News

PublicationsLutas por justiça alimentar no Brasil

Lutas por justiça alimentar no Brasil

News

FFJ at the POLLEN ConferenceJun 10, 2024
Renata Motta gave a lecture at the Monday Conference “Food for Justice: social movements and solidarity around food”Jun 10, 2024
Publication of Working Paper 11: Food Movements in Germany. Analysis of actors in the socio-ecological transformation of the food systemJun 3, 2024
2nd International Workshop Food for Justice in HeidelbergMay 27, 2024
FFJ at the Neue Kulturgeographie Conference in MünsterMay 24, 2024
Felipe Hernández Crespo Joins FFJ as Associated ResearcherMay 22, 2024
Working Paper Series 10: Brief evaluation of the “We’re fed up!” survey 2024May 8, 2024
Working Paper Series 9: Food and Nutritional Security Policies in Brazilian MunicipalitiesMay 2, 2024
Presentation on Alternative Food Networks at a conference in the University of WürzburgMay 1, 2024
FFJ at the Annual Conference AK Agricultural and Food Geographies meets AK Geographical Trade ResearchApr 28, 2024
Participation in an online-workshop on research ethics, organized by the Max-Weber-InstituteApr 14, 2024
The infiltration of farmers’ protests? – Analysis and commentary on the German agricultural protests in December 2023 and January 2024Apr 2, 2024
Lea Loretta Zentgraf conducts focus group discussion with the LandFrauen in StuttgartMar 7, 2024
Food for Justice goes to the field: our trip to Belo Horizonte in search of food production, access and preparation practicesFeb 29, 2024
Food Policy Debate in Belo Horizonte: ‘Food for me is…’Feb 29, 2024
Lea Loretta Zentgraf participated in Online Workshop on Gender and DEI in Alternative Food Networks organized by ZALFJan 29, 2024
Food for Justice conducts protest survey at the “We are fed up!” protestJan 24, 2024
FFJ plans protest survey at “We are fed up!” demonstration 2024Jan 12, 2024
FFJ plans protest survey at big demonstration of the Agricultural Diesel Action Week 2024Jan 12, 2024
Publication of research highlighting Integration of Food Sovereignty and Popular Feminism in Brazil’s Marcha das MargaridasDec 15, 2023
Marco Antonio Teixeira participated in the COP28 with Climate and Food DiscussionsDec 12, 2023
Working Paper Series 8: The impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Slow Food MovementDec 4, 2023
Working Paper Series 7: Food and urban politics in Belo Horizonte: agroecology, activist coalitions and bottom-up technologies of sustainable urbanizationDec 4, 2023
Release of Thematic Section and Two Articles on ‘Rural Workers’ Unionism in Brazil: Transformations, Continuities, and the 60 Years of Contag’Nov 30, 2023
Marco Antonio Teixeira Engages in tdAcademy Workshops on Transformational LeadershipNov 26, 2023
Eryka Galindo at the Brazilian Agroecology CongressNov 23, 2023
Food for Justice is introduced to Heidelberg University’s New RectorNov 23, 2023
Food for Justice showcases progress at BMBF Status Meeting in EberswaldeNov 12, 2023
Renata Motta participates in the podcast on the Marcha das Margaridas in the episode of BoCA.Oct 27, 2023
Discussion on 60 Years of Rural Unionism in BrazilOct 27, 2023
Food for Justice at the DKG 2023 in FrankfurtSep 23, 2023
60 Years of Rural Unionism in Brazil: Reflections on the Trajectory of ContagSep 11, 2023
Eryka Galindo and Marco Antonio Teixeira take part in the Rural Studies Network meeting in BrazilAug 31, 2023
International Workshop Alimento para Justiça in Rio de JaneiroAug 31, 2023
FFJ and the Marcha das Margaridas 2023Aug 21, 2023
Article “A luta das Margaridas” in Folha de S. PauloAug 14, 2023
