School of Social and Political Science

Rachel Carlile

PhD Student

Rachel Carlile
r.carlile@ed.ac.uk

Profile

My research explores efforts to create alternative food systems, based on ethnographic fieldwork with small-scale, community-oriented organic horticultural projects in north west England. I consider how people strive to enact values about food, nature and community in the context of market-oriented food production, and how their efforts interact with and are influenced by capitalist political economies. Through this research I hope to contribute to efforts to generate more sustainable and socially just food economies.

 
Agriculture and food security Ethnographic approaches Governance for sustainability Post and de-colonial approaches Sustainability policy