Performing farmscapes 1st ed.

Author

• Haedicke, Susan C.

Additional Author(s)

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Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2021

Language

English

ISBN

9783030824341

Series

Performing landscapes

Subject(s)

• AGRICULTURE AND THE ARTS
• THEATER AND SOCIETY

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Abstract

This book argues that the performance-based work in the featured case studies contributes to the construction of food democracy where the public takes back decision-making in shaping the food system. It explores how contemporary artists translate scientific research about local and global agricultural issues into life stories that inform and engage their audiences and, in so doing, transform passive food consumers into proactive food citizens. The pairing of performing and farmscapes (complex webs of farmlands and storylines) enables artists to use embodied practices to encourage audiences to imagine a just and sustainable agri-food system and to collaborate on making it a reality. The book arranges the case studies on a trajectory that moves from projects that foreground knowledge acquisition to ones that emphasize social engagement by creating conversations and coalitions between farming and nonfarming communities to a final one that pairs protest art and political activism to achieve legally-binding changes in the agricultural landscape.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xxi, 305 p.)

Dimension

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Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

1. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION: FARMSCAPES AND SUBJECTIVITIES
CHAPTER 2: PERFORMING STORIED FARMSCAPES
3. CHAPTER 3: CONVERSATIONS WITH FARMSCAPES: TRACES AND ECHOES
4. CHAPTER 4: CULTIVATING DIALOGUES BEYOND THE FARM
5. CHAPTER 5: EXPOSING HIDDEN MIGRANT FARMSCAPES
6. CHAPTER 6: TRANSFORMING MIGRANT FARMSCAPES: PERFORMATIVE PROTEST ART OF THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS
7. CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSION: SOWING SEEDS AND CULTIVATING CONVERSATIONS FOR FUTURE HARVESTS

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00729/22	792 Hae P	Online !	Available