Publication of “Movimentos sociais como agentes de mudança: combatendo as desigualdades alimentares interseccionais, fazendo dos alimentos teias de vida”Aug 9, 2023
Members of our team visited the Weltacker-Sommerfest at BuGa in MannheimJul 22, 2023
Vortrag zum Klimawandel von Renata Motta an der Technischen Universität DortmundJul 9, 2023
Food For Justice at the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology in MelbourneJul 3, 2023
Thalita Kalix Joins FFJ as Visiting Researcher to Explore Food Heritage and Transnational MovementsJun 22, 2023
New video about the project Food for Justice and our preliminary findingsJun 22, 2023
Marco Antonio Teixeira and Renata Motta at the event Food activism: forms of resistance in the midst of multiple crisesJun 2, 2023
Eryka Galindo spoke about Food Movements in Brazil in the Cycle of Debates on Human Rights in Latin America in PPGD UnitMay 31, 2023
Marco Antonio Teixeira at the Executive Week 2023 of the ‘Berlin Academy for Brazilian Union Leaders’May 26, 2023
Marco Teixeira at the Postdoc Academy for Transformational Leadership – Seminar IV and Retreat in RotterdamMay 22, 2023
Marco Antonio Teixeira’s book “Contag: ações de reprodução social e formas de ações coletivas” was launchedMay 13, 2023
Marco Teixeira in the radio program Voz da CONTAGMay 11, 2023
Lea Zentgraf and Thalita Kalix Garcia participated in the Workshop “Care and (Re)production of Nature – Feminist perspectives in the Bioceonomy”May 11, 2023
Renata Motta, Mariana Calcagni and Lea Zentgraf at the Conference on Nature-Society Relations and the Global Environmental CrisisMay 8, 2023
Book Launch “CONTAG 1963-2023: Ações de Reprodução Social e Formas de Ações Coletivas” by Marco Antonio Teixeira in BrasiliaMay 3, 2023
Associated researcher Thalita Kalix Garcia successfully defended her doctorate thesisApr 12, 2023
Marco Teixeira and Eryka Galindo doing fieldwork in BrazilApr 4, 2023
Marco Teixeira presented during the project meeting of “Ativismos alimentares e politização da alimentação”Apr 3, 2023
Marco Antonio Teixeira participated in the Program ¿Hacia Sociedades Sustentables? Conflicto, Cohesión y Medio AmbienteApr 1, 2023
Renata Motta collaborates with the research project “Resistance to agribusiness and promotion of alternatives”Mar 15, 2023
Talk by Renata Motta about Feminist Solidarities in Rural WorldsMar 6, 2023
Mariana Calcagni and Lea Zentgraf participate in the third and final phase of the Global Research Academy in São PauloMar 1, 2023
Food for Justice organized the Climate Change and Social Sciences International ConferenceFeb 5, 2023
Food for Justice is based at the Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies (HCIAS) at Heidelberg University now!Feb 1, 2023
Lea Zentgraf participa do #4GenderStudies Science DaysJan 10, 2023
Lea Zentgraf participates in #4GenderStudies Science DaysJan 10, 2023
Marco Antonio Teixeira participated as a discussant at the CoMMonS Digital WorkshopJan 9, 2023
Workshop gender awareness and visibility in communication toward food justiceJan 9, 2023
Marco Antonio Teixeira as lecturer at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in PolenzoJan 1, 2023
Workshop HCIAS Research Program “Society, Culture and Communication in Ibero America” meets Doctoral Researchers from “Food for Justice”Dec 6, 2022
Doctoral Researcher Lea Zentgraf at the 19th NGU Conference in OldenburgDec 6, 2022
New Media Article: “Hunger is not a population problem but a problem of social Inequality, says expert” – Renata Motta in an article of the Folha de S.PauloNov 9, 2022
