This book focuses on research that shows the importance of critical adult education for the spread of food sovereignty and agroecology to more people and places. It pays particular attention to the important role that learning, education and pedagogy can play in social transformation for food sovereignty and justice―an approach referred to broadly as “Learning for Transformation”. It reveals common dynamics and principles that critical education for food sovereignty share in different contexts. The book draws together 8 chapters that offer new critical insights about why, where, and how learning for transformation is being implemented,―and what next.
Previously published in Agriculture and Human Values Volume 36, issue 3, September 2019
Chapter “Transformative agroecology learning in Europe: building consciousness, skills and collective capacity for food sovereignty” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Author(s): Colin R. Anderson, Rosa Binimelis Adell, Michel P. Pimbert, Marta Rivera Ferre
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 121
City: Cham
Contents
Introduction to the symposium on critical adult education in food movements: learning for transformation in and beyond food movements—the why, where, how and the what next?
The why: critical education in an era of multiple crises
The where: education for transformation in, between and beyond formal and informal spaces of learning
The how: pedagogical underpinnings of learning for transformation
The political economy of education: a shift from a commercial and individualised entrepreneurial model of training to a commitment to education for solidarity and care
A critical pedagogy that values organic intellectuals
An emphasis on collective learning and cooperation
A focus on intersectionality
Regenerating territories through popular education
The what next: new frontiers for education for and beyond food sovereignty
Conclusion
References
Transformative agroecology learning in Europe: building consciousness, skills and collective capacity for food sovereignty
Abstract
Introduction
Agroecology and food sovereignty
Agroecology, knowledge and learning: social movement building
Methodology
Interviews
Analysis and iterative coding process
Network development
Agroecology learning initiatives in Europe: Findings
Diálogo de saberes (wisdom dialogues)
Amongst Food Producers
Amongst food producers and other actors in the food system
Between farmers and mainstream research and education institutions
Horizontal learning
Strengthening learning experiences
Building confidence and capacity
Challenging hierarchy: a prefigurative politics
Combining the practical and the political
Building multi-scale social movement networks
Discussion
Conclusion
References
Farming for change: developing a participatory curriculum on agroecology, nutrition, climate change and social equity in Malawi and Tanzania
Abstract
Introduction
Theoretical underpinnings
Participatory action research
Feminist theory
Transdisciplinarity
Objective
Didactic methodologies, study case and methods
Didactic methodologies
Experiential learning
Theater for development
Small group discussions
Study case: curriculum development activities
Methods: curriculum assessment
Results
Curriculum development
Box 1: Example of a drama developed for the curriculum: Johnny and Mary
Box 2: Sample of Story-telling in Curriculum that addressed Social Inequalities
Box 3: Field Trip Case Studies
Curriculum content
Agroecology
Climate change
Nutrition
Social equity
Curriculum implementation
Discussion
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Multi-actor networks and innovation niches: university training for local Agroecological Dynamization
Abstract
Introduction
Local Agroecological Dynamization to promote agroecological transitions
Agroecological transitions from a multi-level perspective
Training for agroecological transitions through multi-actor networks
Methodology
Case study
Data collection and analysis
Potential impacts of LAeD training on individuals and institutions
Reconfiguration of individual practices, concepts, and tools
Acquiring theoretical frameworks and methodological capacities and skills
Re-framing local development projects
Influence on institutions
Emergent attitudes among institutional representatives
New alliances or multi-actor network reconfigurations
Local governments internal re-configurations
Discussion: agroecology training as ‘hybrid forums’ for regime reconfigurations?
Conclusions: deepening multi-actor networks role within agroecological transitions
Acknowledgements
References
What’s wrong with permaculture design courses? Brazilian lessons for agroecological movement-building in Canada
Abstract
The origins, political economy, and pedagogy of permaculture
Seeing post-capitalist experimentations through Gramsci’s war of position
The permaculture community of eastern Ontario, Canada
Pedagogies of political agroecology among marginalized communities in Brazil
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Teaching the territory: agroecological pedagogy and popular movements
Abstract
Introduction
Each one, teach one: the journey and the method
Guatemala: the spark and the tinderbox
Nicaragua: cauldron of peasant action
Method in movement: peasant-to-peasant in Cuba
Territorial learning across the continent: Latin American Agroecological Institutes
Discussion
Acknowledgements
References
Food sovereignty education across the Americas: multiple origins, converging movements
Abstract
Introduction
Methods
Case studies
Program origins
Pedagogical practices
Educational content
Educational approach
Expansion and institutionalization
Financial sovereignty
Program expansion
Relationship to the state
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Images of work, images of defiance: engaging migrant farm worker voice through community-based arts
Abstract
Introduction
Farm worker agency in Canada and the logic of unfreedom
Leveraging cultural activities to encourage communicative parity
Engaging migrant farm workers in community-based arts
A note on methods
Images of work, images of defiance
Work
Defiance
A note on public performance
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
