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Record Nr.

UNINA9910420942803321

Autore

Campbell Hugh

Titolo

Farming inside invisible worlds : modernist agriculture and its consequences / / Hugh Campbell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London England : , : Bloomsbury, , 2020

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020

ISBN

9781350120570

9781350120556

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Contemporary Food Studies: Economy, Culture and Politics

Disciplina

338.1094

Soggetti

Traditional farming

Sustainable agriculture

Food industry and trade

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue: Visible and Invisible Farming Worlds -- 1. Farming and Ontology -- 2. The Powers and Consequences of the Colonial Farm in New Zealand -- 3. From Colonial to Modernist Farming -- 4. The Crisis of Modernist Farming -- 5. Farming Inside Visible Worlds Epilogue: Theorizing the Ontology of Farms -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Farming Inside Invisible Worlds argues that the farm is a key player in the creation and stabilisation of political, economic and ecological power-particularly in colonised landscapes like New Zealand, America and Australia. The book reviews and rejects the way that farms are characterised in orthodox economics and agricultural science and then shows how re-centring the farm using the theoretical idea of political ontology can transform the way we understand the power of farming. Starting with the colonial history of farms in New Zealand, Hugh Campbell goes on to describe the rise of modernist farming and its often hidden political, racial and ecological effects. He concludes with an examination of alternative ways to farm in New Zealand, showing how the prior histories of colonisation and modernisation reveal important ways to farm differently in post-colonial worlds. Hugh Campbell's book has-ranging implications for understanding the role



farms play in both our food systems and landscapes, and is an exciting new addition to food studies."--