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Community food initiatives are gaining momentum. Across various geographical contexts, community food initiatives are self-organising, providing communities with inspiration, knowledge and the opportunity to work towards responsible and socially acceptable transformations in food systems. In this article, we explore how self-organisation manifests itself in the daily activities and developments of community food initiatives. Through the conceptual lens of community self-organisation, we aim to provide a more detailed understanding of how community food initiatives contribute to broader and transformational shifts in food systems. Drawing on a multi-method approach, including community-based participatory research, interviews and observations, this article follows the creation and creative dissolution of the Free Café—a surplus food sharing initiative in Groningen, the Netherlands, which in the eye of the public remains unified, but from the volunteers’ perspectives split up into three different initiatives. The results suggest that community self-organisation accommodates differing motivations and experiences embedded in the everyday collective performances of community rationalities and aspirations. This article also points to the changing individual and collective perspectives, vulnerabilities and everyday politics within community food initiatives. This paper contributes to emerging debates on community self-organising within food systems and the potential of community initiatives to promote broader social realignments.
Mustafa Hasanov; Christian Zuidema; Lummina G. Horlings. Exploring the Role of Community Self-Organisation in the Creation and Creative Dissolution of a Community Food Initiative. Sustainability 2019, 11, 3170 .
AMA StyleMustafa Hasanov, Christian Zuidema, Lummina G. Horlings. Exploring the Role of Community Self-Organisation in the Creation and Creative Dissolution of a Community Food Initiative. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (11):3170.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMustafa Hasanov; Christian Zuidema; Lummina G. Horlings. 2019. "Exploring the Role of Community Self-Organisation in the Creation and Creative Dissolution of a Community Food Initiative." Sustainability 11, no. 11: 3170.
Mustafa Hasanov; Mustafa Hasanov. All Roads Lead to the New Food Activism. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 2019, 9, 1 -3.
AMA StyleMustafa Hasanov, Mustafa Hasanov. All Roads Lead to the New Food Activism. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. 2019; 9 (1):1-3.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMustafa Hasanov; Mustafa Hasanov. 2019. "All Roads Lead to the New Food Activism." Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 9, no. 1: 1-3.
Mustafa Hasanov; Christian Zuidema. The transformative power of self-organization: Towards a conceptual framework for understanding local energy initiatives in The Netherlands. Energy Research & Social Science 2018, 37, 85 -93.
AMA StyleMustafa Hasanov, Christian Zuidema. The transformative power of self-organization: Towards a conceptual framework for understanding local energy initiatives in The Netherlands. Energy Research & Social Science. 2018; 37 ():85-93.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMustafa Hasanov; Christian Zuidema. 2018. "The transformative power of self-organization: Towards a conceptual framework for understanding local energy initiatives in The Netherlands." Energy Research & Social Science 37, no. : 85-93.
Understanding how community groups take on the challenge of climate change is key to understanding the capacity of society as a whole to adapt in the face of climate change in ways that acknowledge a broader need for a sustainable societal transition. In order to show this it is important to identify what distinguishes self-organised responses to the climate change challenge from other responses. Through critically evaluating the existing literature on self-organisation and on locally based responses to climate change, the paper clarifies what we mean by self-organised response and then demonstrates how the concept would enhance the scope of research about local-level responses to enhance societal sustainability. Furthermore, the article presents an agenda for identifying self-organised responses to climate change and distinguishing self-organised responses from other forms of 'community-led' response.
Rob Atkinson; Thomas Dörfler; Mustafa Hasanov; Eberhard Rothfuß; Ian Smith. Making the case for self-organisation: understanding how communities make sense of sustainability and climate change through collective action. International Journal of Sustainable Society 2017, 9, 193 .
AMA StyleRob Atkinson, Thomas Dörfler, Mustafa Hasanov, Eberhard Rothfuß, Ian Smith. Making the case for self-organisation: understanding how communities make sense of sustainability and climate change through collective action. International Journal of Sustainable Society. 2017; 9 (3):193.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRob Atkinson; Thomas Dörfler; Mustafa Hasanov; Eberhard Rothfuß; Ian Smith. 2017. "Making the case for self-organisation: understanding how communities make sense of sustainability and climate change through collective action." International Journal of Sustainable Society 9, no. 3: 193.
Urban self-organization (USO) is an important topic within the field of contemporary participatory planning. This article aims to investigate the role of certain socio-psychological traits embedded within the notion of USO. We will argue that USO builds upon on the relationship between processes of community organizing, socio-spatial proximity and, most intriguingly, collective intentionality. The intellectual and sensory experience of self-organizing processes is examined through the help of three spatially anchored community initiatives within The Netherlands. We suggest that our investigation into collective intentionality of USO has a promising role in setting the future research agenda for supporting a more inclusive planning theory and practice.
Mustafa Hasanov; Justin Beaumont. The value of collective intentionality for understanding urban self-organization. Urban Research & Practice 2016, 9, 231 -249.
AMA StyleMustafa Hasanov, Justin Beaumont. The value of collective intentionality for understanding urban self-organization. Urban Research & Practice. 2016; 9 (3):231-249.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMustafa Hasanov; Justin Beaumont. 2016. "The value of collective intentionality for understanding urban self-organization." Urban Research & Practice 9, no. 3: 231-249.