The theoretical debates in sociology have highlighted the strengths, but also the limitations of perspectives building on, anthropocentrism, essentialism, or structural determinism. One school of thought that strives to overcome such limitations is relational sociology. The aim of this article is to explore how a process‐relational perspective can offer a new conceptual framework for farm‐level studies in rural sociology. It is an invitation to view the world as a tissue of interactions, of dynamic and often unpredictable processes. By injecting a dose of new materialism and thereby extending agency to nonhumans, the liveliness of nature and technology is also taken into account. Yet, reconceptualising farming in relational terms is not just a theoretical but also a political project: it spurs different imaginations, making other worlds thinkable. This would enable to show ever‐present openings for more socially just and environmentally friendly farming practices.

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从过程关系视角进行耕作：显示开放的变化

社会学上的理论辩论不仅强调了人类中心主义，本质主义或结构决定论的优点，而且强调了观点的局限性。关系社会学是努力克服这种局限性的一种思想流派。本文的目的是探讨过程关系视角如何为农村社会学中的农场一级研究提供新的概念框架。邀请您将世界视为互动，动态且通常不可预测的过程的组织。通过注入新的唯物主义，从而将代理范围扩大到非人类，自然和技术的活泼性也得到了考虑。然而，用关系术语重新概念化农业不仅是理论上的，而且是政治上的项目：它激发了不同的想象力，使其他世界变得可想而知。