Collaborating for Change A Social Practices Approach to Partnerships for Sustainable Food and Agriculture
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31-12-2021
Tjitske Anna Zwart
Machiel Lamers
Erik Mathijs
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4189-3066
Abstract
Worldwide, partnerships are popular vehicles for addressing (agro-food related) sustainability challenges. Their popularity is reflected in a proliferation of studies on partnerships. Yet, the current body of literature does not sufficiently take into account: (i) the importance of the institutional contexts in which the partnerships are embedded; and (ii) how interactions and tensions between the different partners influence the process of shaping the partnership over time. Therefore, in this paper, we aim to gain in-depth insights on processes of shaping a partnership for sustainable agriculture and food, and the role that the context in which a partnership is embedded plays in these processes. Our findings are based on the single case study of a participatory action research project of a partnership in Belgium. In our analysis, we take a social practices approach and thus conceptualise partnerships as different sets of practices from which a new set of practices is created. The results show that in talking about the sustainability of agriculture and food, it is important to take into account existing practice bundles because: (i) they set the scene in which sustainability innovations are shaped; and (ii) they create the boundaries for possible kinds of change. Participating in a new set of practices requires a move away from ‘normal’ ways of working. Yet, although there are shared goals and practices, each partner organisation is also constrained by and working towards its own goals. This is likewise the case for how ‘sustainability’ is shaped, implying that existing practices play an important role in shaping ‘sustainable’ practices. In turn, these findings highlight the need to not simply assume that partnerships will contribute to sustainability transitions, but also to reflect on: (i) whether and how this might be the case; and (ii) who or what factors have the power in shaping and defining ‘sustainability’.
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“Collaborating for Change: A Social Practices Approach to Partnerships for Sustainable Food and Agriculture ” (2021) The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 27(2), pp. 73–88. doi:10.48416/ijsaf.v27i2.79.
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agriculture, food, partnership, practices, Social Practice Theories, sustainability
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Bryson, J., B. Crosby and M. Middleton Ston. 2006. ‘The design and implementation of Cross-sector collaborations: propositions from the literature’. Public Administration Review, 44-55. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00665.x
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Dentoni, D. and V. Bitzer. 2015. ‘The role(s) of universities in dealing with global wicked problems through multi-stakeholder initiatives’. Journal of Cleaner Production 106, 68. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.050
Dentoni, D., V. Bitzer and G. Schouten. 2018. ‚Harnessing Wicked Problems in Multi-stakeholder Partnerships’. Journal of Business Ethics 150, 333. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-3858-6
Dentoni, D., S. Waddell and S. Waddock. 2017. ‘Pathways of transformation in global food and agricultural systems: implications from a large systems change theory perspective’. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 29, 8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.10.003
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El Bilali, H. 2019. ‘Research on agro-food sustainability transitions: A systematic review of research themes and an analysis of research gaps’. Journal of Cleaner Production, 221, 353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.232
Feldman, M. and W. Orlikowksi. 2011. ‘Theorizing Practice and Practicing Theory’. Organization Science, 22:5, 1121. DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0612
Fyhn, H. and B. Baron. 2017. ‘The Nature of Decision Making in the Practice of Dwelling: A Practice Theoretical Approach to Understanding Maintenance and Retrofitting of Homes in the Context of Climate Change’, Society & Natural Resources, 30:5, 555. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2016.1239149
Galli, F., F. Bartolini and G. Brunori. 2016. ‘Handling Diversity of Visions and Priorities in Food Chain Sustainability Assessment’. Sustainability 8:4, 305. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su8040305
Gray, B. and J. Purdy. 2018. Collaborating for Our Future: Multi-stakeholder Parternships for Solving Complex Problems. Oxford Press.
Hall, A. 2006. ‘Public-private sector partnerships in an agricultural system of innovation: concepts and challenges’. International Journal of Technology Management & Sustainable Development, 5(1), 3.
Huttunen, S. and P. Oosterveer. 2017. ‘Transition to Sustainable Fertilisation in Agriculture, A Practices Approach’. Sociologia Ruralis, 57:2, 191. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12118
Huxham, C. 1993. ‘Pursuing collaborative advantage’. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 44(6), 599.
Huzzard, T., B. Ahlberg and M. Ekman. 2010. ‚Constructing interorganizational collaboration: The action researcher as boundary subject’. Action Research, 8(3), 293. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1476750309335206
IPCC. 2019. An IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Kirwan, J., D. Maye and G. Brunori. 2017. ‘Reflexive Governance, Incorporating Ethics and Changing Understandings of Food Chain Performance’. Sociologia Ruralis 57:3, 357. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12169
Lamers, M. and R. van der Duim. 2016. ‘Connecting practices: Conservation tourism partnerships in Kenya’. In Practice Theory and Research: Exploring the Dynamics of Social Life, edited by G. Spaargaren, D. Weenink and M. Lamers, pp. 179-201. Routledge.
Lamers, M., B. Ottow, G. Francois and Y. von Korff. 2010. ‘Beyond Dry Feet? Experiences from a Participatory Water-Management Planning Case in The Netherlands’. Ecology and Society, 15(1), 14. Retrieved from: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss1/art14/
Le Ber, M. and O. Branzei. 2010. ‚(Re)Forming Strategic Cross-Sector Partnerships: Relational Processes of Social Innovation’. Business & Society, 49(1), 140. https://doi.org/10.1177/0007650309345457
Moragues‐Faus, A. 2020. ‘Towards a critical governance framework: Unveiling the political and justice dimensions of urban food partnerships’. The Geographical Journal, 186(1), 73.
