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Engaging with Nature through Food in Urban Spaces: Alternative Food Initiatives Cultivating Changes in Bogotá

Rosado Cuervo, Camila LU (2024) HEKM51 20241
Department of Human Geography
Human Ecology
Abstract
This research analyses how different food initiatives in Bogotá shape socio-natural relations through their food practices to realise the transformations they envision, advocate and cultivate. Using a decolonial and relational approach, the study examines how these initiatives challenge the dominant food system's focus on economic values and instead advocate values based on care and interdependence between all living beings and Nature. Using a thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews, the study shows that these initiatives promote alternative relationships with Nature that emphasise care, connection, community and well-being. The analysis concludes that the changes advocated by these alternatives have materialised through the... (More)
This research analyses how different food initiatives in Bogotá shape socio-natural relations through their food practices to realise the transformations they envision, advocate and cultivate. Using a decolonial and relational approach, the study examines how these initiatives challenge the dominant food system's focus on economic values and instead advocate values based on care and interdependence between all living beings and Nature. Using a thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews, the study shows that these initiatives promote alternative relationships with Nature that emphasise care, connection, community and well-being. The analysis concludes that the changes advocated by these alternatives have materialised through the politicisation of food, the defence and assertion of the right to a socially and environmentally just food system, and the defence of local food practices and values, leading to a revaluation of the social, spiritual, environmental and cultural aspects of food and Nature. (Less)
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author
Rosado Cuervo, Camila LU
supervisor
organization
course
HEKM51 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Food, Nature, Socio-Nature relations, Alternatives, Relationality, Interdependence
language
English
id
9169620
date added to LUP
2024-07-24 12:12:07
date last changed
2024-07-24 12:12:07
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  abstract     = {{This research analyses how different food initiatives in Bogotá shape socio-natural relations through their food practices to realise the transformations they envision, advocate and cultivate. Using a decolonial and relational approach, the study examines how these initiatives challenge the dominant food system's focus on economic values and instead advocate values based on care and interdependence between all living beings and Nature. Using a thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews, the study shows that these initiatives promote alternative relationships with Nature that emphasise care, connection, community and well-being. The analysis concludes that the changes advocated by these alternatives have materialised through the politicisation of food, the defence and assertion of the right to a socially and environmentally just food system, and the defence of local food practices and values, leading to a revaluation of the social, spiritual, environmental and cultural aspects of food and Nature.}},
  author       = {{Rosado Cuervo, Camila}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Engaging with Nature through Food in Urban Spaces: Alternative Food Initiatives Cultivating Changes in Bogotá}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}