[csaa-forum] INVITATION - Food at Sydney forum: 'Lives versus Livelihoods?' at the University of Sydney, Monday 23 November

[Elspeth Probyn]

This promises to be a very interesting talk by Julie Guthman, a very well known feminist cultural geographer.

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Prof Elspeth Probyn FAHA, FASSA| Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies
School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI)
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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Lives versus Livelihoods?


Fumigants, farmworkers, and biopolitics in California’s strawberry industry

Presented by the Sydney Environment institute<http://sydney.edu.au/environment-institute/> and Sydney Ideas
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There’s been great debate over the years about pesticide use in the production of our fruit and veggies. California’s lucrative strawberry industry has been a clear example of where there have been regulatory battles over the use of chemical fumigants - two, in particular, methyl iodide and chloropicrin. One side of the argument, from the activists, is that they would harm the body while industry focused on how no pesticide use would affect its trade. 


Professor Julie Guthman will discuss these debates and note how farmworkers were notably marginalised. Drawing on her recent research, she will discuss the distinction between lives and livelihood. 



ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Professor Julie Guthman is a geographer and professor of social sciences at the University of California at Santa Cruz, where she teaches courses primarily in global political economy and the politics of food and agriculture. She has published extensively on contemporary efforts to transform the way food is produced, distributed, and consumed, with a particular focus on voluntary food labels, community food security, farm-to-school programs, and the race and class politics of “alternative food.” Her publications include two multi-award winning books: Agrarian Dreams: the Paradox of Organic Farming in California, and Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism.



Monday 23 November 2015

6-7.30pm


New Law LT 101 (Auditorium)
Level 1, Sydney Law School
Eastern Avenue
The University of Sydney
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