Hello everyone, in case you couldn’t get it, here is a PDF of the chapter from Critical Perspectives in Food Studies. I also included the chapter on reflections and challenges with community-campus engagement. See you all Friday.

Koc, M., Sumner, J., Winson, A. (2022) Critical Perspectives in Food Studies, Second Edition, Oxford.

Chapter 2 – Changing Food Systems from Top to Bottom: Political Economy and Social Movements Perspective

Kepkiewicz, L., Levkoe, C. Z., Brynne, A. (2018)  “Community First” for Whom? Reflections on the Possibilities and Challenges of Community-Campus Engagement from the Community Food Sovereignty Hub, Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching and Learning, 4, 2.

Plan for class on January 27th:

1 – Introduction and check-in

2 – Discuss the interview assignment and reading seminar

3 – Reading discussion

Community First for Whom? Reflections on the Possibilities and Challenges of Community-Campus Engagement from the Community Food Sovereignty Hub

• Summarize the article
• What is community-first community-campus engagement?
• What methods do the authors use?
• What three reflections do the authors give?  
• What tensions arise in CCE?
• What can we learn about this article for our course project?

Changing Food Systems from Top to Bottom: Political Economy and Social Movements Perspective

• Why is social context important in the study of food systems?
• What are commodity studies? Describe the strengths and weaknesses of using this approach to study food. 
• Define the term food regime and explain the advantages and challenges of using this approach to study food. 
• How are communities of practice linked to food system change? 

4 – Break

5 – Discussion about food issues the class is interested in addressing