Food for Justice at the BMBF-Nachwuchsgruppen-TreffenNov 3, 2022
Workshop on “Feminist Food Movements” with Renata Motta, Marco Teixeira and Janet ConwayNov 3, 2022
Food for Justice Talks – Winter semester 2022/23 (Virtual Debate Series)Oct 31, 2022
Marco Teixeira at the Postdoc Academy for Transformational Leadership in StockholmOct 24, 2022
New Publication from Marco Teixeira and Eryka Galindo “Brasil de flagelo da fome ao futuro agroecológico: Uma Análise do desmonte das políticas públicas federais e a agroecologia como alternativa”Oct 4, 2022
Lea Zentgraf at the interdisciplinary summer academy Rural Futures from September 19 to 23, 2022Sep 27, 2022
Lea Zentgraf at the 41st Congress of the German Sociological Association ‘Polarized Worlds’, September 26-30, 2022Sep 27, 2022
Food for Justice Discussion with Prof. Janet ConwayAug 23, 2022
Renata Motta accepts W3-Professorship at Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American StudiesAug 4, 2022
Food for Justice is looking for two student employeesAug 2, 2022
Publication of new article “Food Sovereignty and Popular Feminism in Brazil” by Renata Motta and Marco TeixeiraJul 21, 2022
Lea Zentgraf and Mariana Calcagni at the Global Research AcademyJul 21, 2022
Lea Zentgraf part of the organizational team of the Nachwuchsgruppe UmweltsoziologieJul 14, 2022
Marco Antonio Teixeira becomes Co-Leader of the Junior Research Group Food for JusticeJul 12, 2022
Renata Motta at the Sociological Review Summer Sessions 2022Jul 12, 2022
Call for Abstracts: Food for Justice at the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology in 2023Jul 10, 2022
Three-months research stay of Associate Reseacher Mariana CalcagniJul 6, 2022
Renata Motta gave a course at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in ItalyJun 21, 2022
Marco Teixeira at the Postdoc Academy for Transformational LeadershipJun 21, 2022
Marco Antonio Teixeira moderates event of the Berlin Brazil DialoguesJun 15, 2022
Food for Justice at GIZ webinarJun 15, 2022
Marco Antonio Teixeira and Eryka Galindo on the V ENPSSANJun 15, 2022
Food for Justice Talks – Virtual Event SeriesJun 7, 2022
Renata Motta as keynote speaker at the University of GöttingenMay 19, 2022
Food for Justice on Thesis ElevenMay 5, 2022
Arrival of the senior researcher fellow Janet ConwayApr 29, 2022
Arrival of the researcher Sabrina FernandesApr 22, 2022
Publication of the article ““Wir haben es satt!”: Politisch-ökologische Ernährungskoalition“ by Renata Motta in the issue Food “lokal/global“Apr 14, 2022
New publication in the American Journal of SociologyMar 31, 2022
Interview with Lea Zentgraf and Federico Masson: “First 100 Days of Government: Agrarian politics and the impact of the war in Ukraine”Mar 25, 2022
Researchers on FieldworkFeb 15, 2022
Food for Justice at Wir haben es satt! 2022Jan 31, 2022
New Publication: “Allowing Rural Difference to Make a Difference: The Brazilian Marcha das Margaridas”Dec 16, 2021
Associate researcher Nicolas Goez gave presentations related to food practices and agroecologyNov 30, 2021
Observer Research Foundation – Hunger returns to BrazilNov 19, 2021
Le Monde Diplomatique – Latin American ResistancesNov 7, 2021
Publication of Working Paper 1: Preliminary Research ProgramNov 3, 2021
Marco Antonio Teixeira wins best doctoral thesis awardOct 19, 2021
Marco Antonio Teixeira at Postdoc Academy for Transformational LeadershipOct 14, 2021
Literary Contest: Chronicles of HungerSep 28, 2021
Summer School: Future of FoodSep 21, 2021
Publication of Working Paper 5: How to harvest in a pandemic?Sep 10, 2021
