EXPLICATING WOMEN: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF FEMALE PARTICIPANTS WHO PRACTICE PERMACULTURE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY IN CHINA

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dc.contributor.advisorZhang, Wei
dc.contributor.authorChen, Ying
dc.contributor.departmentSociology
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-19T22:36:20Z
dc.date.available2022-10-19T22:36:20Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.degreeM.A.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/103931
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subjectbody
dc.subjectChina
dc.subjectFeminist Political Ecology
dc.subjectmore-than-human
dc.subjectPermaculture
dc.subjectsubjectivity
dc.titleEXPLICATING WOMEN: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF FEMALE PARTICIPANTS WHO PRACTICE PERMACULTURE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY IN CHINA
dc.typeThesis
dcterms.abstractRecently, there has been a growing body of literature on alternative food networks. However, very few studies have been conducted on Chinese female participants. This paper analyzes the experiences of female permaculture practitioners on the Yuansu farm in China between 2105 and 2022. The study draws on feminist political ecology to reveal how women participants apply life writing to resist the mainstream discourse of the dominant femininity ecological movement and agriculture development. Based on close reading of the life writings along with in-depth interviews with female permaculture participants, the paper finds that they rely on more-than-human and multi-species narratives to define their subjectivities. The current paper associates local day-to-day practices in China with global struggles and concerns in ecological and agri-food movements. The findings challenge the existent viewpoint that considers being political as fierce protests or negation movements as organizational efforts. It sheds light on alternative and embodied ways of change.
dcterms.extent56 pages
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherUniversity of Hawai'i at Manoa
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