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 and the City: Ethnographies of a Changing Global Foodscape, co-edited with Nuno Domingos and José Manuel Sobral (Bloomsbury, 2014). His current research focuses on artisan cheese, the discourse of "terroir," and the global market niche in "heritage foods."Celia Plender is an ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)-funded doctoral student in Social Anthropology at SOAS, University of London. Her research focuses on the social dynamics and transformative potential of consumer food co-ops in the UK. She is particularly interested in their role in relation to issues such as food poverty and food democracy. Celia is also a trained chef and professional food writer who has regularly contributed to publications including Time Out London magazine.James C. Scott is Sterling Professor of Political Science and Professor of Anthropology and founding director of the Program in Agrarian Studies at Yale University. Scott has been a key figure in Southeast Asian Studies and in the comparative study of agrarian societies and peasant politics. His best-known works include The Moral Economy of the Peasant (Yale University Press, 1976), Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance (Yale University Press, 1980), Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (Yale University Press, 1998), and The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia (Yale University Press, 2008). Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Celia Plender Celia Plender 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 and the City: Ethnographies of a Changing Global Foodscape, co-edited with Nuno Domingos and José Manuel Sobral (Bloomsbury, 2014). His current research focuses on artisan cheese, the discourse of "terroir," and the global market niche in "heritage foods."Celia Plender is an ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)-funded doctoral student in Social Anthropology at SOAS, University of London. Her research focuses on the social dynamics and transformative potential of consumer food co-ops in the UK. She is particularly interested in their role in relation to issues such as food poverty and food democracy. Celia is also a trained chef and professional food writer who has regularly contributed to publications including Time Out London magazine.James C. Scott is Sterling Professor of Political Science and Professor of Anthropology and founding director of the Program in Agrarian Studies at Yale University. Scott has been a key figure in Southeast Asian Studies and in the comparative study of agrarian societies and peasant politics. His best-known works include The Moral Economy of the Peasant (Yale University Press, 1976), Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance (Yale University Press, 1980), Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (Yale University Press, 1998), and The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia (Yale University Press, 2008). Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Gastronomica (2015) 15 (3): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2015.15.3.1 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Harry G. West, Celia Plender; An Interview with James C. Scott. Gastronomica 1 August 2015; 15 (3): 1-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2015.15.3.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentGastronomica Search This content is only available via PDF. (c) 2015 by The Regents of the University of California2015 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content

Food studies · Peasant · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development

• Democracy in Ghana

  Open Access•Jeffrey W Paller•Democracy in Ghana•2019

  Add to list

• Sisyphus on the Mountain

  Open Access•Clive Gabay•Development and Change•2016

  Add to list