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Labelling Agroecology: A Study of Valuation Processes in Developing Countries.
No full textAllison, Marie Loconto (2020) In: Laurent, Brice/Mallard, Alexandre (eds.), Labelling the Economy. Qualities and Values in Contemporary Markets. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 59-90. EXTRACT “In this sense, value is the result of a process of assessing and producing worth for the parties of the exchange (Vatin 2013), rather than a fixed attribute of a good or service that is exchanged (Muniesa 2011, 2014). Value is negotiated and is always a compromise between quality and worth (Fourcade ..
Justifying the standardization of sustainability impact
No full textAllison Marie Loconto, (forthcoming) To be published in: Constance, D., Konefal, J., and M. Hatanaka (eds) Contested Sustainabilities. New York: Routledge. Abstract. Sustainability standards are increasingly being used to encourage, measure and prove the adoption of sustainable practices. Yet it is unclear what measures have been developed to ‘prove’ the ‘responsibility’ of standards development organizations in ‘impacting’ sustainable practices. By drawing upon the French school of pragmatic..
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Social Innovation in Agriculture and Food
No full textThis special issue of the International Journal of the Sociology of Agriculture and Food, which has been co-edited by Yuna Chiffoleau and Allison-Marie Loconto, presents the results of recent and innovative research on social innovation in the global agro-food sector.Social Innovation in Agriculture and Food: Old Wine in New Bottles? By: Yuna Chiffoleau, Allison Marie LocontoTransformative Social Innovation for Food Sovereignty: The Disruptive Alternative. By: Paula Juárez, Florencia Trentini, Lucas BecerraThe Emergence, dynamics and agency of social innovation in seed exchange networks. By: Bálint Balázs, Guntra AistaraLondon’s urban agriculture. By: Les LevidowFactors for Effectiveness of Social Innovations in Urban Agriculture. By: Dona PickardSolidarity Purchasing Groups in Italy. By: Lara Maestripieri, Toa Giroletti, Antonello PoddaUrban Food Movements and Their Transformative Capacities. By: Cordula KroppThe transformative potential of social innovation. The case of wheat and bread value chain in Tuscany. By: Adanella Rossi, Riccardo Bocc
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Innovating locally for global transformation
No full textInternational audienceInnovation in agroecology must necessarily address economic, environmental, political, scientific, socio-cultural and technical concerns. To be able to understand and to implement the new ideas and solutions that agroecological innovators develop requires a rethinking of what is meant by the often misused terms of technology, innovation and markets. This chapter illustrates what a focus on organizational innovations and the knowledge of techniques can contribute to the expansion of markets for agroecology. I explore novel ways of organizing (and intermediating) the linkages between production and consumption that have been developed by different actors around the world to effectively kick-start this transition process. By rearranging what types of actors collaborate within local markets, we can better understand how they share old knowledge and create new knowledge that can resolve socio-economic and environmental problems and offer new pathways towards sustainability. The local solutions explored in this chapter offer ideas on where to begin addressing some of the problems in the global food system, specifically in terms of public policy support and partnerships among societal actors
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Social Innovation in Agriculture and Food
No full textThis special issue of the International Journal of the Sociology of Agriculture and Food, which has been co-edited by Yuna Chiffoleau and Allison-Marie Loconto, presents the results of recent and innovative research on social innovation in the global agro-food sector.Social Innovation in Agriculture and Food: Old Wine in New Bottles? By: Yuna Chiffoleau, Allison Marie LocontoTransformative Social Innovation for Food Sovereignty: The Disruptive Alternative. By: Paula Juárez, Florencia Trentini, Lucas BecerraThe Emergence, dynamics and agency of social innovation in seed exchange networks. By: Bálint Balázs, Guntra AistaraLondon’s urban agriculture. By: Les LevidowFactors for Effectiveness of Social Innovations in Urban Agriculture. By: Dona PickardSolidarity Purchasing Groups in Italy. By: Lara Maestripieri, Toa Giroletti, Antonello PoddaUrban Food Movements and Their Transformative Capacities. By: Cordula KroppThe transformative potential of social innovation. The case of wheat and bread value chain in Tuscany. By: Adanella Rossi, Riccardo Bocc
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