Purpose

By examining a case study in Tyrol, Austria, the paper aims to demonstrate the role of farm diversification and the influence of the peasants’ habitus on social-ecological resilience.

Design/methodology/approach

Drawing on a field study conducted in two remote villages of the Ötztal valley, Austrian Alps, this study provides insights into the interplay of tourism and farming and its impact on farm resilience. Qualitative narrative interviews, the so-called farm biographies, served to investigate these issues. Interpretations of data are based on qualitative content analysis.

Findings

The results highlight that farming and tourism are highly enmeshed in the case study area and that the additional income creates room for manoeuvre for the farms to activate their adaptive capability. At the same time, peasant values guide the farming activities. The farms in this study demonstrate a strong farm resilience that is enabled by farm diversification and rooted in their peasant habitus. This positively affects the social-ecological resilience.

Originality/value

In contrast to other studies, which have mainly applied the concepts of social or community resilience to investigate the resilience and vulnerability of rural areas, this study highlights the resilience of farms in mountain areas.

中文翻译：

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农场多样化和农民习惯对山区农场恢复力的作用：以奥地利奥茨塔尔河谷为例

目的

通过研究奥地利蒂罗尔的案例研究，本文旨在证明农场多样化的作用以及农民习惯对社会生态复原力的影响。

设计/方法/方法

本研究借鉴了在奥地利阿尔卑斯山 Ötztal 山谷的两个偏远村庄进行的实地研究，深入了解了旅游业与农业的相互作用及其对农场复原力的影响。定性叙事访谈，即所谓的农场传记，有助于调查这些问题。数据的解释基于定性内容分析。

发现

结果突出表明，农业和旅游业在案例研究区域中高度融合，额外收入为农场激活其适应能力创造了回旋余地。同时，农民价值观引导着农业活动。本研究中的农场表现出强大的农场弹性，这是由农场多样化和植根于他们的农民习惯所促成的。这对社会生态复原力产生积极影响。

原创性/价值

与其他主要应用社会或社区复原力概念来调查农村地区复原力和脆弱性的研究相比，本研究强调了山区农场的复原力。