Our Publications

This list includes publications of members of People’s Knowledge that demonstrate or analyze research that is located in the tradition of participatory, transformative and transdisciplinary methodologies. This list is only partial and we are currently in the process of gathering these resources.

2020

Maughan, C., Anderson, C., & Kneafsey, M. (2020). A Five-Point Framework for Reading for Social Justice: A Case Study of Food Policy Discourse in the Context of Brexit Britain. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 9(3), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2020.093.024

Anderson, C.R. 2020. Confronting the Institutional, Interpersonal and Internalized Challenges of Performing Critical Public Scholarship in the Elite Academy. ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geography 19: 270-302. 

2019

Duncan, J., P. Claeys, M.G. Rivera-Ferre, E. Oteros-Rozas, B. Van Dyck, C. Plank and A.A. Desmarais 2019. Scholar-Activists in an Expanding European Food Sovereignty Movement. The Journal of Peasant Studies: 1-26.

Levkoe, C. Z., Brem-Wilson, J. & Anderson, C. R. (2019). People, power, change: three pillars of a food sovereignty research praxis. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 1-24.

Anderson, C.R., Binimelis, R., Pimbert, M.P., & Rivera-Ferre, M. G. (2019). Introduction to the symposium on critical adult education in food movements: learning for transformation in and beyond food movements—the why, where, how and the what next? Agriculture and Human Values, 36(3), 521-529.

Anderson, C.R., Maughan, C. and M. Pimbert (2019) Transformative Agroecology Learning in Europe: Building Consciousness, Skills and Collective Capacity for Food Sovereignty. Journal of Agriculture and Human Values, Open Access.

 

2018

Anderson, C., Maughan, C. Bernhart, A., Friso, J., Thomas, K. (2018). Farm Hack. Agroecology Learning for Transformation – Pedagogies, Tools and Dynamics Series. European Agroecology Knowledge Exchange Network. Available at: www.eurovia.org.

Bruil, J., Anderson, C.R., Bernhard, A., Quiroz D. and Pimbert, M. (forthcoming November 2018). Strengthening agroecology through FAO. Reclaiming Diversity and Citizenship Series. Coventry: Coventry University.

Maughan, C., Anderson, C., Bernhart, A., Friso, J., Thomas, K. (2018). Learning as a Social Movement Strategy. Agroecology Learning for Transformation – Pedagogies, Tools and Dynamics Series. European Agroecology Knowledge Exchange Network. Available at: www.eurovia.org.

Pimbert, M.P. (2018) Democratising food and agricultural researchIn: Food Ethics Council. ‘For whom? Questioning the food and farming research agenda’.
Wakeford, T. and Sanchez Rodriquez, J. (2018).Participatory action research: towards a more fruitful knowledge’ in Facer, K. and Dunleavy, K. (eds.) Connected Communities Foundation Series. Bristol: University of Bristol/AHRC Connected Communities Programme.

2017

Pimbert, M.P. (2017) Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Biocultural Diversity. Constructing and contesting knowledge. Routledge, London.

People’s Knowledge Editorial Collective (Eds). (2017). Everyday Experts: How people’s knowledge can transform the food system. Reclaiming Diversity and Citizenship Series. Coventry: Coventry University.

Chapters from active members of People’s Knowledge collective:

Anderson, C.R., Silivay. J. and K. Lobe. (2017). Community organisations for food systems change: reflecting on food movement dynamics in Manitoba

Brem-Wilson, J. and P. Nicholson. (2017). La Vía Campesina and academia: a snapshot.

Chang, M. (2017). Connecting the dots and closing the loops: a living lab for living well.

Wakeford, T. Participatory workers: from tyrants to critical thinkers.

Buchanan, C. Logan, R. and M. Chang. (2017). Women defending their territory and natural resources in Peru: Women of Celendin Fighting to Protect Pachamama.

Pimbert, M. Satheesh, P., Argumedo, A. and T. Farvar (2017). Participatory action research transforming local food systems in India, Iran and Peru.

Sanchez Rodriguez, J. and Pastora de la P. Cataño, M. (2017). CAIS Maloka: Researching our Campesino reality through critical reflection, participation, action and learning.

Salas, M. and T. Tillmann. (2017). Recovering Andean food wisdom: participatory methods and food sovereignty in the Peruvian Andes.

Romero, G. (2017). Women defending their territory and natural resources in Peru: Women of Celendin Fighting to Protect Pachamama.

Anderson, C.R., Maughan, C. Vizy, M., and R. Dunn, Pimbert, M. 2017. Agroecology Learning and Training for Solidarity. Poster presented at Nyeleni Europe Forum for Food Sovereignty.

Anderson, C.R., Pimbert, M. and A. Bernhart. 2017. Democratising Agriculture and Food Research for Agroecology and Food Sovereignty. Poster presented at Nyeleni Europe Forum for Food Sovereignty. October 26, 2017.

Anderson, C., Maughan, C. Vizy, M. (2017). Developing a European Agroecology Learning and Training Network. Research brief. Available in French, English and Spanish. Produced by the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience and the European Coordination of Via Campesina.

2016

People’s Knowledge and Participatory Action Research: Escaping the White Walled Labyrinth (PDF 3.6MB)

Ramdas, S. Life cycles: Climate change seen through indigenous worldviews. (2016). Farming Matters. 32 (1), 22-25.

Wakeford, T., Anderson, C., Charanya, R. and M. Pimbert. (2016). Strengthening People’s Knowledge. Farming Matters. 32 (1), 40-42.

Anderson, C. R., & McLachlan, S. M. (2016). Transformative research as knowledge mobilization: Transmedia, bridges, and layers. Action Research, 14(3), 295-317. Available here.

Yap, C. (2016). “Garden Inside: Communication, Representation and Transformation in Seville’s Urban Gardens.” Canadian Food Studies / La Revue Canadienne Des éTudes Sur L’alimentation.

 

2015

Certomà, C. and Pimbert, M.P. (2015) Crowdsourcing and action research. Fostering peoples participation in research through digital media. The SAGE Handbook of Action Research. Bradbury, H. (ed.). Sage, Vol. 3rd edition.

Anderson, C.R., Pimbert, M. and C. Kiss. (2015). Agroecology as Practice, Movement and Vision.

Anderson, C.R., Pimbert, M. and C. Kiss (2015). Building, Defending and Strengthening Agroecology: Global Struggles for Food Sovereignty. Farming Matters special in-set

Tornaghi, C. & Van Dyck, B. (2015) ‘Research-informed gardening activism: steering the public food and land agenda’Local Environment, 20 (10), 1247-1264.

Wakeford, T., Pimbert, M., and Walcon, E. (2015) Re-fashioning citizens’ juries: participatory democracy in action. In Handbook of Action Research (3rd Edn.) (pp: 229-245) . Ed. by Bradbury, H. New York: Sage

 

2014

Brem-Wilson, J. (2014). From ‘Here’ to ‘There’: Social Movements, the Academy and Solidarity Research. Socialist Studies / Études socialistes, 10(1)

Levidow, Les, Michel Pimbert, and Gaetan Vanloqueren. (2014). Agroecological Research: Conforming—or Transforming the Dominant Agro-Food Regime?. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 38.10: 1127-1155.

Anderson, C. R., McLachlan, S. M., McDonald, W., & Gardiner, J. (2014). Navigating the fault lines in civic food networks. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, 4(3), 79–99.