Human Rights and the Food Sovereignty Movement: Reclaiming Control by Priscilla Claeys

Authors

  • Kaitlyn Duthie-Kannikkatt University of Manitoba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v3i2.181

Keywords:

human rights, sovereignty

Abstract

Critical discussions of human rights have featured prominently in the development studies literature. While many social actors have utilized human rights to advance their goals, the framework has also been criticized for its tendency to individualize struggles and emphasize legal dimensions of justice, while ignoring issues of power. Despite these critiques, rights discourse continues to resonate within the food sovereignty movement—“a transnational movement of rural social organizations that work towards achieving structural changes in the global food system” (Claeys, 2015, p. 1).

Author Biography

Kaitlyn Duthie-Kannikkatt, University of Manitoba

Kaitlyn Duthie-Kannikkatt is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Natural Resources Institute of the University of Manitoba. Her dissertation work explores seed saving narratives in spaces of local/global friction and their applicability to biocultural design processes.
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Published

2016-12-15

How to Cite

Duthie-Kannikkatt, K. (2016). Human Rights and the Food Sovereignty Movement: Reclaiming Control by Priscilla Claeys. Canadian Food Studies La Revue Canadienne Des études Sur l’alimentation, 3(2), 242–244. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v3i2.181

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2016): Forming and Informing Transformation

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Book/Art/Event Reviews

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