Modifying the Japanese Kodomo Shokudo Model for Urban Indigenous Communities
Insights from an Activist Scholar
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22430213 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michele Companion (0000-0002-5048-8361, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-07-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Applied Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1936-7244 • E-ISSN: 1937-0245 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/19367244261466608 |
| OpenAlex | W7169110966 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 33 |
Kodomo Shokudo is a Japanese community-based, grassroots response to urban food insecurity and social pathologies that include youth and elder isolation and the lack of transfer of knowledge and skills. The feasibility of its modification for urban Indigenous communities in which the author was already engaged as an activist scholar is presented in a case study format using an Indigenist food justice praxis. A discussion of the process and outcomes of implementation of the program in six cities in the United States and Canada is presented. The case studies illuminate the challenges and opportunities presented throughout the implementation process, along with the benefits of establishing these foodscapes. The case studies are driven by relational methodologies that are a core component in Indigenist research.
Community organizing · Economic Justice · Food insecurity · Grassroots · Indigenous · Social justice · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Organic Food and Agriculture
What Do Indigenous Knowledges Do for Indigenous Peoples?
Towards an antiracist scholar-activist pedagogy
Household income is associated with food and nutrient intake in Japanese schoolchildren, especially on days without school lunch
Beyond foodscapes
Indigenous Struggles, Environmental Justice, and Community Capabilities
Institutional spaces and sociable eating
Critical Community-Engaged Scholarship
The continuity of Othering in feminist methodology
Fighting for our sisters
Learning with political movements
The Slow Violence of Settler Colonialism
The anti-DEI agenda
Food sovereignty as decolonization
An Activist Posing as an Academic
Hungry in Japan
Settler Colonialism, Ecology, and Environmental Injustice
Building a Meaningful Bridge Between Indigenous and Western Worldviews
Child Poverty as a Determinant of Life Outcomes
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |