Agroecological Transformations in Oregon's Willamette Valley: A Historical and Ethnographic Case Study

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dc.contributor.advisorMeek, David
dc.contributor.authorOlson, Tara
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T14:14:19Z
dc.date.available2024-01-10T14:14:19Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-10
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is an evaluation of the constraints and opportunities for agroecological transformation in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, in attempt to find what can be learned from the particularities of this context. Using a historical and ethnographic case study approach, I evaluate the strategies of food systems allies in the Oregon Community Food Systems Network. I explore how agroecology is being translated to contribute to socially just and ecologically sustainable agri-food systems. The case study is situated historically, through the frame of territory, to illuminate the particularities of place that enable and constrain transformation, beginning with settler colonization. Allies are contributing to transformation through a network approach, where they are able to facilitate transformative encounters between the grassroots and the regime, and build trust-based relationships amongst themselves to undo systemic lock-ins.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/29211
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectagroecologyen_US
dc.subjectcapitalismen_US
dc.subjectfood systemen_US
dc.subjectsettler colonialismen_US
dc.subjectsocial justiceen_US
dc.subjecttransformationen_US
dc.titleAgroecological Transformations in Oregon's Willamette Valley: A Historical and Ethnographic Case Study
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of International Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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