STRENGTHENING UNIVERSITY FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IN CUENCA: GUIDELINES BASED ON INDICATORS AND MIXED PARTICIPATORY METHODOLOGIES WITH AN ARTISTIC APPROACH

THIS PROJECT WILL ANALYZE FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IN THE UNIVERSITY POPULATION OF CUENCA BASED ON SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATORS, THROUGH A MIXED, PARTICIPATORY METHODOLOGY WITH AN ARTISTIC COMPONENT THAT POSITIONS THE UNIVERSITY OF CUENCA AS A NODE OF TRANSFORMATION TOWARDS SYSTEMS SUSTAINABLE AGRI-FOOD. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: UNDERSTANDING THE STATE OF FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IN HOMES OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, EVALUATING THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF ITS SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND TERRITORIAL DETERMINANTS, AND PROVIDING GUIDELINES FOR A UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF FOOD SOVEREIGNTY THAT ARTICLE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DYNAMICS. THE STUDY IS BASED ON PARTICIPATORY-ACTION-RESEARCH AND RESEARCH BASED ON ARTISTIC PRACTICE, INTEGRATING QUALITATIVE, QUANTITATIVE AND CREATIVE METHODS. THREE INDICATORS DEFINED BY COPISA (2024) WILL BE USED: A) ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY OF FOOD, B) ECONOMIC ACCESS AND BARRIERS, AND C) LOCAL FOOD CHAINS. AMONG THE TECHNIQUES, PHOTOVOICE, SENSORY AND CULINARY ETHNOGRAPHY, POETIC AND NARRATIVE RESEARCH, SURVEYS, AS WELL AS THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, STAND OUT. THE RESULTS WILL BE PRESENTED THROUGH SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS (ARTICLES AND DATABASES), INSTITUTIONAL PRODUCTS (GUIDELINES AND POLICIES), AND ARTISTIC PRODUCTS OF RELEVANT WORK (DIGITAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, SOUND AND SHORT TEXT GALLERIES AND DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM), PROMOTING THE TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE IMPACT ON PUBLIC POLICIES. THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT WILL BE ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC, BY STRENGTHENING LOCAL AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS, GENERATING EVIDENCE FOR DECISION-MAKING AND CONSOLIDATING THE UNIVERSITY OF CUENCA AS A KEY ACTOR IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND SUSTAINABILITY.

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