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Toward a radical food geography praxis: integrating theory, action, and geographic analysis in pursuit of more equitable and sustainable food systems

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Radical geographies scholarship has evolved over the past decades in pursuit of transforming spatial, political-economic, social, and ecological engagements within oppressive structures. Similarly, food systems scholarship demonstrates increasing interest in the scalar, sociopolitical, and ecological dynamics of food systems, often with an applied or action-oriented focus. Building on these connected, yet divergent, traditions of scholarship and action, we propose a radical food geography praxis that is rooted in the intersections of active resistance to structures that (re)produce power inequity and oppression in food systems in specific places and across spaces, and an ongoing process of critical and theoretical reflection about these structures and geographies. The radical food geography praxis we propose consists of three primary and interconnected elements: (1) theoretical engagements with power and structures of oppression both inside and outside the academy; (2) action through academic, social movement, and civil society collaborations; and (3) analysis through a broadly defined geographic lens. Through bringing together radical geographies and food systems scholarship, a radical food geography praxis reveals the interconnectivity between places and movements, relationality between land and people, the flows of people, environmental resources, ideas, and culture, and the diverse approaches to achieving justice-oriented objectives. In order to build more equitable and sustainable food systems, it is essential to engage with these geographic realities in deeply theoretical and action-oriented ways.

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La erudición de las geografías radicales ha evolucionado durante las últimas décadas en la búsqueda de transformar compromisos espaciales, político-económicos, sociales y ecológicos dentro de estructuras opresivas. De manera similar, los estudios sobre sistemas alimentarios demuestran un interés creciente en la dinámica escalar, sociopolítica y ecológica de los sistemas alimentarios, muchas veces con un enfoque aplicado o orientado a la acción. Sobre la base de estas tradiciones conectadas, aunque divergentes, de erudición y acción, proponemos una praxis radical de la geografía alimentaria que tiene sus raíces en las intersecciones de la resistencia activa a las estructuras que (re)producen desigualdad de poder y opresión en los sistemas alimentarios en lugares específicos y a través de espacios, y un proceso continuo de reflexión crítica y teórica sobre estas estructuras y geografías. La praxis radical de la geografía alimentaria que proponemos consta de tres elementos primarios e interconectados: (1) compromisos teóricos con el poder y las estructuras de opresión tanto dentro como fuera de la academia; (2) acción a través de colaboraciones académicas, de movimientos sociales y de la sociedad civil; y (3) análisis a través de una lente geográfica ampliamente definida. Al reunir la erudición sobre geografías radicales y sistemas alimentarios, una praxis de geografía alimentaria radical revela la interconectividad entre lugares y movimientos, la relación entre la tierra y las personas, los flujos de personas, los recursos ambientales, las ideas y la cultura, y los diversos enfoques para lograr los objetivos orientados a la justicia. Para construir sistemas alimentarios más equitativos y sostenibles, es esencial comprometerse con estas realidades geográficas de manera profundamente teórica y orientada a la acción.

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Biographies

Colleen Hammelman is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography & Earth Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is a critical urban geographer with a research and teaching focus on social justice in urban food systems across the Americas. You learn more at https://pages.uncc.edu/colleen-hammelman
Kristin Reynolds is an independent scholar in New York City; lecturer in Food Studies and Environmental Studies at The New School; and lecturer at Yale School of the Environment. As a critical geographer, her work focuses on urban agriculture, global food system social justice, action research, and the politics of knowledge. She is the coordinator of the American Association of Geographers’ Geographies of Food and Agriculture Specialty Group’s Food Justice Scholar-Activist/Activist Scholar community of practice (FJSAAS). You can reach her at [email protected], www.foodscholarshipjustice.org, or Twitter @cultivatejust.
Charles Z. Levkoe is the canada research chair in Sustainable Food Systems, the director of the Sustainable Food Systems Lab and an associate professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Lakehead University. His community engaged research uses a food systems lens to better understand the importance of, and connections between social justice, ecological regeneration, regional economies and active democratic engagement. You can learn more about his scholarship at https://foodsystems.lakeheadu.ca/