Allowing for the Projective Dimension of Agency in Analysing Alternative Food Networks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4445694 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Le Velly (0000-0002-7334-3157, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 2-22 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociologia Ruralis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0199 • E-ISSN: 1467-9523 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/soru.12217 |
| OpenAlex | W2799497702 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 60 |
This article argues for including the projective dimension of agency in research into alternative food networks. Starting from a review of the literature, I show that referring to the notion of project is useful to answer the questions raised by the use of the term "alternative" and to reinforce analyses of hybridisation and conventionalisation processes. I argue that alternative food networks are characterised by a "promise of difference" in the projects of the actors who promote them. To clarify this notion of project, I rely on the work of French sociologists concerning the creation of "organised action". I posit that taking account of the project amounts to recognising human beings' abilities to imagine and to construct new collectives such as those that are studied in research into alternative food networks. I also underscore the need to envision the project not as a clear determinant of action, but rather as a fuzzy landmark, meaning that negotiation and arbitration are required to set the rules involved in its implementation
Action (physics) · Agency (philosophy) · Construct (python library) · Dimension (graph theory) · Epistemology · Meaning (existential) · Negotiation · Projective test · Set (abstract data type) · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Mathematics · Organic Food and Agriculture · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
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| Citations per year | 3,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |