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Food Sovereignty
"“Food sovereignty” is an alternative paradigm for food and agriculture that aims to guarantee and protect people’s space, ability, and right to define their own models of production, distribution, and consumption. It is a response to the deep social, economic, and environmental..." - By M.P. Pimbert
and Priscilla Claeys
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History and Bioarchaeology
"Within the history of bioarchaeology, “history” has often been associated with descriptive or typological studies and pitted against “scientific” approaches. Even with this dichotomy, however, bioarchaeologists engage with myriad notions of history to..." – By Alanna L. Warner-Smith and Shannon A. Novak
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