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Abstract
The main goal of this paper is to produce a critical analysis regarding the conception
of multiple activities in the Portuguese rural society. This work questions the classic vision of
the country that delineates a rigid territorial and sociological divisions (for instance, the
distinction between Northern and the Southern region) from which it tends to characterize
different types of agriculture. Considering this conception, the paper proposes a different
perspective that is capable to integrate differences and resemblances, between some of the social
and the economic aspects that have redefined the family organization and their work activities.