Organic certification as assemblage

The case of Cuban honey

Bibliographic Data

ID8962384
AuthorsHilda E Kurtz (0000-0003-1445-9237, Department of Geography University of Georgia Athens GA USA, corresponding author), Jason Dittmer (0000-0002-1022-4978, Department of Geography University College London London UK), Amy Trauger (0000-0002-3910-7855, Department of Geography University of Georgia Athens GA USA), Sarah A Blue (0000-0001-9044-4737, Department of Geography Texas State University San Marcos TX USA)
Year2020
Volume46
Issue2
Pages299-313
Publication date2020-10-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/tran.12419
OpenAlexW3091927875
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited50

Through the lens of assemblage theory, we conceptualise organic certification for agricultural products in Cuba as a “dispositif‐assemblage,” through which we trace a multiple and conflicted “will to govern” the production and valuing of food qualities. We juxtapose the hierarchical third‐party certification system for Cuban organic honey for export with a proposed horizontal participatory guarantee system for organic products to be consumed in Cuba. The analysis highlights that there are multiple ways in which commodities take on value and meaning within assemblages, some of which are extra‐economic in nature

Agriculture · Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Business · Certification · Citizen journalism · Epistemology · Geography · Meaning (existential · Organic certification · Organic farming · Political science · Sociology · TRACE (psycholinguistics) · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Law · Organic Food and Agriculture · Philosophy

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