Post-socialist sharing economy: home grown food and informal
distribution networks

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Post-socialist sharing economy: home grown food and informal distribution networks

JEHLIČKA, Petr, Naděžda JOHANISOVÁ, Eva FRAŇKOVÁ and Petr DANĚK

Basic information

Original name

Post-socialist sharing economy: home grown food and informal distribution networks

Authors

JEHLIČKA, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Naděžda JOHANISOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Eva FRAŇKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr DANĚK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

XXVI Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology, 2015

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

50000 5. Social Sciences

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/15:00088343

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

household food production; sharing; informal practices; post-socialism;

Abstract

V originále

In the last quarter-century European post-socialist societies have experienced some of the most profound instances of economic neoliberalisation. While the processes of marketisation and privatisation were initially externally driven by international institutions, domestically the market also enjoyed an elavated symbolic status as part of ‘civilising mechanisms‘ destroyed under socialism. With the focus of post-socialist agri-food scholarship on either the macro-processes of neoliberalisation of the agri-food sector or market-based food relocalisation (farmers’markets, local certification), it has been largely overlooked that Central and East European societies harbour localised, informal practices such as household food production and surplus distribution that defy the dominant neo-liberal trends. This paper argues that despite their outward appearance as manifestations of an individualised agency and responsibilisation, these practices constitute an alernative, sharing and caring economy. While not necessarily perceived as sites of resistance to market capitalism, these spaces are viewed by practitioners as constituing valuable domains of culturally motivated human interactions. The paper shows that these spaces nurture – through enjoyment – trust, cooperation, mutual help and efficient use of resources and hence, by extension, greater personal and local resilience. Empirically the paper is based on recent research into extensive networks of informal sharing of surplus food produced by households in Moravia, Czech Republic, and on a case study of a local shop selling home-grown surplus food at non-market prices. The paper raises the question whether there is a possibility for the western ‘core‘ and the increasingly affluent societies of the global South to learn from food transitions in the ‘post-socialist periphery‘.

Links

GA14-33094S, research and development project

Name: Formy a hodnoty alternativních ekonomických praktik v České republice (Acronym: ALTEKO)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

JEHLIČKA, Petr, Naděžda JOHANISOVÁ, Eva FRAŇKOVÁ and Petr DANĚK. Post-socialist sharing economy: home grown food and informal distribution networks. In XXVI Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology. 2015.

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JEHLIČKA, Petr, Naděžda JOHANISOVÁ, Eva FRAŇKOVÁ and Petr DANĚK. Post-socialist sharing economy: home grown food and informal distribution networks. In \textit{XXVI Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology}. 2015.

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