Indigenous knowledge and food governance: Reflections from the Ecologies of Food Conference
How can Indigenous understandings of food, responsibility, and relationality contribute to more just approaches to global food governance? In June, MultiBEING doctoral researcher Cintia Cruz shared early findings from her PhD research in Perugia, Italy.
Event description
In June, our doctoral researcher Cintia Cruz (University of Helsinki) presented her ongoing PhD research at the Ecologies of Food Conference, hosted by the Umbra Institute in Perugia, Italy. Bringing together scholars from across the humanities and social sciences, the conference explored contemporary perspectives on food, sustainability, and environmental change.
In her presentation, Mapping Indigenous Food Systems in International Food Policy: Early Reflections from Policy Analysis, Cintia examined how Indigenous food systems are represented within international food governance and discussed the opportunities and challenges associated with recognising Indigenous knowledge beyond participatory inclusion. Her research asks how Indigenous understandings of food, responsibility, and relationality can contribute to more just approaches to global food governance.
The presentation reflects MultiBEING’s commitment to bringing Indigenous knowledge and conceptual frameworks into dialogue with the humanities, social sciences, and legal studies, while advancing discussions on governance, justice, and more-than-human relations.
📸 Photo: Caroline Boules
The programme is available here.
