Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography (C&A) - Reese

Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography (C&A)

 

CHAIR: REESE, Ashante (Rhodes Coll)

 

REESE, Ashante M. (Rhodes Coll) “We Will Not Perish…We Will Keep Flourishing”: Food Insecurity, Gardening, and the Roots of Hope JANSSEN, Brandi (U Iowa) Improving Agricultural Safety and Health in the “Safer and Healthier” Agriculture KASPER, Kimberly, SANTUCCI, Anna, and RAMSEY, Samantha (Rhodes Coll) Maintaining a Healthy Farmers Market: An Ethnographic View from Memphis GARTIN, Meredith (AZ State U) Food Deserts as Emotional Stressor in the Global South

 

REESE, Ashante (Rhodes Coll) Community Engagement in Our Contemporary Foodscapes: The Power of Ethnography. The recent heightened attention to food systems, both within and outside the academy, has raised awareness about the relationships between food, community and health around the globe. The papers in this session examine community gardens, local food farms, farmers markets, and food deserts to illuminate the social factors that contribute to a healthy food system. Our ethnographic attention to the experience of citizens, farmers and food advocates critically examines the benefits of alternative food production and distribution and shows how community engagement around food can enhance social relationships and offset inequality. 

 

Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.