Global agri-food value chains rely heavily on the exploitation of migrant labour. This context involves mechanisms of racialisation, a hierarchical organisation of social relations, and the reproduction of colonialcapitalist relations of production, which most adequately can be explained by Aníbal Quijano´s concept of coloniality. Drawing on this theoretical approach, the paper analyses recent transformations in the agri-food system in Southern Europe. In the face of dominant capitalist coloniality, anti-systemic movements for food sovereignty aim to build oppositional practices and models based on epistemic alternatives. One specific case of these, SOS Rosarno, in Southern Italy, which consists of an alliance of different subjects, is looked at closely.
Colonialiality and decoloniality in the Mediterranean: to understand migrant labour in the global colonial agri-food system
A. Corrado
2021-01-01
Abstract
Global agri-food value chains rely heavily on the exploitation of migrant labour. This context involves mechanisms of racialisation, a hierarchical organisation of social relations, and the reproduction of colonialcapitalist relations of production, which most adequately can be explained by Aníbal Quijano´s concept of coloniality. Drawing on this theoretical approach, the paper analyses recent transformations in the agri-food system in Southern Europe. In the face of dominant capitalist coloniality, anti-systemic movements for food sovereignty aim to build oppositional practices and models based on epistemic alternatives. One specific case of these, SOS Rosarno, in Southern Italy, which consists of an alliance of different subjects, is looked at closely.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
