In his article Carrier discusses “ethical consumption” within the framework of commodity fetishism, focusing on Fairtrade coffee and eco-tourism in Jamaica. He argues that in ethical consumption certain commodities are represented by specific conceptual categories (such as “non-exploitative”) and images Read More …
Federico Demaria et. al. discuss the movement of “degrowth” which emerged in France at the heels of social protests. Degrowth comes from concern over ecologic sustainability and a critique of the modern view of “development” and economic-based societies. Rather Read More …
McReynolds et. al. discuss agricultural land tenure in El Salvador in relation to environmental issues. Currently El Salvador experiences several issues of economic degradation including deforestation and pesticide poisoning, caused in part by neoliberal agricultural practices. The authors give an Read More …
Andreatta talks about the “Victory gardens” or “War gardens” in the US during the two world wars. During the wars people were encouraged to grow food on whatever free space they had to provide food, both to feed their communities Read More …
Snyder and Cullen give an overview of some of the issues of agricultural intensification in Africa. While many projects have ostensibly moved away from a top-down approach and towards “sustainable” intensification they still operate under Western ideas of progress and Read More …