Alex Korsunsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 104133 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Korsunsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Korsunsky |
| SIGNATURE | KORSUNSKY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vanderbilt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1093-2130 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From el Campo to Campus and Back Again
Analyzing the Chicana/o student movement at the University of Washington (UW) from 1968 to 1975, this essay argues that affirmative action deserves greater recognition as a catalyst of the Chicana/o movement and that this theme can be productively explored in settings beyond the US Southwest. Beginning with an account of the origins of a student-driven affirmative action program at UW, I trace its effects in the recruitment of farmworker youth fr…
Putting Workers on the Map: Agricultural Atlases and the Willamette Valley's Hidden Labor Landscape
Analyzing Oregon agricultural atlases from 1878 to 1958, I show that, despite these texts' projection of impartial authority, they function to extend a discourse of natural bounty in which agricultural abundance is linked to inherent characteristics of the land, hiding the role of racialized and disenfranchised laborers in production. Using a combination of Agricultural Census data, historical and contemporary records from farmers and agricultura…
Back to the Root? Immigrant Farmers, Ethnographic Romanticism, and Untangling Food Sovereignty in Western Oregon
Immigrants-especially those from farmworker or campesino backgrounds-have gained attention as promising recruits for a new generation of sustainable farmers. Nonprofits promoting this aspirational vision of food justice link sustainability to empowered workers and communities of color, and to the preservation or revival of (agri)cultural traditions. I present findings from ongoing research showing that Oregon nonprofit food sovereignty initiative…
From vacant land to urban fallows: A Permacultural Approach to Wasted Land in Cities and Suburbs
While vacant land in cities has long been considered a sign of decline, a growing literature now suggests that such land can serve valuable social and ecological functions. In this article, I argue that such approaches advocated to date, while beneficial, operate within a New Urbanist framework that is essentially concerned with filling in vacant land with new 'green' projects. Unfortunately, such approaches are limited by a conceptualization of …
Back to the Root? Immigrant Farmers, Ethnographic Romanticism, and Untangling Food Sovereignty in Western Oregon
Immigrants-especially those from farmworker or campesino backgrounds-have gained attention as promising recruits for a new generation of sustainable farmers. Nonprofits promoting this aspirational vision of food justice link sustainability to empowered workers and communities of color, and to the preservation or revival of (agri)cultural traditions. I present findings from ongoing research showing that Oregon nonprofit food sovereignty initiative…
From vacant land to urban fallows: A Permacultural Approach to Wasted Land in Cities and Suburbs
While vacant land in cities has long been considered a sign of decline, a growing literature now suggests that such land can serve valuable social and ecological functions. In this article, I argue that such approaches advocated to date, while beneficial, operate within a New Urbanist framework that is essentially concerned with filling in vacant land with new 'green' projects. Unfortunately, such approaches are limited by a conceptualization of …
From el Campo to Campus and Back Again
Analyzing the Chicana/o student movement at the University of Washington (UW) from 1968 to 1975, this essay argues that affirmative action deserves greater recognition as a catalyst of the Chicana/o movement and that this theme can be productively explored in settings beyond the US Southwest. Beginning with an account of the origins of a student-driven affirmative action program at UW, I trace its effects in the recruitment of farmworker youth fr…
Putting Workers on the Map: Agricultural Atlases and the Willamette Valley's Hidden Labor Landscape
Analyzing Oregon agricultural atlases from 1878 to 1958, I show that, despite these texts' projection of impartial authority, they function to extend a discourse of natural bounty in which agricultural abundance is linked to inherent characteristics of the land, hiding the role of racialized and disenfranchised laborers in production. Using a combination of Agricultural Census data, historical and contemporary records from farmers and agricultura…
Back to the Root? Immigrant Farmers, Ethnographic Romanticism, and Untangling Food Sovereignty in Western Oregon
Immigrants-especially those from farmworker or campesino backgrounds-have gained attention as promising recruits for a new generation of sustainable farmers. Nonprofits promoting this aspirational vision of food justice link sustainability to empowered workers and communities of color, and to the preservation or revival of (agri)cultural traditions. I present findings from ongoing research showing that Oregon nonprofit food sovereignty initiative…
Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Organic Food and Agriculture (2 works)