Food Resistance Movements: Journeying Through Alternative Food Networks

ISBN-13: 9789811957949 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 158 str.

Ferne Edwards

Opis

This book examines food resistance movements as a form of alternative food network, charting the author’s journey as a cultural anthropologist through three food resistance movements.

In Australia, freegans’ consumption of ‘garbage’ in the food waste movement of the early 2000s reveals the extent of food going to waste from commercial sources while people go hungry. In contrast, Venezuela’s food sovereignty movement is part of a national transition from a capitalist to socialist economy, highlighting processes of decentralisation, collectivisation, and government-grassroots’ coalitions. The study of autonomous spaces in Catalonia illuminates how food sharing can enable people to live their politics, as well as the centrality of issues around urban governance, consumption, technology and use of space to food resistance efforts. This engaging volume brings an important and engaging contribution to current discussions around the transition to just and sustainable food systems.

Spis treści

1. Introducing Food Resistance Movements.- 2. Food Waste Activism in Australia.- 3. The Food Sovereignty Movement in Venezuela.- 4. Autonomous Food Spaces in Catalonia.- 5. Reflections on Food System Transitions.- 6. Future Directions for Food Resistance Movements.

O autorze

Ferne Edwards is a cultural anthropologist researching sustainable cities, food systems and social movements. She has conducted research across Australia, Venezuela, Ireland, Spain and Norway. She edited two collections: Food for Degrowth: Perspectives and Practices (with Anitra Nelson, 2021) and Food, Senses and the City (with Roos Gerritsen and Grit Wesser, 2021).

Blurb

This book charts the author’s journey as a cultural anthropologist through food resistance movements over two decades, in Catalonia (Spain), Australia and Venezuela. It brings important lessons from the field to current discussions on transitioning to just and sustainable food systems.

In Australia, freegans’ consumption of ‘garbage’ reveals the extent of food going to waste from commercial sources while people go hungry. In contrast, Venezuela’s food sovereignty movement is part of an attempted national transition from a capitalist to socialist economy, highlighting processes of decentralisation, collectivisation, and government grassroots’ coalitions. The study of autonomous spaces in Catalonia illuminates how food sharing can enable people to live their politics, while highlighting governance, consumption, technology and use of space in food resistance efforts.