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What is the ‘alternative’? Insights from Istanbul’s food networks

Title	What is the ‘alternative’? Insights from Istanbul’s food networks
Author	Ghosh, Candan Türkkan
Publication Date:	2023
Publication Place	- Taylor & Francis
Subject	Alternative food networks, Alternative provisioning networks, Istanbul, Urban provisioning
Type	Periodical
Language	English
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID	1552-8014
Record ID	0b28add2-4c93-4b63-8985-642444500609
Library Location	Gastronomy and Culinary Arts
Date	2023
Sample Text	Outside of the Global North, where agri-food systems have not yet consolidated into a ‘funnel shape,’ what makes an urban provisioning actor ‘alternative’ is not always clear. In this paper, I use members’ own definitions, emphases, and arguments to differentiate ‘alternative’ networks from other provisioning actors. Using data from semi-structured interviews, I show that while community-building and an affiliation with the food movement (broadly defined) are the most critical features identified by people who participate in these networks, more informal, ad hoc, familial or village networks that are utilized as a response to urban food insecurity are excluded. While such exclusions may not be unique, in this case, they reflect more fundamental divisions regarding what ‘alternative’ implies and how to challenge the throttling hold of conventional provisioning agents on the contemporary agri-food system.
DOI	10.1080/15528014.2021.1960004
Cilt	26

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What is the ‘alternative’? Insights from Istanbul’s food networks

Author Ghosh, Candan Türkkan

Publication Date 2023

Publication Place - Taylor & Francis

Subject Alternative food networks, Alternative provisioning networks, Istanbul, Urban provisioning

Type Periodical

Language English

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Özyeğin University

Library Asset ID 1552-8014

Record ID 0b28add2-4c93-4b63-8985-642444500609

Library Location Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Date 2023

Sample Text Outside of the Global North, where agri-food systems have not yet consolidated into a ‘funnel shape,’ what makes an urban provisioning actor ‘alternative’ is not always clear. In this paper, I use members’ own definitions, emphases, and arguments to differentiate ‘alternative’ networks from other provisioning actors. Using data from semi-structured interviews, I show that while community-building and an affiliation with the food movement (broadly defined) are the most critical features identified by people who participate in these networks, more informal, ad hoc, familial or village networks that are utilized as a response to urban food insecurity are excluded. While such exclusions may not be unique, in this case, they reflect more fundamental divisions regarding what ‘alternative’ implies and how to challenge the throttling hold of conventional provisioning agents on the contemporary agri-food system.

DOI 10.1080/15528014.2021.1960004

Cilt 26