The coloniality of US agricultural policy: articulating agrarian (in)justice
The coloniality of US agricultural policy: articulating agrarian (in)justice
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美国农业政策的殖民性：阐明农业正义
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2017
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Garrett Graddy
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Garrett Graddy
借鉴参与行动研究与La Via Campesina的美国成员团体，本文追溯了美国农业政策的殖民性-和使用这种分析透镜。殖民主义的框架使人联想到历史，将美国农业部（USDA）的种族主义置于长期的征服遗产中，同时向历史抵抗致敬。它提高了农业综合企业垄断的新帝国主义的风险，同时突出了分而治之的战略和殖民主义的心态，尽管改革挥之不去。然而，殖民主义的主张有可能使人怀念18世纪世纪的牧民，或者可能危及与美国农业部人员之间来之不易的信任关系。部署需要学术界的自我反思，就像美国农业部一样，它是新殖民主义的，但不是铁板一块。然而，最重要的是，殖民主义的话语影响建立在现有的基础上，基层的农业政策非殖民化的必要性。呼唤美国农业政策的殖民性与全球对农民农业的重新评价相呼应，同时克服了美国英语语境中“农民”一词的限制。因此，它可以促进美国国内基层农业联盟之间的对话，并在国际上促进农民权利的国际宣传。
Drawing on participatory action research with La Via Campesina’s US member groups, this paper traces the coloniality of US agricultural policy – and the uses of this analytic lens. The framework of coloniality conjures history, contextualizing US Department of Agriculture (USDA) racism within long legacies of subjugation, while paying homage to historical resistance. It raises the stakes regarding the neo-imperialism of agribusiness monopolies, while highlighting divide-and-conquer strategies and the colonialist mentalities that linger on despite reform. Assertions of coloniality, however, risk nostalgia for 18th century pastorals, or may jeopardize hard-fought-for relationships of trust with USDA personnel. Deployment demands self-reflexivity, on the part of academia, which like the USDA is neo-colonial, yet not monolithic. Most importantly however, the discursive impact of coloniality builds upon existing, grassroots articulations of the need to decolonize agricultural policy. Calling out the coloniality of US agricultural policy echoes global revalorizations of peasant agriculture, while overcoming the constraints of the term ‘peasant’ in US-English-speaking contexts. Accordingly, it could facilitate dialogue among grassroots agrarian alliances within the US and, internationally, with international advocacy for peasants’ rights.