ETH WFS 2016
10 August 2016
1. what is economics.
TOOLS
HISTORY
thingsto track
EDGE
how do we find these? history, institutions, ideology
1. what is economics.
TOOLS
HISTORY
thingsto track
EDGE
how do we find these? history, institutions, ideology
Outline of the lecture
Free Trade Agreements (TTIP, TTP, ALCA, NAFTA, WTO…)
Debt and austerity
Colonialism
Economics Toolbox: growth, commodification, privatization
So the topic of this session is innovation and social change in the food system. I’m going to start with some examples of innovation. There
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Bibliography with notes about readings mentioned in the lecture. Alternatives need to focus not just on innovating, but on decommodifying and building community.
Alana has studied one of the many vibrant alternatives to this juggernaut, the movement for food sovereignty, conceived and led by La Vía Campesina. Vía Campesina is typical of contemporary social movements in its recognition of the common interests of first and third world farmers, smallholders and laborers, producers and consumers and in its recognition of the centrality of women, indigenous people and culture to forming truly liberatory alternatives.
The first map is a graphic representation of my analysis of the US movement, and the other denotes the comparable elements existing in AU (to
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