'Harvesting a participatory movement'
The Jewish Farmer Network (JFN) is a North American grassroots organization that mobilizes Jewish agricultural wisdom to build a more just and regenerative food system for all. This paper presents methodological findings and reflections from the initial stages of a participatory action research (P...
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oai:doaj.org-article:79e610c4574c49da99a3d983d993d0922021-11-29T06:36:49Z'Harvesting a participatory movement'10.5304/jafscd.2021.111.0102152-0801https://doaj.org/article/79e610c4574c49da99a3d983d993d0922021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/1034https://doaj.org/toc/2152-0801 The Jewish Farmer Network (JFN) is a North American grassroots organization that mobilizes Jewish agricultural wisdom to build a more just and regenerative food system for all. This paper presents methodological findings and reflections from the initial stages of a participatory action research (PAR) collaboration led by the authors and JFN organizers centered on Cultivating Culture, JFN’s inaugural conference in February 2020. For this early iterative phase, we used a PAR approach to guide event ethnography to both facilitate and understand collective movement building and action. This work included pre-conference collaborative research design, a participatory reflection and action workshop with roughly 90 participants, evaluative surveys, short ethnographic interviews, and ongoing post-conference analysis with researchers and movement organizers. While this data was first analyzed and organized for JFN’s use, we present findings to demonstrate the effectiveness of foregrounding event ethnography within a PAR research design at an early stage of movement formation, especially how elements of event ethnography can address some of the limitations of using PAR with a nascent network of farmers. Our work revealed themes in the movement of Jewish farming: the politics of identity in movement building, the tensions around (de)politicization, and the production of Jewish agroecological knowledge. We reflect on the utility of using PAR to frame scholar-activism and propose future inquires for Jewish agrarianism. Anika RiceZachary GoldbergThomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food SystemsarticleParticipatory Action ResearchAgroecologyJewish FarmingEvent EthnographyScholar-ActivismAgricultureSTechnologyTHome economicsTX1-1110Nutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641Geography. Anthropology. RecreationGRecreation. LeisureGV1-1860Human ecology. AnthropogeographyGF1-900Environmental sciencesGE1-350Social SciencesHCommunities. Classes. RacesHT51-1595Urban groups. The city. Urban sociologyHT101-395Regional planningHT390-395ENJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Vol 11, Iss 1 (2021) |
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The Jewish Farmer Network (JFN) is a North American grassroots organization that mobilizes Jewish agricultural wisdom to build a more just and regenerative food system for all. This paper presents methodological findings and reflections from the initial stages of a participatory action research (PAR) collaboration led by the authors and JFN organizers centered on Cultivating Culture, JFN’s inaugural conference in February 2020. For this early iterative phase, we used a PAR approach to guide event ethnography to both facilitate and understand collective movement building and action. This work included pre-conference collaborative research design, a participatory reflection and action workshop with roughly 90 participants, evaluative surveys, short ethnographic interviews, and ongoing post-conference analysis with researchers and movement organizers. While this data was first analyzed and organized for JFN’s use, we present findings to demonstrate the effectiveness of foregrounding event ethnography within a PAR research design at an early stage of movement formation, especially how elements of event ethnography can address some of the limitations of using PAR with a nascent network of farmers. Our work revealed themes in the movement of Jewish farming: the politics of identity in movement building, the tensions around (de)politicization, and the production of Jewish agroecological knowledge. We reflect on the utility of using PAR to frame scholar-activism and propose future inquires for Jewish agrarianism.
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