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Petrusic, Mislav, 2022. Visiting food sovereignty : exploring the relations of food sovereignty and tourism. Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: SLU, Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

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Both the agriculture and tourism sectors have been heavily criticized for the social and environmental imprints they leave on the world, especially in rural areas. This thesis explores the intersection between alternative approaches to both agriculture and tourism which seek to bring positive social and ecological effects to rural areas. I ask how and to what extent practices of food sovereignty and tourism can intertwine to promote rural development, one that addresses the social and ecological issues tied to the practices of predominantly economic-oriented agriculture and tourism. Through an explorative case study conducted at the Cloughjordan Eco Village in Ireland, the analysis shows how through the interaction of food sovereignty and tourism both forces are concomitantly shaped by each other. Practices of tourism enact and encounter food sovereignty, while food sovereignty imbues the tourism experience with its ecological and social characteristics. Furthermore, the thesis analyses how such interactions contribute to the formulation of a larger system of food exchange within which the integrated elements of food sovereignty and tourism contribute to characterise the system as a social and solidarity economy. In these ways the thesis contributes to expanding an unexplored academic field as it exemplifies how a ‘food sovereign tourism’ might be practiced and how it might characterise rural agriculture and tourism. The thesis concludes with a reflection on the way that rural areas might achieve more socially and ecologically oriented food systems and tourism practices simultaneously. From a wider perspective, the analysis highlights that alternative approaches to agriculture and travel may be utilised to harness synergies and provide rural areas with the benefits that both approaches espouse; that of healthier, environmentally sound and more equitable food systems integrated with a tourism which is responsive to the cultural, social and financial needs of hosts.

Main title:Visiting food sovereignty
Subtitle:exploring the relations of food sovereignty and tourism
Authors:Petrusic, Mislav
Supervisor:Rosén, Linus
Examiner:Fischer, Harry
Series:UNSPECIFIED
Volume/Sequential designation:UNSPECIFIED
Year of Publication:2022
Level and depth descriptor:Second cycle, A2E
Student's programme affiliation:NM009 Rural Development and Natural Resource Management - Master's Programme 120 HEC
Supervising department:(NL, NJ) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development
(LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development
Keywords:food sovereignty, alternative agriculture, alternative tourism, Ireland, eco village, rural development
URN:NBN:urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-500382
Permanent URL:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-500382
Subject. Use of subject categories until 2023-04-30.:Agricultural economics and policies
Cropping patterns and systems
Language:English
Deposited On:27 Jun 2022 10:54
Metadata Last Modified:28 Jun 2022 01:02

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