2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
The role of informal food practices in convivial post-growth rural lifestyles
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19K15931
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| Research Institution | Research Institute for Humanity and Nature |
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Principal Investigator |
Steven McGreevy 総合地球環境学研究所, 研究部, 客員准教授 (10700172)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Informal food / Social practice / Covivial lifestyles / Sustainability / Rural livelihoods |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
During this period, data collection was finished and research results were compiled, written up, and submitted for publication.
A total of eight publications were released during the 2021-2022 period. Highlights include a paper on farmer lighthouses and clustering in Frontiers of Food System Sustainability, an impact focused paper on why decentralized food systems are needed in Journal for Cleaner Production, and a paper that looked at soft scenario methods used local food policy development processes in 「環境科学会誌」。
Research results on informal food practices were presented at a total of nine different venues, ranging from internationally significant academic conferences to presentations for prefectural government and community organizations working on food sustainability and policy.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
Although some data collection was planned for 2021-2022, all fieldwork and survey data collection has ceased, due to the COVID pandemic. This has brought our attention to data analysis, publication and dissemination.
The online survey conducted across four countries (Japan, USA, Germany, Italy) identifying changes in food consumption and practices during the COVID pandemic was compiled, analysed, and submitted to the journal “Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.” We have received a round of revisions and are awaiting final decision.
The informal food mapping research has been activated via the minna-no-shoku.org website. The minna-no-shoku.org website has been utilized by local communities working on food policy issues as well as included as part of classroom exercises at universities.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Future activities for the project are focusing on publication and dissemination of research results. Progress on the book "Post-growth food for Japan: revaluing informal and wild food practices as provisioning systems" with Australia National Press did not proceed as planned, as the pandemic impacted data collection and capacity for writing among many authors. The book will introduce conceptual framework for IFPs as part of post-growth food systems and illustrates elements of the framework through a collection of case-studies of IFPs in Japan. We are also working with civic food organizations and universities to connect to and develop the minna-no-shoku.org webpage. A total of three additional papers and book chapters are scheduled to be published during the final year of the project.
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| Causes of Carryover |
The majority of funding was for publishing fees and for hiring research assistants.
Next year, the majority of funding will again be used for article publication fees and editing and publishing fees associated with book publication.
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[Presentation] McGreevy Steven R., Norie Tamura, Simona Zollet, Yu-Chan Chiu, Yu-Hua Chen, Felix Zoll, Maximilian Spiegelberg, Mai Kobayashi2021
Author(s)
Small-scale farming and local and alternative food system resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from Italy, Germany, Taiwan, and Japan
Organizer
European Rural Sociological Association
Int'l Joint Research
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