Nicholls, A. and B. Huybrechts. 2016. ‘Sustaining Inter-organizational Relationships Across Institutional Logics and Power Asymmetries: The Case of Fair Trade’. Journal of Business Ethics, 135, 699. DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2495-y
Oosterveer, P., G. Rossing, A. Hendriksen and K. Voerman. 2014. ‘Mainstreaming fair trade: the role of retailers’. Sustainability: Science, Practice & Policy 10(2), 41. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2014.11908128
Rein, M. and L. Stott. 2009. ‘Working Together: Critical Perspectives on Six Cross-Sector Partnerships in Southern Africa’. Journal of Business Ethics, 90, 79. DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9915-9
Roth, G. and H. Bradbury. 2008. ‘Learning History: An Action Research Practice in Support of Actionable Learning’. In The SAGE Handbook of Action Research: Participative Inquiry and Practice, edited by P. Reason and H. Bradbury, pp. 350-365. SAGE Publications.
Samanta, A., F.R. Eanes, B. Wickerham, M. Fales, B.R. Bulla and L.S. Prokopy. 2019. ‘Communication, Partnerships, and the Role of Social Science: Conservation Delivery in a Brave New World’. Society & Natural Resources. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2019.1695990
Schatzki, T. 2005. ‘Peripheral Vision: The Sites of Organizations’. Organization Studies 26:3, 465. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0170840605050876
Schatzki, T. 2012. ‘A primer on practices’. In Practice-based Education: Perspectives and Strategies, edited by J. Higgs, R. Barnett, S. Billett, M. Hutchings and F. Trede, pp. 13-26. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Schatzki, T. 2016. ‘Keeping track of large phenomena’. Geographische Zeitschrift 104:1, 4.
Schelly, C. 2016. ‘Understanding Energy Practices: A Case for Qualitative Research’, Society & Natural Resources, 29:6, 744. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2015.1089613
Shove, E. 2003. Comfort, Cleanliness and Convenience: The Social Organization of Normality. Berg Publishers.
Shove, E. 2010. ‘Beyond the ABC: Climate Change Policy and Theories of Social Change’. Environment and Planning A 42:6, 1273. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1068%2Fa42282
Shove, E., M. Pantzar and M. Watson. 2012. The Dynamics of Social Practice: Everyday Life and How It Changes. SAGE publications.
Shove, E. and G. Walker. 2007. ‘Caution! Transitions Ahead: Politics, Practice, and Sustainable Transition Management’. Environment and Planning A 39, 763.
Spaargaren, G. 2003. ‘Sustainable consumption: a theoretical and environmental policy perspective’. Society & Natural Resources 16:8, 687. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920309192
Spaargaren, G., P. Oosterveer and A. Loeber. (2012). Food Practices in Transition: Changing Food Consumption, Retail and Production In the Age of Reflexive Modernity. Routledge.
Spielman, D. J. and K. von Grebmer. 2006. ‚Public–private partnerships in international agricultural research: an analysis of constraints’. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 31(2), 291.
Thomson, A. and J. Perry. 2006. ‘Collaboration Processes: Inside the Black Box’. Public Administration Review, 20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00663.x
Tilman, D., M. Clark, D. Williams, K. Kimmel, S. Polasky and C. Packer. 2017. ‘Future threats to biodiversity and pathways to their prevention’. Nature 546, 73. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22900
Trencher, G., M. Yarime and A. Kharrazi. 2013. ‘Co-creating sustainability: cross-sector university collaborations for driving sustainable urban transformations’. Journal of Cleaner Production, 40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.11.047
United Nations. (2019). Sustainable Development Goals. Retrieved from website: UN Sustainable Development Goals: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
Van Mierlo, B., B. Regeer, M. van Amstel, M. Arkesteijn, V. Beekman, J. Bunders, T. de Cock Buning, B. Elzen, A.C. Hoes, C. Leeuwis. 2010. Reflexive Monitoring In Action: A Guide for Monitoring System Innovation Projects, Wageningen/Amsterdam: Communication and Innovation Studies, WUR, Athena Instute, VU.
Van Tulder, R. and N. Keen. 2018. ‘Capturing collaborative challenges: Designing complexity-sensitive theories of change for cross-sector partnerships’. Journal of Business Ethics, 150(2), 315.
Voss, J. and R. Kemp. 2006. ‘Sustainability and Reflexive Government: Introduction’. In Reflexive Governance for Sustainable Development, edited by J. Voss, D. Bauknect and R. Kemp, pp. 3-28. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Vurro, C., M. Dacin and F. Perrini. 2010. ‘Institutional Antecedents of Partnering for Social Change: How Institutional Logics Shape Cross-Sector Social Partnerships’. Journal of Business Ethics, 94, 39. DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0778-0
Watson, M. 2012. ‘How theories of practice can inform transition to a decarbonised transport system’. Journal of Transport Geography, 24, 488. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.04.002
Watson, M. 2016. ‘Placing power in practice theory’. In The Nexus of Practices: Connections, constellations and practitioners, edited by A. Hui, T. Schatzki and E. Shove. Routledge.
Welch, D. and L. Yates. 2018. ‘The practices of collective action: Practice theory, sustainability transitions and social change’. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 48, 288. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12168
Wittmayer, J. and N. Schäpke. 2014. ‘Action, research and participation: roles of researchers in sustainability transitions’. Sustainability Science, 9, 483. DOI 10.1007/s11625-014-0258-4
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“Collaborating for Change: A Social Practices Approach to Partnerships for Sustainable Food and Agriculture ” (2021) The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 27(2), pp. 73–88. doi:10.48416/ijsaf.v27i2.79.