Organising Food Access: Community Food, Governance and Place
Sponsored by The Food Geographies Working Group
Dr Mags Adams - [log in to unmask]
Dr Rebecca Sandover – [log in to unmask]
Abstract
The increase of community food projects based
in the UK and globally affords the opportunity for academics to explore the
emergent governance of these projects. Whilst ad hoc place-based groups emerge
in specific locales, the spread of formalised community food focused projects
with national and global reach also impact localised communities. These
differing spheres of operation may affect the potential of these projects to impact
policy and praxis and their potential to disseminate food knowledge. Therefore
this session seeks to explore the role of community food projects as catalysts
in generating food knowledge and in shaping ‘access to food’ governance. In
what way do the differing levels of formalised structures and reach change how community
food projects operate? We welcome perspectives that-
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Critically examine community
food projects as actants for enabling food justice
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How the governance of local
food projects affect their engagements with local communities and shaping
policy
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Examine the tensions between
food knowledge diffusion and the differing modes of organisation of community
food projects
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Critically examine the role
of place itself as a melting pot of opportunities for access to food and
generating food knowledge
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Question the extent to which
community food projects transcend place boundaries to generate wider impacts
and cross the seeming gulf of urban vs rural food research
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Examine the modes by which
academics research community food projects and the role of the
practitioner-researcher
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Explore community food
projects and web 2.0: the role of online spaces in assisting the spread of food
projects
Format: We propose a paper session consisting
of 4 x 20 minute papers including questions. This provides space for time at
the end for 20 minutes of discussion.
Proposals for papers, with a title, a short
abstract of 250 words and your full contact details, should be sent to one of
the co-organisers by Monday 15th February - Dr Mags Adams - [log in to unmask] Dr Rebecca Sandover – [log in to unmask]