This workshop (slides available below) discussed how People’s Knowledge is mobilised in social and political processes of social change. Colin Anderson shared examples of how different knowledge processes and systems are employed in and beyond formal institutions (e.g. universities) in the pursuit of a more just and sustainable food system. He discussed the rationale for and principles of participatory, activist and action research and learning using case studies from the food justice and food sovereignty movements in different parts of the world. The slides below may be of interest and provide links (also at the bottom of this post) to many excellent case studies, initiatives and pieces of writing.
Thanks to the International Studies and Food Studies program at the University of Oregon for hosting.
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/758953667807856/
Email to follow up: colinrayanderson@gmail.com or colin.anderson@coventry.ac.uk
Works Mentioned
- Multiple chapters in: 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. Available at: www.coventry.ac.uk/everyday-experts
- http://www.agroecologynow.com/publications/special-issue-on-adult-education-in-food-movements/
- Anderson, C.R., Pimbert, M. and C. Kiss (2015). Building, Defending and Strengthening Agroecology: Global Struggles for Food Sovereignty. Farming Mattersspecial in-set available online at: http://www.agroecologynow.com/publications/
- Anderson, C.R., Pimbert, M. and C. Kiss. (2015)Agroecology as Practice, Movement and Vision. Available on-line at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Km9Kv5UylU&feature=youtu.be
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Anderson, C.R. (Accepted).Coloring Outside of the Lines: Becoming a Public Scholar in the Professional Academy. Antipode. - 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.
- Levkoe, C. Z., Brem-Wilson, J. & Anderson, C. R. 2018. People, power, change: three pillars of a food sovereignty research praxis. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 1-24. Open Access.
- Anderson, C.R. (2017). Politicising Urban Agriculture: Making the Links to Agroecology and Food Sovereignty. Urban Agriculture Magazine. RUAF.
- Anderson, C.R., Kiss, C. and M. Pimbert. Five videos produced on Democractising Agriculture Research in Europe. (2017) Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD-KZosfKTs&list=PLvjHiw2S9PdXAqu1kyCQDpJQTNBUqH0f0
- Anderson, C.R., Pimbert, M. and C. Kiss. (2015)Agroecology as Practice, Movement and Vision. Available on-line at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Km9Kv5UylU&feature=youtu.be
- Butterly, D., Fitzpatrick, I., Rodker, O, Laughton, R., Anderson, C.R., Chow, H., Simpson, L. and A. Goldring(2017). A People’s Food Policy. https://www.peoplesfoodpolicy.org.
- 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.