Agroecology and the Cuban Nation

Marisa Wilson

Agroecology and the Cuban Nation

School of Geosciences

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Abstract / Description of output

Sustainable projects like agroecology are imagined and instituted at different scales. Whether understood as a science, a political movement or a practice, the viability of agroecology as an alternative to mainstream agriculture partly depends on the scale at which it is (or can be) implemented. Contrary to localized forms of agroecology in the US or regional frameworks for agroecology in the rest of Latin America, Cuban agroecology is shaped by nationalist norms and institutions of state socialism. While associations between agroecology and the Cuban nation state are contested in everyday life, I argue that they remain important ways farmers moralize their agroecological practices. Such moral connectivities may shed light on similar projects for ethical foodways in the postsocialist world.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ethical Eating in the Socialist and Postsocialist World
Editors	Melissa Caldwell, Yuson Jung, Jakob Klein
Place of Publication	Berkeley
Publisher	University of California Press
Pages	167-187
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9780520958142
ISBN (Print)	9780520277403
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2014

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

ethical eating, (post)socialism, food, Cuba, agroecology

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University of the West Indies Research Grant (GBP 2,440)
Wilson, M.
4/01/11 → 30/12/11
Project: Project from a former institution

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Agroecology and the Cuban Nation

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University of the West Indies Research Grant (GBP 2,440)

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