Global Urban Environments

At BCNUEJ we look beyond the urban as we acknowledge that urban and rural contexts are not separate entities. In the case of food provisioning, urban-rural politics—the power relations between those who produce and those who consume—play an important role in shaping food landscapes. While most food movements are predominantly urban-centric, rural people are expected to save the planet, although their ability to participate in new governance agreements is limited by their marginalization and socially disadvantaged position. We aim to look at forms of exclusion and marginalization that emerge from the predominance of the urban sphere in sustainability discussions and policy-making processes. For example, how certain urban narratives and the interests of urban dwellers become predominant and how this supremacy influences rural dynamics and the life of its inhabitants.