Building a politics of connectivity: intercultural in-commonness in Fairtrade

Herman, Agatha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-9726 2020. Building a politics of connectivity: intercultural in-commonness in Fairtrade. Antipode 52 (5) , pp. 1310-1330. 10.1111/anti.12633

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Abstract

Fairtrade operates its global system through a homogenising but marketable set of standards. Combined with issues around how to include producers in governance, this has led to feelings of disconnection and disenfranchisement for the latter, which are impacting on Fairtrade’s effectiveness and legitimacy. Through a focus on the South African wine industry, this paper argues that the Fairtrade community needs to be reinvigorated through dialogical communication, impactful participation and cultural synthesis to better enact responsibility across its systemic geographical and cultural distances. “Being‐with” its multiple stakeholders makes space for a more responsive, contextual and connected system. Drawing on the ideas of Paulo Freire, the paper concludes that a Fairtrade built on solidarity through a participatory and decentralised system would allow for discussions of the ideals and practices that are essential to negotiating, and not swallowing up, the shifting “we” of Fairtrade and more effectively balancing its local and global responsibilities.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Additional Information:	This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0066-4812
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	18 March 2020
Date of Acceptance:	9 March 2020
Last Modified:	04 May 2023 21:05
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/130471

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