Democratizing knowledge and ways of knowing for food sovereignty, agroecology, and biocultural diversity

Michel Pimbert

Democratizing knowledge and ways of knowing for food sovereignty, agroecology, and biocultural diversity

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Nothing less than a paradigm revolution will be needed if we are to democratize the systems of knowledge required for achieving food sovereignty, agroecology and biocultural diversity. This implies the construction of technical and policy related knowledge that is actively shaped by food producers and consumers, rather than through top-down research and the hegemony of scientism, the privatization of research and commodification of knowledge. In this concluding chapter, a two-pronged approach to democratizing the production of transdisciplinary knowledge is proposed– backed up by many inspiring examples: (1) strengthening horizontal networks of grassroots self-managed research and innovation; and (2) fundamentally transforming and democratizing public research institutions and universities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Biocultural Diversity
Subtitle of host publication	Constructing and Contesting Knowledge
Editors	Michel Pimbert
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	8
Pages	259-321
Number of pages	62
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-315-66639-6
ISBN (Print)	9781138955356, 9781138955363
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2017

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Pimbert, M. (2017). Democratizing knowledge and ways of knowing for food sovereignty, agroecology, and biocultural diversity. In M. Pimbert (Ed.), Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Biocultural Diversity: Constructing and Contesting Knowledge (pp. 259-321). Routledge. https://tandfbis.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781138955356_oachapter8.pdf

Pimbert, M 2017, Democratizing knowledge and ways of knowing for food sovereignty, agroecology, and biocultural diversity. in M Pimbert (ed.), Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Biocultural Diversity: Constructing and Contesting Knowledge. Routledge, London, pp. 259-321. <https://tandfbis.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781138955356_oachapter8.pdf >

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