| Résumé: | The study of contemporary ruralities tends to be accompanied by the image of the peasantry on the verge of disappearing. To counteract this trend, I seek to analyze the current panorama as the transition between a ‘disordered’ past and a ‘disordered’ present, challenging the inclination to regard peasants as the opposite of capital and the state. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in towns in southeastern Chiapas, I also show what the Sembrando Vida program contributes to rural experiences. Using a procedural perspective, I reflect on the classic questions in rural studies: Who are peasants? Are we witnessing the end of the peasantry in the agrarian capitalism of the 21st century?
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