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Join The Food Studies Program at The New School for presentations and participatory discussion of the new book “Radical Food Geographies: Power, Knowledge and Resistance” (2024 Bristol University Press)! This collection, co-edited by Colleen Hammelman, Charles Z. Levkoe, and (Food Studies Program Chair) Kristin Reynolds, presents critical and action-oriented approaches to addressing food systems inequities across places, spaces, and scales from around the world.
The praxis of “radical food geographies” connects three intersecting elements: 1) theoretical engagement 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. With case studies from Indigenous territories, Palestine, India, South Africa, Chile, and the Guatemala/Honduras highlands, as well as the United States and Canada, Radical Food Geographies explores interconnections between power structures and the social and ecological dynamics that bring food from the land and water to our plates. Through themes of scale, spatial imaginaries, and human and more-than-human relationships, the authors explore ongoing efforts to co-construct more equitable and sustainable food systems for all. Advancing a radical food geographies praxis, the book reveals multiple forms of resistance and resurgence, and offers examples of co-creating food systems transformation through scholarship, action, and geography.
In this hybrid (in-person and online) event, the co-editors will introduce the book and the collective process that led to its publication, followed by short presentations by several book chapter authors and audience discussion. A reception will follow (for in-person attendees).
Presented by the Food Studies Program & Food and Social Justice Action Research (FJAR) Lab at the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students at the Schools of Public Engagement. Co-sponsored by the Food Studies Program, Food and Social Justice Action Research (FJAR) Lab, SexTech Lab, and the Gender and Sexualities Studies Institute at The New School, Lakehead University and the Sustainable Food Systems Lab, and the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Geographical Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the Charlotte Action Research Project The Global Studies Program at the New School, the Environmental Studies Program at The New School, the Urban Studies Program at The New School
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Colleen Hammelman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Geographical Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is also the Director of the Charlotte Action Research Project (CHARP). Her community-engaged research and teaching focus on social justice concerns, particularly among migrant communities, in urban food systems across the Americas. She is also author of Growing Greener Cities: A Political Ecology Analysis of Urban Agriculture in the Americas.
Charles Levkoe is the Canada Research Chair in Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems, a Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada, and Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Lakehead University. His 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.
Kristin Reynolds is Associate Professor and Chair of Food Studies and Director of the Food and Social Justice Action Research Lab at The New School in New York City. She is also an Associated Researcher at the European School of Political and Economic Sciences in Lille, France, and Affiliated Faculty at Yale Center for Environmental Justice. Her scholarship and activism center on racial and economic equity in the global food system using critical participatory/action research approaches. She is also co-author of Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City.
Francisco García González holds a BSc in Business Administration from Universidad de Chile and an MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development from University College London. He is currently a PhD student in Development Planning at UCL, focusing on urban food sovereignty and the role of food movements such as ollas comunes in Chile. He also works as a consultant for UN-FAO.
Roseann (Rosie) Kerr is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Sustainable Food Systems Lab at Lakehead University with a PhD in Education from Queen’s University. She is working with Plenty Canada supporting a project to gather Indigenous perspectives and approaches to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. She focuses her research on the role of peer-to-peer learning in building food sovereignty and community self-sufficiency in Mexico and Canada.
Dr. Brittany D. Jones is a dedicated “Scholactivist” who merges academic excellence with community activism. She currently serves as a Toledo City Councilmember, where she plays a pivotal role in legislative development, community events, and budget oversight. With a Ph.D. in Spatially Integrated Social Sciences from the University of Toledo, Dr. Jones focuses her research on Black food geographies, urban agriculture, and community development. Her professional experience spans roles such as Survey & Evaluation Analyst at United Way of Greater Toledo and instructor at the University of Toledo. Dr. Jones is a published author and frequent speaker, advocating for food justice and urban planning. She is also an active leader in several organizations, including the Ohio Food Policy Network (OFPN), American Planning Association and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Her commitment to empowering marginalized communities is evident in her work both inside and outside academia.
Lynn Huynh is a Brooklyn-based writer and designer exploring design systems, food justice, and critical geography in the urban built environment. She comes from a hospitality management/marketing background and now specializes in visual brand design. Her current research investigates how gentrification occurs not only through the changes in land use/development but also through the consumption of food and the environment in which the food is consumed: physical signage, social media, typography, logos, color palettes, interior/exterior decor, and visceral memories.
Sudha Nagavarapu has worked with Richa Singh, Surbala Vaish, Om Prakash and Kamal Kishore to design and implement interventions in health care, livelihoods, food and agriculture for Sangtin Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan (SKMS), a collective of female and male farmer-labourers in western Avadh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Along with Richa Kumar, a social anthropologist at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, they conceptualised and coordinated community-driven, collaborative research on food cultures and agrarian histories.
Yafa El Masri is both a refugee and a researcher. She has a PhD in Human Geography and an MSc in Local Development Studies from the University of Padova, Italy. She is currently a Research Associate at the Department of Geography at Durham University in the UK. She is also the leader of the Decolonizing Development Research Work Group, at the EU-funded Network of Decolonizing Development COST Action (DecolDev). She has various Academic and non-academic publications in books, journals, and digital platforms. As a Palestinian herself, Yafa's main research focus is Palestinian refugees, but her broader set of research interests are refugee studies, decoloniality, and critical development studies.
