Unpacking the Discursive Construction of Heirloom Seeds: Discourses, Contests, Connections

Müzeyyen Pandır

Makale detayları

Unpacking the Discursive Construction of Heirloom Seeds: Discourses, Contests, Connections

Yazarlar:

Müzeyyen Pandır

Yayıncı:

Bursa Uludağ University

Ana Başlıklar:

Tarım | Yiyecek ve İçeceğin Kültürel Çalışmaları | Kültür Sosyolojisi

Dergi:

International Journal of Social Inquiry Vol.17 Issue 2, pp.215-231

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001325189

pISSN:

1307-8364

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Özet:

 The 2006 Turkish Seed Law prohibited the selling of uncertified heirloom seeds, triggering heated debates on and around seeds. This paper examines the construction of discourses on heirloom seeds in Türkiye, focusing on the arguments of the key social actors in the field with a view to understand how knowledge production is taking place on seed. Conducting interviews with key state and non-state actors and analyzing their published documents related to heirloom seed through discourse-historical approach, we examined the argumentative perspectives shaping the discourse on seed. The results revealed a discursive dichotomy constructed between heirloom seed and certified hybrid seeds. In particular, built on commercial and food security concerns, the state discourse frames heirloom seeds as low-yield and unable to feed the nation in comparison to certified hybrid seeds, whereas non-state discourse using the perspectives of agrobiodiversity and farmers sovereignty construct heirloom seeds with superior features, qualifying them as compatible with biodiversity and the current global and regional economic, environmental and climate problems. The study concludes that different perspectives and interests produced contradictory knowledge about seed hence food and caused different realities to exist simultaneously within this knowledge.

 The 2006 Turkish Seed Law prohibited the selling of uncertified heirloom seeds, triggering heated debates on and around seeds. This paper examines the construction of discourses on heirloom seeds in Türkiye, focusing on the arguments of the key social actors in the field with a view to understand how knowledge production is taking place on seed. Conducting interviews with key state and non-state actors and analyzing their published documents related to heirloom seed through discourse-historical approach, we examined the argumentative perspectives shaping the discourse on seed. The results revealed a discursive dichotomy constructed between heirloom seed and certified hybrid seeds. In particular, built on commercial and food security concerns, the state discourse frames heirloom seeds as low-yield and unable to feed the nation in comparison to certified hybrid seeds, whereas non-state discourse using the perspectives of agrobiodiversity and farmers sovereignty construct heirloom seeds with superior features, qualifying them as compatible with biodiversity and the current global and regional economic, environmental and climate problems. The study concludes that different perspectives and interests produced contradictory knowledge about seed hence food and caused different realities to exist simultaneously within this knowledge.

 The 2006 Turkish Seed Law prohibited the selling of uncertified heirloom seeds, triggering heated debates on and around seeds. This paper examines the construction of discourses on heirloom seeds in Türkiye, focusing on the arguments of the key social actors in the field with a view to understand how knowledge production is taking place on seed. Conducting interviews with key state and non-state actors and analyzing their published documents related to heirloom seed through discourse-historical approach, we examined the argumentative perspectives shaping the discourse on seed. The results revealed a discursive dichotomy constructed between heirloom seed and certified hybrid seeds. In particular, built on commercial and food security concerns, the state discourse frames heirloom seeds as low-yield and unable to feed the nation in comparison to certified hybrid seeds, whereas non-state discourse using the perspectives of agrobiodiversity and farmers sovereignty construct heirloom seeds with superior features, qualifying them as compatible with biodiversity and the current global and regional economic, environmental and climate problems. The study concludes that different perspectives and interests produced contradictory knowledge about seed hence food and caused different realities to exist simultaneously within this knowledge.

 The 2006 Turkish Seed Law prohibited the selling of uncertified heirloom seeds, triggering heated debates on and around seeds. This paper examines the construction of discourses on heirloom seeds in Türkiye, focusing on the arguments of the key social actors in the field with a view to understand how knowledge production is taking place on seed. Conducting interviews with key state and non-state actors and analyzing their published documents related to heirloom seed through discourse-historical approach, we examined the argumentative perspectives shaping the discourse on seed. The results revealed a discursive dichotomy constructed between heirloom seed and certified hybrid seeds. In particular, built on commercial and food security concerns, the state discourse frames heirloom seeds as low-yield and unable to feed the nation in comparison to certified hybrid seeds, whereas non-state discourse using the perspectives of agrobiodiversity and farmers sovereignty construct heirloom seeds with superior features, qualifying them as compatible with biodiversity and the current global and regional economic, environmental and climate problems. The study concludes that different perspectives and interests produced contradictory knowledge about seed hence food and caused different realities to exist simultaneously within this knowledge.

Makale detayları

Unpacking the Discursive Construction of Heirloom Seeds: Discourses, Contests, Connections

Yazarlar:

Müzeyyen Pandır

Yayıncı:

Bursa Uludağ University

Ana Başlıklar:

Tarım | Yiyecek ve İçeceğin Kültürel Çalışmaları | Kültür Sosyolojisi

Dergi:

International Journal of Social Inquiry Vol.17 Issue 2, pp.215-231

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001325189

pISSN:

1307-8364

seed

heirloom seed

knowledge production

discursive construction

discourse-historical approach

Sayı

Makale detayları

Unpacking the Discursive Construction of Heirloom Seeds: Discourses, Contests, Connections

Yazarlar: Müzeyyen Pandır

Yayıncı: Bursa Uludağ University

Ana Başlıklar: Tarım | Yiyecek ve İçeceğin Kültürel Çalışmaları | Kültür Sosyolojisi

Dergi: International Journal of Social Inquiry Vol.17 Issue 2, pp.215-231

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 8/2024

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001325189

pISSN: 1307-8364

seed

heirloom seed

knowledge production

discursive construction

discourse-historical approach

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Müzeyyen Pandır

Yayıncı:

Bursa Uludağ University

Ana Başlıklar:

Tarım | Yiyecek ve İçeceğin Kültürel Çalışmaları | Kültür Sosyolojisi

Dergi:

International Journal of Social Inquiry Vol.17 Issue 2, pp.215-231

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001325189

pISSN:

1307-8364