Mining for justice in the food system: perceptions, practices, and possibilities
Mining for justice in the food system: perceptions, practices, and possibilities
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DOI：
10.1007/s10460-008-9120-6
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发表时间：
2008-06-01
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Allen, Patricia
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作者：
Allen, Patricia
尽管人们对食品问题很感兴趣，但美国农业食品体系仍然缺乏社会正义，低收入人群中普遍存在的饥饿和肥胖以及对农场工人的剥削就是明证。虽然许多消费者和替代性农业食品组织表示关心和支持社会正义目标，但将这些目标纳入实地替代品往往是脆弱的。学术界在呼吁社会正义问题和发展批判性思维技能方面发挥着重要作用，这些技能可以纠正农业食品系统中的不平等现象。学术界可以挑战调查和问题定义的意识形态类别，包括在定义研究问题的正义因素，并在社会正义运动中发展参与性，解决问题的研究。此外，学者可以教育学生认识论，话语和意识形态的力量，从而扩大了改变农业食品系统的可能性的限制和边界。通过这些方式，该学院可以成为创造一个多样化的农业食品运动，拥抱社会正义的话语的关键球员。
Despite much popular interest in food issues, there remains a lack of social justice in the American agrifood system, as evidenced by prevalent hunger and obesity in low-income populations and exploitation of farmworkers. While many consumers and alternative agrifood organizations express interest in and support social justice goals, the incorporation of these goals into on-the-ground alternatives is often tenuous. Academics have an important role in calling out social justice issues and developing the critical thinking skills that can redress inequality in the agrifood system. Academics can challenge ideological categories of inquiry and problem definition, include justice factors in defining research problems, and develop participatory, problem-solving research within social justice movements. In addition, scholars can educate students about the power of epistemologies, discourse, and ideology, thereby expanding the limits and boundaries of what is possible in transforming the agrifood system. In these ways, the academy can be a key player in the creation of a diverse agrifood movement that embraces the discourse of social justice.