1st Edition
Understanding Just Sustainabilities from Within A Case Study of a Shared-Use Commercial Kitchen in Connecticut
Foreword: Mark Winne Preface: CLiCK’s Interfaith Land Blessing Introduction: Understanding a Socially Constructed World Through My Positionality Part I: Understanding in Theory Chapter 1: Understanding Just Sustainabilities in Theory Chapter 2: Understanding Intersectionality in Theory Chapter 3: Overlapping Lenses: Insights into Practice Part II: Understanding from Within and Without in Practice Chapter 4: Origins of CLiCK from Within and Without Chapter 5: Development of CLiCK from Within and Without Chapter 6: Institutionalization of CLiCK from Within and Without Part III: Thresholds of Successes, Failures and Unknowns- Explorations in Praxis Chapter 7: Putting Just Sustainabilities and Intersectionality into Praxis? Chapter 8: Thresholds of Success… Chapter 9: Failures and Unknowns (thus far…) Conclusion: Interconnections Now and Beyond…
Biography
Phoebe Godfrey is an Associate Professor in Residence of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, USA.
“[This book] leverages a unique insider-outsider perspective to present a reflective evaluation of the theory and practice of just sustainabilities. Ultimately…this book can function as a boundary object; a translator between the activist and scholarly communities that co-constitute the field of just sustainabilities. With its conversational tone and personal style, it is also readily accessible to both undergraduate and graduate students and has important insights to offer those who are interested in critical community studies, food justice, and sustainability studies.”
Manisha Anantharaman, Saint Mary’s College of California, USA – an excerpt from a book review in Contemporary Sociology 52, 1
"Understanding Just Sustainabilities from Within provides a thoroughly engaging account of the practice of food justice and non-profit community organizing. Godfrey’s activism and intellection engage thought, heart, emotion, intuition, and spirit, enabling her creation of both compelling story and important theory. This book is perfect for my graduate and undergraduate classes on Environmental Justice and Ecofeminism."
Jane Caputi, Professor, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Communication and Multimedia, Florida Atlantic University
"With passionate prose, personal stake, and theoretical creativity, Godfrey lays bare the efforts of a shared-use commercial kitchen to put food justice principles into practice. This book offers a gift. Food justice is iterative. Our ideals run up against the real world, which is an opportunity to refine our praxis."
Joshua Sbicca, author of Food Justice Now!: Deepening the Roots of Social Struggle
