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Pedagogies for seed sovereignty in Colombia: epistemic, territorial, and gendered dimensions

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  • Nathalia Hernández Vidal

    (University of North Texas)

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In this article, I examine the pedagogical practices of La Red de Semillas Libres de Colombia, a grassroots national organization that works towards the construction of seed sovereignty. Using participant observation and interviews, I show the epistemic, territorial, and gender dimensions of these practices. I draw from extant scholarship on seed struggles, decolonial feminism, and feminist political ecology to analyze two specific practices: (1) experimentation and demonstration and, (2) visual technology creation, including drawings. I demonstrate how these practices organize territories through collective epistemic gendered labor around seeds. These territories are spaces for community-based power creation that have the potential to advance agrarian and environmental agendas from below. However, they also reflect and embody the enduring character of patriarchy and the challenges it presents to achieve systemic transformations in the Colombian countryside.

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  • Nathalia Hernández Vidal, 2022. "Pedagogies for seed sovereignty in Colombia: epistemic, territorial, and gendered dimensions," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 39(4), pages 1217-1229, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:39:y:2022:i:4:d:10.1007_s10460-022-10310-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s10460-022-10310-9
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