In the context of deepening national concern about the future of farming in India, professionals in Bengaluru's (Bangalore's) booming information technology and related industries are purchasing agricultural land at the edges of the city and farming in their free time. These “techie farmers” invest their money and time in cultivation either (1) to generate idealized agrarian traditions and aesthetics or (2) to prove that with the right approach, agriculture can be economically and ecologically viable. Techie farmers’ weekends spent on the farm are a form of what I call “productive leisure”: the act of engaging in leisure activities that are positioned as productive alternatives to other forms of work and play. Yet techie farmers’ experiments in cultivating self and society remain anchored in and further entrench the inequalities that make agriculture a precarious livelihood strategy for some and a productive leisure activity for others.

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农场的生产性休闲

在全国对印度农业未来担忧日益加深的背景下，班加罗尔（Bangalore）蓬勃发展的信息技术及相关产业的专业人士纷纷在城市边缘购买农田，利用闲暇时间务农。这些“技术农民”将金钱和时间投入耕种，要么（1）创造理想化的农业传统和美学，要么（2）证明只要采取正确的方法，农业在经济和生态上都是可行的。技术农民在农场度过的周末是我所说的“生产性休闲”的一种形式：参与休闲活动的行为，这些活动被定位为其他形式的工作和娱乐的生产性替代品。然而，技术农民在自我修养和社会发展方面的实验仍然植根于不平等，并进一步加剧了不平等，这种不平等使农业成为一些人不稳定的生计策略，而另一些人则成为一种富有成效的休闲活动。