RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements (host committee)
Language: English
Session Type: Oral
How are we going to feed the world? This question is the subject of heated debates, with different interests competing to shape the agrarian present and futures. Social mobilisation for food justice targets the issue of access to food and arises out of various conflicts related to how and what kind of food is produced, distributed and consumed. Consequently, food movements have increasingly gained public interest. They provide alternative ways on how to navigate the politics of the current system. The research group “Food for Justice: Power, Politics, and Food Inequalities in a Bioeconomy” looks into social mobilisation targeted at injustices in the food system. Combining theoretical perspectives on intersectional and global inequalities with social movement research on food justice, the project aims to analyze challenges and solutions both in Europe (with focus on Germany) and in Latin America (focusing on Brazil). In this session, we will present findings from our collaborative research (surveys, documents, participant observations and interviews). We will address a variety of questions such as: What are the main justice claims against inequalities in the food system that mobilize people in different world regions? What were impacts of the corona crisis on food systems and food justice? How are food, climate and gender justice intertwined? What are similarities and differences between Brazil and Germany?
