Dear all,
Please find below an announcement on a webinar series.
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Agrarian Conversations webinar series: episode 2 Global food regimes and China Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 15:00-16:30 Amsterdam (CET) The second episode in Agrarian Conversations webinar series will be on "Global food regimes and China". What relationship does China have to current food regime transitioning, with the changing geographies of production, circulation and consumption of global food commodities, and the growing significance of agroecological farming? Does China’s deepening international presence portend a new form of food regime hegemony? And what might that look like? If so, what are the implications of such changing dynamics for local, national, and international political struggles for a fairer and kinder agro-food system?
The webinar will be in English, Spanish, French and Mandarin. The webinar has a conversational format: initial short inputs from the speakers and panelists, followed by a much longer plenary Q&A. To allow for a dynamic conversational format, we provide a background paper for the webinar that we hope participants will be able to read before the event. For this episode, the (free access) background paper is: McMichael, P. (2020). Does China's ‘going out’ strategy prefigure a new food regime?. Journal of Peasant Studies, 47(1), 116-154. Speakers & panelists: Philip McMichael, Cornell University, USA Yan Hairong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Paul Nicholson, La Via Campesina Refiloe Joala, PLAAS, South Africa Andrea P. Sosa Varrotti, Universidad Nacional de San Martin, Argentina Carol Hernandez, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Co:Chairs: Ruth Hall, PLAAS; Katie Sandwell, TNI. Please register here. For the recording of the first episode on pastoralism, click here. The AC webinar series is a collective initiative by: Journal of Peasant Studies, Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists in the South (CASAS), PLAAS at University of the Western Cape, Transnational Institute (TNI), Young African Researchers in Agriculture (YARA), Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC), Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI), Initiatives in Critical Agrarian Studies (ICAS), PASTRES at IDS Sussex, and RRUSHES-5 at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague
The discussion on China's role in global food regimes is crucial, especially considering its expanding influence in agroecological farming and international trade. Understanding these shifts helps in assessing potential hegemonic trends and their impact on political struggles for a fairer food system. For those interested in diverse perspectives, 툰코2 offers a range of content worth exploring.