Framing Food, Building Community: Reciprocity and Resurgence at a Small Scale
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Authors
Rubinfeld, Orly
Issue Date
2020
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
This project employs a small-scale approach to addressing systemic challenges to
our relationship with land, the food system, and one another through building a cabin on
a local farm. Guided by principles of permaculture alongside other frameworks—
including the work of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and
adrienne maree brown—I explore how the resurgent power of taking your body onto the
land and engaging in deep investigations of reciprocal relationships can be a powerful
tool against even the most encompassing systems of oppression. I investigate the ways
that self liberation can ignite larger scale liberation movements, and how food and land
access can be liberatory powers themselves. I think that one of the only ways we can
proceed is through opportunities for deeply engaged experiential education and the fusion
of theory and practice. In building an apprentice cabin for a small local farm, I hope to
provide space for young interested individuals to work with their hands and learn from
this land. I hope that my work will allow others to experience the distinct joy of learning
from farmer and teacher Amy Newday.
Description
137 pp.
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Publisher
Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College.
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