Abstract
This paper examines the interconnections between current sustainable environmental and social practices in organic coffee production by Indigenous and small-scale organic coffee producers, members of ASPROCAFE, in Caldas, Colombia, along with their struggles and resistance in defending their territories and the environment. This work draws upon fieldwork conducted during the summers of 2016 to 2019, as well as the summers of 2022, 2023, and 2024, and the winter breaks of 2019 and 2022 in Colombia. I conducted oral histories, in-depth semi-structured interviews, and plot walks. Focusing on the specificities of the indigenous agricultural practices, as well as material and representational practices in Indigenous communities’ struggles and resistance in processes of Land Reclamation, territorial integrity, and environmental care shifts the focus to decolonial conceptualizations and sources of history.
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Food Production and Sustainability
KEYWORDS
Sustainability, Indigenous Communities, Environment, Struggles, Organic, Coffee, Production
