Food Democracy in the Making: Designing with Local Food Networks
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Claims that HCI should adopt food democracy as a frame and tests it by deploying the open‑source Open Food Network platform with field observations and interviews in deprived communities in Northeast England. The team builds online shop-front hubs and click‑and‑collect links to farmers markets; the system reduces logistics burden and can lower prices but still excludes low‑income groups without scaling, cooperative governance, or sustained funding. Cites large cooperative precedent (e.g. 250,000 members) as a model to emulate.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Start
- 3:51Context
- 5:28Engagements: Action Research
- 6:31Local Food Values & Affordability
- 7:22Ethical Practice in Neoliberalism
- 8:21Co-Development and Participation
- 9:34Designing within the Current System
- 11:02Designing for System Change
- 12:19Learning From Others
- 13:33Conclusion
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