FFJ retreat in BrandenburgSep 7, 2021
Visions of the Bioeconomy 2021: Country Focus on BrazilSep 7, 2021
New team membersSep 2, 2021
Renata Motta in the debate at Instituto Fome ZeroAug 31, 2021
New article about feminist solidarities and coalitional identity by Renata MottaJul 12, 2021
Marco Teixeira is part of the Postdoc Academy for Transformational LeadershipJun 22, 2021
Renata Motta and Marco Teixeira participate at the Fórum de Pesquisadores de Segurança Alimentar de Belo HorizonteJun 22, 2021
We welcome our new intern Clarissa Göppinger!Jun 4, 2021
New video on YouTube about “A (re)volta da fome no Brasil. Desigualdades alimentares e lutas por justiça alimentar”May 25, 2021
New articles in the Sociological ReviewMay 25, 2021
Press release Study on the increase of food and nutrition insecurity in BrazilMay 17, 2021
New Video on Youtube about “Povos do campo da floresta e das águas e insegurança alimentar: resistências em tempos de pandemia”May 11, 2021
2 open positions as project assistant at FFJMay 3, 2021
New interview with Renata Motta about “Rembrandt Today”May 3, 2021
Reaction to the research report “Efeitos da pandemia na alimentação e na situação da segurança alimentar no Brasil”Apr 24, 2021
Publication of “Cities in the making: urban politics, agroecology, and peripheral urbanization”Mar 10, 2021
Sapiência BR – Germany: new video with Renata MottaFeb 22, 2021
Madalena Meinecke is participating in the IPSA-USP Summer SchoolFeb 22, 2021
Food for Justice at the ISAFeb 18, 2021
Berlin Brazil Dialogue | Urban-Rural Relations Between Agroexport and Food SovereigntyFeb 11, 2021
New article about food as a social right from Mariana CalcagniFeb 1, 2021
Wir haben es satt! 2021 – Online SurveyJan 15, 2021
Interview with Renata Motta in the TagesspiegelDec 10, 2020
Food for Justice in the sustainability report of the FU BerlinDec 10, 2020
Article about Food for Justice in Tagesspiegel SupplementDec 7, 2020
MIMIMI-Space Performance tomorrow: Brazilian FeijoadaDec 4, 2020
Renata Motta and Marco Teixeira present at the 44th anual meeting of ANPOCSDec 2, 2020
New Collaboration between FFJ and MIMIMI Space #1: Brazilian Feijoada – performative and discursive common mealNov 27, 2020
Marco Teixeira presents at the Rural Studies NetworkNov 27, 2020
Covid-19 and nutrition in BrazilNov 18, 2020
Meetings with the brazilian research groups GEPAD (UFRGS) and CERESAN (CPDA/UFRRJ)Nov 11, 2020
Food for Justice presents at the 10th Food Studies Conference in New YorkOct 31, 2020
Participation Workshop: “It‘s the (bio)economy, stupid!” 7th-8th October 2020 at Friedrich-Schiller University of JenaOct 9, 2020
New Case Study: Covid-19 and foodOct 1, 2020
Food for Justice on InstagramSep 29, 2020
Social movements for an agricultural and food turnaroundSep 23, 2020
Violent matters: Feminist solidarities through the politics of the body and natureJul 27, 2020
We welcome our new team members Eryka Galindo and Irina Costa Ferreira RangeJul 1, 2020
New Working Group Global Land Programm LASELSJun 23, 2020
Unionism and feminism: alliance building in the Brazilian Marcha das MargaridasJun 2, 2020
Food for Justice continues in spite of Coronavirus and new workflowApr 1, 2020
Women from every corner occupy Brasilia: the Marcha das MargaridasMar 3, 2020
Team Workshop in BrodowinFeb 17, 2020
We welcome our new team members Carolin Küppers and Madalena MeineckeJan 1, 2020
Radar da Participação #3 – Mulheres do campo, das florestas, das águas e das cidades ocupam Brasília: a Marcha das Margaridas 2019Sep 9, 2019

