C Plender
Biographic Data
| ID | 66942 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C Plender |
| GIVEN NAMES | C |
| FAMILY NAME | Plender |
| SIGNATURE | PLENDER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4754-0381 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The "awkwardnesses" of aid and exchange: Food cooperative practices in austerity Britain
Self-help and mutual aid have been at the heart of the consumer cooperative movement and its response to food insecurity since its inception. Yet how these terms are conceptualized and practiced in contemporary food co-ops often has more to do with their individual histories, ideologies, and the values of those involved than it does the history of the cooperative movement. Drawing on ethnographic examples from two London-based food co-ops with di…
It's a Co-op in Spirit, That's What It Is: Fostering Collaboration, Collectivity, and Egalitarianism in Food Cooperatives
Drawing on ethnographic examples from London-based food co-ops shaped by different political-economic environments, this article explores how the cooperative spirit is understood, enacted, and experienced within two co-ops with very different organisational structures and logics.While one was started by anarchist squatters in Thatcher's Britain of the 1980s, the other was founded by a local community centre during the New Labour years.Although th…
An Interview with James C. Scott
Research Article| August 01 2015 An Interview with James C. Scott Harry G. West, Harry G. West SOAS, University of London Harry G. West is Professor of Anthropology, and Chair of the Food Studies Centre, at SOAS, University of London. His published works include Kupilikula: Governance and the Invisible Realm in Mozambique (University of Chicago Press, 2005), Ethnographic Sorcery (University of Chicago Press, 2007), and Food between the Country an…
The "awkwardnesses" of aid and exchange: Food cooperative practices in austerity Britain
Self-help and mutual aid have been at the heart of the consumer cooperative movement and its response to food insecurity since its inception. Yet how these terms are conceptualized and practiced in contemporary food co-ops often has more to do with their individual histories, ideologies, and the values of those involved than it does the history of the cooperative movement. Drawing on ethnographic examples from two London-based food co-ops with di…
It's a Co-op in Spirit, That's What It Is: Fostering Collaboration, Collectivity, and Egalitarianism in Food Cooperatives
Drawing on ethnographic examples from London-based food co-ops shaped by different political-economic environments, this article explores how the cooperative spirit is understood, enacted, and experienced within two co-ops with very different organisational structures and logics.While one was started by anarchist squatters in Thatcher's Britain of the 1980s, the other was founded by a local community centre during the New Labour years.Although th…
An Interview with James C. Scott
Research Article| August 01 2015 An Interview with James C. Scott Harry G. West, Harry G. West SOAS, University of London Harry G. West is Professor of Anthropology, and Chair of the Food Studies Centre, at SOAS, University of London. His published works include Kupilikula: Governance and the Invisible Realm in Mozambique (University of Chicago Press, 2005), Ethnographic Sorcery (University of Chicago Press, 2007), and Food between the Country an…
It's a Co-op in Spirit, That's What It Is: Fostering Collaboration, Collectivity, and Egalitarianism in Food Cooperatives
Drawing on ethnographic examples from London-based food co-ops shaped by different political-economic environments, this article explores how the cooperative spirit is understood, enacted, and experienced within two co-ops with very different organisational structures and logics.While one was started by anarchist squatters in Thatcher's Britain of the 1980s, the other was founded by a local community centre during the New Labour years.Although th…
The "awkwardnesses" of aid and exchange: Food cooperative practices in austerity Britain
Self-help and mutual aid have been at the heart of the consumer cooperative movement and its response to food insecurity since its inception. Yet how these terms are conceptualized and practiced in contemporary food co-ops often has more to do with their individual histories, ideologies, and the values of those involved than it does the history of the cooperative movement. Drawing on ethnographic examples from two London-based food co-ops with di…
Political science (2 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Cooperative Studies and Economics (1 works) · Egalitarianism (1 works) · Environmental ethics (1 works) · Food studies (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Peasant (1 works)