Engaging with Nature through Food in Urban Spaces: Alternative Food Initiatives Cultivating Changes in Bogotá
Year: 2024
Type: dissertation
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: English
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7018813485