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Transnational Communities En La Lucha: Campesinas and Grassroots Organizations "Globalizing From Below"

Existing debates surrounding the effects of globalization on historically disenfranchised peoples, such as rural communities, have traditionally ignored grassroots organizations efforts to "globalize from below." Expanding on Appadurai's (2000) notion of globalization from below, this article examines the knowledge creation and social action of rural Mexican women (campesinas), who affected by the transnational migration of loved ones, are actively involved with a grassroots organization. From a 3-year ethnographic study, I argue it was the organization's establishment of community groups-where knowledge and consciousness-raising reflections were shared-that helped alter the negative effects of globalization. As a result, campesinas began to initiate their own community projects and take on leadership roles.