語系:
繁體中文
English
說明(常見問題)
回圖書館首頁
手機版館藏查詢
登入
回首頁
切換:
標籤
|
MARC模式
|
ISBD
Otros Caminos: Making an Alternative...
~
Williams, Justine MacKesson.
FindBook
Google Book
Amazon
博客來
Otros Caminos: Making an Alternative Agriculture Movement in Everyday Cuba.
紀錄類型:
書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:
Otros Caminos: Making an Alternative Agriculture Movement in Everyday Cuba./
作者:
Williams, Justine MacKesson.
出版者:
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2017,
面頁冊數:
312 p.
附註:
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-01, Section: A.
Contained By:
Dissertations Abstracts International79-01A.
標題:
Cultural anthropology. -
電子資源:
http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10268876
ISBN:
9781369875232
Otros Caminos: Making an Alternative Agriculture Movement in Everyday Cuba.
Williams, Justine MacKesson.
Otros Caminos: Making an Alternative Agriculture Movement in Everyday Cuba.
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2017 - 312 p.
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-01, Section: A.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2017.
This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.
For academics and activists interested in the possibility of moving away from the extractivist, capitalistic, and consolidated agricultural systems supported by the present global food regime, Cuba is a fascinating case. Since the onslaught of the Special Period and the economic scarcity that it produced, the Cuban state has arguably offered more political, infrastructural, and ideological support for local, diversified, and agroecological farming than any other. And yet, many farmers, technicians, administrators, political leaders, and everyday citizens continue to support and/or practice models of conventional agriculture, leading observers to wonder if agricultural transition will be reversed as the Special Period recedes into the past. This dissertation, based on fieldwork conducted between 2011 and 2016, argues that the Cuban alternative agriculture movement cannot be understood merely as a reaction to the economic scarcity provoked by the Special Period. It describes the emergence of sustainable agriculture movements in one central province, revealing how promotion by non-state entities increased even after the Special Period was over. The dissertation identifies the permaculture network of the Antonio Nunez Jimenez Foundation for Nature and Man (FANJ) as the most active source of alternative agriculture promotion in the province during the research period, and argues that by creating and reproducing a "figured world" of permaculture through situated communities of practice, FANJ has supported subjective shifts, which have further committed participants to sustainability-oriented practices. It describes these participants as motivated by an entangled set of material and moral motivations, including a desire to escape a sentiment of frustration and disillusionment. Thus, the dissertation depicts Cuban alternative agriculture as a set of enduring movements that are supported by non-state individuals and organizations. It underscores the importance of collective meaning, learning, and subjectivity in processes of agricultural transformation, and suggests that organizations able to form local communities of practice are well positioned to encourage alternative agriculture practices.
ISBN: 9781369875232Subjects--Topical Terms:
2122764
Cultural anthropology.
Subjects--Index Terms:
Agricultural pedagogy
Otros Caminos: Making an Alternative Agriculture Movement in Everyday Cuba.
LDR
:03527nmm a2200409 4500
001
2266352
005
20200612094428.5
008
220629s2017 ||||||||||||||||| ||eng d
020
$a
9781369875232
035
$a
(MiAaPQ)AAI10268876
035
$a
(MiAaPQ)unc:17023
035
$a
AAI10268876
040
$a
MiAaPQ
$c
MiAaPQ
100
1
$a
Williams, Justine MacKesson.
$3
3543544
245
1 0
$a
Otros Caminos: Making an Alternative Agriculture Movement in Everyday Cuba.
260
1
$a
Ann Arbor :
$b
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,
$c
2017
300
$a
312 p.
500
$a
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-01, Section: A.
500
$a
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
500
$a
Advisor: Holland, Dorothy C.
502
$a
Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2017.
506
$a
This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.
520
$a
For academics and activists interested in the possibility of moving away from the extractivist, capitalistic, and consolidated agricultural systems supported by the present global food regime, Cuba is a fascinating case. Since the onslaught of the Special Period and the economic scarcity that it produced, the Cuban state has arguably offered more political, infrastructural, and ideological support for local, diversified, and agroecological farming than any other. And yet, many farmers, technicians, administrators, political leaders, and everyday citizens continue to support and/or practice models of conventional agriculture, leading observers to wonder if agricultural transition will be reversed as the Special Period recedes into the past. This dissertation, based on fieldwork conducted between 2011 and 2016, argues that the Cuban alternative agriculture movement cannot be understood merely as a reaction to the economic scarcity provoked by the Special Period. It describes the emergence of sustainable agriculture movements in one central province, revealing how promotion by non-state entities increased even after the Special Period was over. The dissertation identifies the permaculture network of the Antonio Nunez Jimenez Foundation for Nature and Man (FANJ) as the most active source of alternative agriculture promotion in the province during the research period, and argues that by creating and reproducing a "figured world" of permaculture through situated communities of practice, FANJ has supported subjective shifts, which have further committed participants to sustainability-oriented practices. It describes these participants as motivated by an entangled set of material and moral motivations, including a desire to escape a sentiment of frustration and disillusionment. Thus, the dissertation depicts Cuban alternative agriculture as a set of enduring movements that are supported by non-state individuals and organizations. It underscores the importance of collective meaning, learning, and subjectivity in processes of agricultural transformation, and suggests that organizations able to form local communities of practice are well positioned to encourage alternative agriculture practices.
590
$a
School code: 0153.
650
4
$a
Cultural anthropology.
$3
2122764
650
4
$a
Social research.
$3
2122687
650
4
$a
Agriculture.
$3
518588
653
$a
Agricultural pedagogy
653
$a
Agroecology
653
$a
Cuba
653
$a
Food sovereignty
653
$a
Organic agriculture
653
$a
Permaculture
690
$a
0326
690
$a
0344
690
$a
0473
710
2
$a
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
$b
Anthropology.
$3
1033752
773
0
$t
Dissertations Abstracts International
$g
79-01A.
790
$a
0153
791
$a
Ph.D.
792
$a
2017
793
$a
English
856
4 0
$u
http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10268876
筆 0 讀者評論
館藏地:
全部
電子資源
出版年:
卷號:
館藏
1 筆 • 頁數 1 •
1
條碼號
典藏地名稱
館藏流通類別
資料類型
索書號
使用類型
借閱狀態
預約狀態
備註欄
附件
W9418586
電子資源
11.線上閱覽_V
電子書
EB
一般使用(Normal)
在架
0
1 筆 • 頁數 1 •
1
多媒體
評論
新增評論
分享你的心得
Export
取書館
處理中
...
變更密碼
登入