Food Sovereignty beyond Technicalities: A Global Approximation towards Intercultural Monitoring

Authors

  • Johannes M. Waldmueller Universidad de Nueva York Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar-Sede Ecuador
  • Laura Rodríguez Avalos Instituto de Estudios Ecuatorianos

Keywords:

Food sovereignty, Interculturality, indicators, Monitoring, Ecuador

Abstract

Drawing on development ethics and an intercultural perspective, this article explores the controversial process of implementing the right to food sovereignty through appropriate indicators. For this purpose, we review a number of international contributions to the discussion around making food sovereignty interculturally and locally monitorable. Linking them to the case and experience of Ecuador, we first broadly identify two approaches to food sovereignty: (1) a techno-centric, state-centered and monocultural approach and a (2) re-localizing, intercultural and potentially more holistic approach. Secondly, we critically review those international contributions that make a case for intercultural dimensions to food sovereignty. We finally present a synthetic matrix of seven dimensions towards the creation of intercultural monitoring for the right to food sovereignty in Ecuador.

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Author Biographies

Johannes M. Waldmueller, Universidad de Nueva York Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar-Sede Ecuador

Doctor en Antropología y Sociología del Desarrollo, Instituto de Altos Estudios Internacionales y del Desarrollo, Ginebra. Posdoctorante, Universidad de Nueva York, Estados Unidos. Investigador Asociado, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar Sede Ecuador.

Laura Rodríguez Avalos, Instituto de Estudios Ecuatorianos

Master en Estudios del Desarrollo, Instituto de Altos Estudios Internacionales y del Desarrollo, Ginebra. Investigadora Asociada del Instituto de Estudios Ecuatorianos, Ecuador.

How to Cite

Waldmueller, J. M., & Rodríguez Avalos, L. (2017). Food Sovereignty beyond Technicalities: A Global Approximation towards Intercultural Monitoring. Comentario Internacional. Journal of the Andean Center of International Studies, (15), 253–286. Retrieved from https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/comentario/article/view/482