Inhalte/ Contents

We will look at Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), known in Germany as Solidarische Landwirtschaft (SoLaWi), and investigate if and how such rural-urban food networks strengthen connections between places, people and resources through new forms of place-based value chains: how consumers' and producers' behaviours change; how the activities of the network affect socio-economic and spatial development indicators; what we can learn from this practice about regional development. The geographic focus on the Berlin-Brandenburg region will enable us to examine the role of the network in broader socio-ecological transformations through the concepts and practices of alternative economies. Together, we will define the research direction, implement a survey, take part in field visits, and organise a workshop with network’s members and experts, to collect qualitative and quantitative data, which will be analysed and integrated into a story map. Students in urban planning, regional development, agrarian economics, rural studies, geography, agricultural science, GIS and cartography, sociology and related subjects are welcome!

Kontakt/ Contact

federica.ammaturo@leibniz-irs.de

Link zum Vorlesungsverzeichnis/ Link to the course catalogue

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