Contested knowledge: Changing practices in origin-food communities

Mariagiulia Mariani (), Claire Cerdan () and Iuri Peri
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Mariagiulia Mariani: UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier
Claire Cerdan: UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier
Iuri Peri: Unict - Università degli studi di Catania = University of Catania

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Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how communities engaged in the valorisation of origin food through Geographical Indications (GIs) and Slow Food Presidia can be resilient to changing conditions and able to innovate their practices. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses the concept of "community of practices" (CoP) to explore the learning processes occurring in three origin cheese initiatives located in France and Morocco. Findings – Learning processes surpass the border of the governing body and encompass competitors and consumers. Discrepancies between what is codified and what is done lead to a dynamic redefinition of both specifications and communities. Such initiatives are frameworks for envisioning possible futures emerging from controversies. Originality/value – This paper compares two localised agrofood systems initiatives (GIs and Slow Food Presidia), based on evidence from two European and an African cases. The analytical frame of "CoP" sheds light on the underestimated dynamic effect of controversies on knowledge.

Keywords: France; Maroc; provenance; innovation; fromage; savoirs autochtones; approches communautaires; développement agricole; systèmes agroalimentaires; Cheese; Communities of practice; Geographical indications; Slow Food; LAFS; Origin products; Indication géographique; Pratique paysanne (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in British Food Journal, 2019, 121 (12), pp.3011-3023. ⟨10.1108/BFJ-10-2018-0713⟩

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DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-10-2018-0713

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