Critical Food

StudiesWhat does “critical”

mean?

JOSE LUIS VIVERO POL PhD Research Fellow in Food Governance

Module “Global Food Policy and Developement” Master in Food, Law and Finance 2017-18International University College, Turin, Italy

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Definition: CRITICAL

Oxford English Dictionary www.oed.com

1.- Given to judging; esp. given to adverse or unfavourable criticism; fault-finding, censorious.

2.- Involving or exercising careful judgement or observation; nice, exact, accurate, precise, punctual.

Definition: RADICAL

• 1. Relating to or forming the root, basis, or foundation of something; original, primary.• 2. Polit. Advocating

thorough or far-reaching political or social reform; representing or supporting an extreme section of a party. • 3. Characterized by

independence of or departure from what is usual or traditional; progressive, unorthodox, or innovative in outlook, conception, design, etc.

RADICAL

Visions 2015-2030 World Nutritionhttp://wphna.org/worldnutrition/

CONVENTIONAL

Relating to convention or general agreement; established by social convention; having its origin or sanction merely in an artificial convention of any kind; arbitrarily or artificially determined.

• Questioning deeper and deeper

• Facts (not post-truth)

• Narratives (faith-based ideologies or evidence-based framings) based on IMAGES + CAUSES + SOLUTIONS

• Balance of power (winners & losers)

• Structural causes, visible effects

• Transforming or reforming policies

• Values shape policies/legal frameworks

Take-away Messages

Academia is a shaper, but also shaped: money can pervert the Ivory Tower (Immanuel Wallerstein)

Manufacturing Consent & hegemony: we are taught to think what is convenient for the elites (Antonio Gramsci)

Mono-cultures of mind: discarding options that threaten the establishment. Diversity is resilience (Vandana Shiva)

Let’s practice critical criticism

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