we ask ourselves what are the modalities that assume peasant struggles which set new borders for the control of common goods in Santiago del Estero (NW Argentina).To answer this question, we address two cases: the design of a peasant reserve in Ojo de Agua and the community livestock enclosure of El Hoyo. The origins of both experiences are linked to conflicts over land and the interventions of state agents.The argumentation is structured from the data constructed during the fieldwork that included observation records and conducting in-depth interviews. This allowed toexplore the repertoire of collective action, of readjustment of current legislation and re-functionalization of resources arising from state programs. Likewise, we present evidence of how everyday policies operate around control of the Commons and the tensions that go through these processes.Las diversas manifestaciones de resistencia frente al despojo de bienes comunes son la contracara de los cercamientos capitalistas. Estas expresiones de acciones colectivas abarcan una amplia batería de estrategias por parte de las comunidades rurales. Muchas de estas manifestaciones podrían ser interpretadas como contracercamientos (físicos o institucionales). En este marco, nos preguntamos cuáles son las modalidades que asumen las luchas campesinas que establecen nuevas fronteras para el control de bienes comunes en Santiago del Estero (noroeste de Argentina). Para responder a este interrogante abordamos dos casos: el diseño de una reserva campesina en Ojo de Agua y el encierro ganadero comunitario de El Hoyo. Los orígenes de ambas experiencias están ligados a los conflictos por la tierra y las intervenciones de agentes estatales. La argumentación se estructura a partir de los datos construidos durante el trabajo de campo que incluyó registros de observación y la realización de entrevistas en profundidad. Esto permitió explorar el repertorio de acción colectiva, de readecuación de legislaciones vigentes y re-funcionalización de recursos emanados de programas estatales. Asimismo, presentamos evidencias de cómo operan las políticas cotidianas en torno al control de los bienes comunes y las tensiones que atraviesan a estos procesos. Abstract The various manifestations of resistance against the plundering of common goods are the other side of the capitalist enclosures. These expressions of collective actions encompass a broad battery of strategies on the part of rural communities. Many of these manifestations could be interpreted ascounter-enclosure (physical or institutional).In this context, we ask ourselves what are the modalities that assume peasant struggles which set new borders for the control of common goods in Santiago del Estero (NW Argentina).To answer this question, we address two cases: the design of a peasant reserve in Ojo de Agua and the community livestock enclosure of El Hoyo. The origins of both experiences are linked to conflicts over land and the interventions of state agents.The argumentation is structured from the data constructed during the fieldwork that included observation records and conducting in-depth interviews. This allowed toexplore the repertoire of collective action, of readjustment of current legislation and re-functionalization of resources arising from state programs. Likewise, we present evidence of how everyday policies operate around control of the Commons and the tensions that go through these processes