1. Women and Community-based Urban Agriculture: A Multi-case Study in Bogotá, Colombia.
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Pantoja Bohórquez, Clara Patricia, Martínez Grisales, Karen Johanna, Rincón Vivas, Jessica Paola, and Boada Arias, Linda Vanessa
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FOOD sovereignty , *URBAN agriculture , *LEADERSHIP in women , *INTERSECTIONALITY , *PUBLIC spaces , *ECOFEMINISM - Abstract
The study aims to delve deeper into the role of women involved in community-based urban agriculture initiatives and to recognize their practices of resistance in seven collective initiatives of the northwest of Bogotá, Colombia using a qualitative methodology and a multiple case study approach; the study highlights the importance of an intersectional analysis of women´s experiences. The analysis shows a commitment to food sovereignty, as well as the transformation of relationships with nature, expanded life and the resignification and appropriation of public space. It concludes that women play a significant role in community self-management, with a high recognition of their knowledge and achievements; furthermore, networks of affectivity and intergenerational exchange, strengthen female autonomy and leadership, which extends to other scenarios of socio-political participation. All of the above turns the initiatives into counter-hegemonic positions and resistance practices to the capitalist and androcentric model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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