Events

23 Jul
2nd Food for Justice International Workshop in Heidelberg Jul 23, 2024 - Jul 24, 2024
27 Jun
Birgit Peuker in the Workshop “AUF DEM WEG ZUR RESILIENZ?” at the University of Passau Jun 27, 2024 15:45
14 Jun
Panel on “Hunger and food security in Brazil: challenges for research” Jun 14, 2024 17:00
10 Jun
FFJ at the POLLEN conference Jun 10, 2024 - Jun 12, 2024
10 Jun
Food for Justice: social movements and solidarity around food Jun 10, 2024 16:15-17:45
23 May
FFJ at the Neue Kulturgeographie conference in Münster May 23, 2024 - May 25, 2024
30 Apr
Online Seminar Series in Food Policy and Governance: European Farmer Protests and Interest Groups Apr 30, 2024 15:00-16:30
25 Apr
Alternative Food Networks as spaces of just socio-ecological transformation? Apr 25, 2024 - Apr 27, 2024 Apr 25, 16:15-17:45
24 Jan
International Research Lecture by the University of Chile Jan 24, 2024 16:00
19 Jan
Mecila Civil Society Workshop: Climate Interdependencies Between Europe and Latin America/Abya Yala Jan 19, 2024 11:30
9 Dec
Marco Antonio Teixeira at COP28: Shaping Climate and Food Dialogues Dec 9, 2023 - Dec 11, 2023
20 Nov
tdAcademy Workshops on Transformational Leadership with Marco Antonio Teixeira Nov 20, 2023 - Nov 23, 2023
16 Nov
International Workshop on Sustainability, Transitions, and Discourse at Heidelberg University Nov 16, 2023 - Nov 17, 2023
10 Nov
Bioökonomie als gesellschaftlicher Wandel Nov 10, 2023 10:40 - 11:00
25 Oct
Live Discussion of 60 Years of Rural Unionism in Brazil Oct 25, 2023 14:00
19 Sep
Deutscher Kongress für Geographie Sep 19, 2023
22 Aug
International Workshop Food for Justice in Rio de Janeiro Aug 22, 2023
25 Jun
Food for Justice at the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology in 2023 Jun 25, 2023
1 Jun
Renata Motta and Marco Teixeira at the Panel “Food activism: forms of resistance in the midst of multiple crises” during Food Culture Days Jun 1, 2023
12 May
Presentation of book “CONTAG 1963-2023: Ações de Reprodução Social e Formas de Ações Coletivas” by Marco Teixeira in Rio de Janeiro May 12, 2023
10 May
Presentation of book “CONTAG 1963-2023: Ações de Reprodução Social e Formas de Ações Coletivas” by Marco Teixeira in Brazilia May 10, 2023
2 Feb
International Conference: “Climate Change and Social Sciences – What’s going on? What’s to be done?” Feb 2, 2023
24 Jan
Food for Justice Transition Meetings at HCIAS Jan 24, 2023
11 Jan
Food for Justice Talks (Virtual Debate): Social dimensions of agricultural multifunctionality in the context of structural change Jan 11, 2023
14 Dec
Food for Justice Talk “Convivência com o semiárido: desafios para construção de territórios saudáveis e sustentáveis em tempos de pandemia” Dec 14, 2022
30 Nov
Food for Justice Talk: “Marry a farmer or win the lottery” the (im)possibilities of accessing a farm as a woman Nov 30, 2022
9 Nov
Food for Justice Talks: Crise climática, alimentar y Ecofeminismos: es posible crear salidas y alianzas con la práxis de los colectivos de mujeres latinoamericanas? Nov 9, 2022
19 Oct
Panel: COVID-19 AND ALTERNATIVE FOOD NETWORKS Oct 19, 2022
28 Sep
Eryka Galindo at the online Panel “Hunger, Food Inequalities and Agroecological Systems” Sep 28, 2022
21 Sep
Renata Motta at the Panel of the Bioeconomy Forum 2022 Dialogue and Participation in the Bioeconomy: “New Formats and Critical Perspectives” Sep 21, 2022
5 Sep
60 years of rural unionism in Brazil: Reflections on the trajectory of Contag Sep 5, 2022
21 Jul
Transnational Feminist Dialogues on Gender, Conflicts and Social Justice: Resistance, Activist Practices and Social Movements Jul 21, 2022
6 Jul
Food for Justice Talks (Virtual Session): Community supported agriculture and degrowth: a one-sided love affair? An empirical study on the potential for a movement coalition in Germany Jul 6, 2022
