Lemke und Delormier: 'Indigenous Peoples' food systems, nutrition, and gender: Conceptual and methodological considerations' [19.01.18]
Kernaussagen der Autoren: (1) Sinnvolle Forschung und gemeinschaftliche Maßnahmen für verbesserte Ernährungssysteme und das Wohlergehen indigener Völker müssen auf einem Verständnis der historischen, politischen, sozialen, wirtschaftlichen, kulturellen und Umweltbedingungen basieren und den lokalen Kontext berücksichtigen. (2) Respekt, Verantwortung und Einbeziehung sind zentrale Werte, die für alle Forschung und Zusammenarbeit zwischen indigenen und westlichen Forschern gelten sollten. (3) Indigene Methodologien sollten in der Forschung gleich gewichtet werden. Dies erfordert eine kritische Reflexion des konventionellen wissenschaftlichen Wissenserwerbs. (4) Die Rechte indigener Völker, das Recht auf Nahrung und ihre Ernährungssouveränität sind notwendige Rahmenbedingungen, um einen Fortschritt für nachhaltigere und gerechtere Nahrungsmittelsysteme zu ermöglichen.
Source Wikimedia: Farming in Kenya
Originalpublikation:
Lemke, S., Delormier, T. (2017) Indigenous Peoples' food systems, nutrition, and gender: Conceptual and methodological considerations. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 13, art. no. e12499.
PD Dr. Stefanie Lemke lehrt und forscht am Fachgebiet Gesellschaftliche Transformation und Landwirtschaft
Zusammenfassung / Abstract
Indigenous Peoples, especially women and children, are affected disproportionately by malnutrition and diet-related health problems. Addressing this requires an investigation of the structural conditions that underlie unequal access to resources and loss of traditional lifestyles and necessitates inclusive approaches that shed light onto these issues and provide strategies to leverage change. Indigenous Peoples' food systems are inextricably connected to land, which in turn is interwoven with issues of self-determination, livelihoods, health, cultural and spiritual heritage, and gender. Ongoing loss of land and the dominant agri-food model further threaten Indigenous Peoples' food systems. Continuing gender-based discrimination undermines the self-determination and rights of women and negatively impacts their health, nutritional status, and overall well-being, as well as the well-being of households and communities. We suggest that feminist political ecology and modern matriarchal studies provide holistic interlinking frameworks for investigating underlying issues of power and inequality. We further argue that a focus on the principles of respect, responsibility, and relationships, and an openness to different worldviews, can facilitate a bridging of Indigenous and Western approaches in research and community action conducted in partnership with Indigenous Peoples. This can contribute to creating new ways of knowing regarding Indigenous Peoples' food systems, equally valuing both knowledge systems. Indigenous Peoples' rights, right to food, and food sovereignty are frames that, despite some tensions, have the common goal of self-determination. Through their ability to inform, empower, and mobilize, they provide tools for social movements and communities to challenge existing structural inequalities and leverage social change.
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