Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
I am a critical food geographer who uses ethnographic, oral history, archival, and arts-based methods to collaborate with Black and Indigenous scholar-activists, artists, academics and young people from the Caribbean in food and climate justice research.
Research Interests
Latin America and the Caribbean; Afrodescendant and Indigenous food heritage; food and climate justice; decolonial and co-creative methods; agrarian change; alternative food networks; transnational sugar histories; moral economies and moral economy research
Research Groups
Geography of Social Justice Research Group, Cultural and Historical Geography Research Group, Sustainable Rural and Agricultural Development Research Group (University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, steering group member), Centre for Contemporary Latin American Studies
Websites
Caribbean Food for Climate Research Group:
Caribbean Food for Climate Justice website
Living Histories of Sugar project, network and performance:
Media
Education/Academic qualification
Social Anthropology, Doctor of Social Science, University of Oxford
Award Date: 30 Jun 2009
Social Anthropology, Master of Social Science, University of Oxford
Award Date: 30 Jun 2004
Social and Cultural Anthropology, Bachelor of Literature or Bachelor of Letters, University of California, Berkeley
Award Date: 30 Jun 2002
English Literature, Bachelor of Social Science, University of California, Berkeley
Award Date: 30 Jun 2002
Keywords
- G Geography (General)
- HB Economic Theory
- GN Anthropology
- GT Manners and customs
- S Agriculture (General)
- JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
- F1201 Latin America (General)
- JF Political institutions (General)
- GE Environmental Sciences
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Sensing Sugaropolis: Globalising Sense Histories through the Sounds, Tastes, and Smells of Sugar
Wilson, M., 2026, (In preparation) In: The Scottish Historical Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sugar Cropscapes in Trinidad: Reframing Sweetness and Power
Parmasad, V. & Wilson, M., 27 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: History and Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Decolonising Food
Wilson, M., Northover, P. & Pairman, K.-I. R., 2025, The Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society. Lewis, H., Goodman, M., Maye, D., Kneafsey, M., Sexton, A. & Faus, A. M. (eds.). Edward Elgar PublishingResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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Hope
Wilson, M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Promises of Cultural Geography. Anderson, B. & Zhang, V. (eds.).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
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Recasting Scotland’s Legacies of Slavery through Performance
Wilson, M., Bertaud, N., Paton, D., Sloan, R., Newton, M., Chow, J.L.-K., Nicholson, M., Lyon, Y. & Sage (Phillip Murray), B., 2025, (Submitted) In: Studies in Social Justice.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Globalising Sense Histories through the Sounds, Tastes, and Smells of Sugar
Wilson, M. (Keynote speaker)
Apr 2025Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies (Journal)
Wilson, M. (Peer reviewer)
Mar 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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'There were no Black farmers in Cuba!' Agrarian Change in the Wake of Cuban Slavery
Wilson, M. (Invited speaker)
Mar 2025Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Latin American Forum, University of Edinburgh
Wilson, M. (Invited speaker)
Mar 2025Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Climate Justice and Ancestral Plant Heritage in Jamaica
Wilson, M. (Contributor) & Mitchell, S. (Speaker)
Oct 2024Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Prizes
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Good Research Practice Nomination, ‘Best Research Practice’ Category, University of Edinburgh
Wilson, M. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Other distinctions
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Honourary lifetime member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society
Wilson, M. (Recipient), 2002
Prize: National/international honour
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Towards Indigenous Seed Data Sovereignty for Climate Adaptation: Safeguarding Seed and Wild Plant Heritage in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
Wilson, M. (Principal Investigator)
1/03/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Building for health centred, net zero aligned Food Systems Transformation - A Living Good Food Nation Lab
Brennan, M. (Principal Investigator), Moore, N. (Co-investigator), Fletcher, I. (Co-investigator), Jaacks, L. (Co-investigator), Alexander, P. (Co-investigator), Wilson, M. (Co-investigator), Darmon, I. (Principal Investigator) & Simm, G. (Co-investigator)
1/04/24 → 30/04/27
Project: Research
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Bittersweet: Living with sugar and kin in contemporary Scotland
Wilson, M. (Principal Investigator)
Economic and Social Research Council
1/01/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Being Human National Humanities Festival, USA, Grant, 2024: “Living Histories, Living Plants: Film, Food, and Fellowship on the Carolina Garden Trail”
Stokes, A. (Principal Investigator), Gillman, J. (Co-investigator), Johnson, T. (Co-investigator) & Wilson, M. (Co-investigator)
26/03/24 → 26/03/24
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation
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CRITICAL II
Donovan, K. (Principal Investigator) & Wilson, M. (Co-investigator)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/10/22 → 30/09/23
Project: Research
Press/Media
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Black History Prize Competition for Primary Schools in Edinburgh
1/05/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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WaterBear documentary on the work of the Caribbean Food for Climate Justice Research Group
1/10/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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Kasike-iani Talks Food Sovereignty In Jamaica
1/09/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Project or Organisational News Item
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Interview on the work of the CariCrop project
Bailey, A., Wilson, M. & Pschetz, L.
1/06/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Expert interview about the Teaching Climate Justice through Ancestral Plant Heritage project, Climate Action Tracker
1/03/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment