Michel and Keri explore the theme of food sovereignty and time with guests Sidney Muhangi and Daniela De Fex-Wolf who share their insights from Colombia and South Africa.

Hosts and Guests

  • Michel Alhadeff-Jones (Executive Director, Sunkhronos Institute, Switzerland)
  • Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Bristol, UK)
  • Sidney Muhangi (Early Career Researcher and postdoctoral scholar, ELRC, Rhodes University, South Africa)
  • Daniela de Fex-Wolf (Biologist and Geographer, Early Career Researcher, Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá, Columbia)

Summary

In this episode, Michel and Keri explore the theme of food sovereignty, and what it takes to sustain it from a temporal perspective. With their two guests, Sidney Muhangi and Daniela De Fex-Wolf, they focus on marginalized groups who must find their ways, between the respect of traditions and the development of new habits, and between the adverse effects of erratic climate changes and the increasing social demand for food, energy and consumption. Time is central to understanding what is at stake. On the one hand, climate resilience requires farmers and fishermen to nurture their knowledge of natural rhythms, and to develop their capacity to cope with the fluctuations that characterize climate change and their impact on human and non-human beings. On the other hand, they also must negotiate temporal pressures that come from governments and the economy to accelerate transformations in the way they live, work and interact with their natural environment. 

References & Resources Mentioned

  • Daniela De Fex-Wolf’s doctoral thesis (2023) is titled: Recovering Care Networks Through Food Sovereignty: A Case Study in Wayúu Communities, Colombia (Cardiff University).
  • Declaration of Nyéléni (Forum for Food Sovereignty, 2007); see https://nyeleni.org/en/homepage/ 
  • Sidney Muhangi’s doctoral thesis (2024) is titled: Investigating Occupation as frame for planning and developing Agricultural Extension VET skills for Climate Resilience: Cross-case analysis of Alice, South Africa, and Gulu, Uganda (Rhodes University).

External Links

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Credits

  • Hosts: Michel Alhadeff-Jones & Keri Facer
  • Audio/video editing: Sarah Van Borek, Michel Alhadeff-Jones, Keri Facer
  • Artwork: Harriet Hand
  • Music: Briony Greenhill, “Die Every Day” 
  • Recorded and edited with Riverside.fm and Adobe Premiere

 To watch the video recording of this podcast (which includes closed captions), go to: https://www.youtube.com/@institutsunkhronos/podcasts

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