A political ontology of seeds: The transformative frictions of a farmers' movement in Europe

Focaal

Volumn , Issue 69, 2014, Pages 45-61

  Demeulenaere, Elise ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Commons; Epistemic advocacy; Ontology; Peasantness; Seeds; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904976585     PISSN: 09201297     EISSN: 15585263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/fcl.2014.690104     Document Type: Article

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