scholarly journals Widening the Circle: Racialized Immigrants in Toronto's Alternative Food Movement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilda Nouri-Sabzikar
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Food Justice ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Alternative Food Movement ◽  
Visible Minorities ◽  
Critical Whiteness ◽  
Whiteness Theory ◽  
Critical Whiteness Theory ◽  
Food Movement

Toronto is a growing site for the alternative food movement with plenty of innovative projects. While the alternative food movement may emphasize the participation of diverse members and communities some observers have noticed the underrepresentation of immigrants and visible minorities within the movement. As Toronto increasingly acts as an immigration hub, it becomes critical to create room for diverse and marginalized voices in food spaces. This major research paper will reflect findings from interviews with five food leaders in Toronto involved in food justice and food security initiatives while using critical whiteness theory and critical race theory to deconstruct the complexities which surround the needs and visions of immigrants and visible minorities. Findings reveal that when the voices of immigrants and visible minorities are recognized in the food movement, there is work to be done in improving accessibility, inclusivity and collaboration of the movement.

scholarly journals Widening the Circle: Racialized Immigrants in Toronto's Alternative Food Movement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilda Nouri-Sabzikar
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Food Justice ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Alternative Food Movement ◽  
Visible Minorities ◽  
Critical Whiteness ◽  
Whiteness Theory ◽  
Critical Whiteness Theory ◽  
Food Movement

Toronto is a growing site for the alternative food movement with plenty of innovative projects. While the alternative food movement may emphasize the participation of diverse members and communities some observers have noticed the underrepresentation of immigrants and visible minorities within the movement. As Toronto increasingly acts as an immigration hub, it becomes critical to create room for diverse and marginalized voices in food spaces. This major research paper will reflect findings from interviews with five food leaders in Toronto involved in food justice and food security initiatives while using critical whiteness theory and critical race theory to deconstruct the complexities which surround the needs and visions of immigrants and visible minorities. Findings reveal that when the voices of immigrants and visible minorities are recognized in the food movement, there is work to be done in improving accessibility, inclusivity and collaboration of the movement.

Food Movements Oscillating Between Autonomy and Co-Production of Public Policies in the City of Madrid

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Simon-Rojo ◽  
Inés Morales Bernardos ◽  
Jon Sanz Landaluze
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Alternative Food Movement ◽  
The City ◽  
Food Movement

In the aftermath of the economic crisis in the city of Madrid, food geography transformed. The urban unemployed began to engage in agriculture in periurban areas, creating new alliances between producers and consumers. Over a period of 15 years the alternative food movement organized on the fringe gave way to agroecological civic platforms that are highly assertive, and a dialogue with political institutions has opened. A key moment in the advance of this proactive attitude came about in the municipal elections of May 2015. Activists ascended to positions of political power and the backdrop of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, created an opportunity for the food movement to move from protest to program, and public policies permeated by agroecological principles.

scholarly journals From Reflexivity to Collaboration

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-97
Author(s):  
Carol Silverman
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Critical Whiteness ◽  
Whiteness Theory ◽  
Historical Trajectory ◽  
Self Examination ◽  
Critical Whiteness Theory ◽  
Use Of Knowledge

Recently scholars have begun to investigate who produces knowledge about Roma and with what agendas. I extend this inquiry to ask how reflexivity by a non-Romani ally and researcher contributes to analyzing the production and use of knowledge in Romani Studies. I examine various roles I have inhabited and forms of scholarship I have produced, both successful and unsuccessful, during my long involvement in Romani studies to reveal how and why I represented Roma, and what uses this scholarship served. Calling for a “reflexive turn” in Romani Studies, I note that while self-examination of knowledge production is useful for all researchers, for nonRoma it is mandatory because historically non-Roma have held more authority. Embracing “critical whiteness” theory, I examine my privileged roles and my attempts at collaborative advocacy. Tracing a historical trajectory of shifting subjectivities, I narrate several crises, such as balancing essentialism with advocacy, respectfully presenting Romani music, and combining diplomacy with activism to illustrate dilemmas of representation that I have faced and the responses I crafted. These issues all underline the responsibility that non-Romani allies have in accounting for their words and actions.

Farmworker-Led Food Movements Then and Now

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern
Keyword(s):  
Food System ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Food Movements ◽  
Alternative Food Movement ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Coalition Of Immokalee Workers ◽  
Food Movement

Based on ethnographic fieldwork with farmworkers and farmworker advocates in California and Florida, this chapter explores the progress made by farmworker-led, consumer-supported movements for farmworker justice. It argues for the need to break down divides between producer and consumer, rural and urban, and individual and community based approaches to changing the food system. It contends that farmworker-led consumer-based campaigns and solidarity movements, such as the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ (CIW) current Campaign for Fair Food, and The United Farmworkers’ historical grape boycotts, successfully work to challenge agrarian imaginaries, drawing consumers into movement-based actions. This research illustrates the possibilities for alternative food movement advocates and coalitions to build upon farmworker-led campaigns and embrace workers as leaders.

Educating Australian social workers in the post-Apology era: The potential offered by a ‘Whiteness’ lens

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Young ◽  
Joanna Zubrzycki
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
The Social ◽  
Critical Whiteness ◽  
Whiteness Theory ◽  
Critical Whiteness Theory ◽  
Research Studies

• Summary: The Australian Prime Minister’s 2008 historic Apology to the Stolen Generations gives Australian social work an opportunity to confront its past complicity in Australian Indigenous disadvantage and embrace the development of Indigenous social work as central for practice. Critical Whiteness1 theory in social work curricula could assist the development of Indigenous social work as a core approach by challenging the ongoing and largely un-reflexive practices emanating from social work’s Euro-centric heritage with its often taken-for-granted knowledges and principles which negatively affect Indigenous peoples. • Findings: Recent professional and theoretical attention on critical Whiteness highlights race privilege, questions the invisibility and continuing invisibilization of race, critiques previously taken-for-granted Western knowledges and practices, and facilitates the development of countering practice approaches. Research studies reveal some practitioners to be aware of the need for different practices as well as some who practice differently without realizing they are using critical Whiteness principles. • Application: Critical Whiteness theory in the social work curriculum offers a strong conceptual and practical opportunity for students and practitioners to become more racially cognizant in their work with Indigenous people, allowing this work to be more effective in the profession’s social justice mission as well as decreasing some of the extant colonizing practices.

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