22 Jun
Food for Justice Talks (Virtual Debate): Feminist Perspectives on Practices of Care in Agriculture Jun 22, 2022
7 Jun
Sustainability Talks with Lea Zentgraf “Gender.Power.Food. Feministische Perspektiven auf (digitalen) Food-Aktivismus” Jun 7, 2022
6 Jun
V ENPSSAN Jun 6, 2022
2 Jun
GIZ webinar Jun 2, 2022
1 Jun
Food for Justice Talks (Virtual Debate): The contemporary corporate-neoliberal food regime: food security and rural women’s work Jun 1, 2022
1 Jun
Berlin-Brazil Dialogues 2022 Jun 1, 2022
18 May
Renata Motta – Allowing rural difference to make a difference: The Brazilian Marcha das Margaridas May 18, 2022
16 May
Contesting Authoritarianism: Perspectives from the South May 16, 2022
13 May
Food and Justice. Zu Community basierter Kunst, Teil #2 May 13, 2022
11 May
Food for Justice Talks (Virtual Debate): Increase in food insecurity due to the covid19 pandemic: Analysis of territorial inequalities from an intersectional approach in Chile May 11, 2022
27 Apr
From the paradise of agro-pesticides to the paradise of agroecology? Apr 27, 2022
9 Mar
Invitation to a book launch on March 9 – Cross-border Solidarities in 21st Century Contexts: Feminist Perspectives and Activists Practices Mar 9, 2022
20 Oct
Land and Food Struggles in Latin America Oct 20, 2021
6 Oct
From the transformations of production and consumption relations to the global agri-food question Oct 6, 2021
5 Oct
The Effects of Covid-19 on Food Security: Challenges and Opportunities for Transforming Food Systems Oct 5, 2021
15 Sep
Visions of the Bioeconomy 2021: Country Focus on Brazil Sep 15, 2021
28 Jul
Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association (SSA): SOCIAL JUSTICE IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY Jul 28, 2021
16 Jul
Presentation “Efeitos da pandemia da Covid-19 sobre o trabalho doméstico e de cuidados no Brasil” Jul 16, 2021
14 Jul
Movimentos Sociais e Estado no Brasil contemporâneo: uma análise dos Gritos da Terra Brasil Jul 14, 2021
13 Jul
Panel “Reconfigurações nos mundos do trabalho e na organização política no campo: Brasil e Equador” Jul 13, 2021
5 Jul
CSA – a revolutionary sustainable solution? Exploring discourses on sustainability, degrowth, and socio-ecological transformation Jul 5, 2021
1 Jul
Insegurança alimentar – Aumento da fome na pandemia Jul 1, 2021
23 Jun
Approaches to food justice and their role in transformative food research Jun 23, 2021
28 May
LASA Panel AGR SEC 647 Alternativas, resistencias y dinámicas hegemónicas en el capitalismo agrario latinoamericano actual May 28, 2021
27 May
LASA Panel GEN 418 In and Beyond Popular Feminisms: Ruralities and natural ressources (Part 1) May 27, 2021
26 May
LASA Panel AGR 068 Food for Justice: Power, Politics, and Food Inequalities in a Bioeconomy May 26, 2021
20 May
A (re)volta da fome no Brasil. Desigualdades alimentares e lutas por justiça alimentar May 20, 2021
19 May
Insegurança alimentar e nutricional enquanto escolha política May 19, 2021
6 May
Povos do campo da floresta e das águas e insegurança alimentar: resistências em tempos de pandemia May 6, 2021
13 Apr
Effects of the Pandemic on nutrition and food security situation in Brazil Apr 13, 2021
19 Jan
Berlin Brazil Dialogue | Urban-Rural Relations Between Agroexport and Food Sovereignty Jan 19, 2021
9 Dec
Food Inequalities: Power, Politics & Pesticides Dec 9, 2019
27 Sep
What can feminism contribute to climate justice? Sep 27, 2019

Food for Justice: Power, Politics and Food
Inequalities in a Bioeconomy.

Heidelberg University
Heidelberg Centrum für Ibero-Amerika Studien – HCIAS
Brunnengasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg

foodforjustice@uni-heidelberg.de

Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies

Brunnengasse 1
69117 Heidelberg, Germany

hcias@uni-heidelberg.de

Financed by the: