{"id":3233,"date":"2022-11-16T14:36:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biomaterialities.de\/de\/project\/?post_type=eap_event&#038;p=3233"},"modified":"2022-11-16T14:58:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:58:51","slug":"plaas-academic-seminar-a-digital-revolution-in-agriculture-new-technologies-and-the-future-of-the-corporate-food-regime","status":"publish","type":"eap_event","link":"https:\/\/biomaterialities.de\/de\/project\/events\/plaas-academic-seminar-a-digital-revolution-in-agriculture-new-technologies-and-the-future-of-the-corporate-food-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"PLAAS ACADEMIC SEMINAR: A Digital Revolution in Agriculture? New technologies and the future of the corporate food regime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Louisa Prause will hold a virtual seminar with the title\u00a0\u201cA Digital Revolution in Agriculture? New technologies and the future of the corporate food regime\u201d at the <em>Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Abstract:\u00a0<\/strong>Proponents of the introduction of digital tools in\u00a0the agri-food sector have suggested that digital\u00a0tools can make agriculture more productive,\u00a0profitable and ecologically sustainable.\u00a0Digitalization is supposed to be the solution for\u00a0feeding a growing population while minimising\u00a0the negative impacts on biodiversity, soil health\u00a0and the climate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Based on fieldwork in Germany and South Africa,\u00a0Dr Louisa Prause brings together the food\u00a0regime approach and critical technology studies\u00a0to argue that rather than a revolution in\u00a0agriculture, digitalisation deepens certain\u00a0features of the existing food regime such as the\u00a0retail sector&#8217;s control over global commodity\u00a0chains, a high degree of oligopolistic corporate\u00a0power and labour displacement.\u00a0Pause will offer thoughts on how digital tools\u00a0might be designed and used differently in order\u00a0to foster a socio-ecological transformation of the\u00a0corporate food regime.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seminar details:<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\nDate: 22 November 2022<br \/>\nPlatform: Virtual<br \/>\nTime: \u00a0 13:00 \u2013 14:00 (Central African Time\/ Central European Time)<br \/>\n11:00 \u2013 12:00 Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) (Ghana)<br \/>\n14:00 East African Time (EAT) (Tanzania)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Registration:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Link:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plaas.org.za\/digital-revolution-seminar\/\">https:\/\/www.plaas.org.za\/digital-revolution-seminar\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[source of picture: pexels.com\/ Tomas Anunziata]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Louisa Prause will hold a virtual seminar with the title\u00a0\u201cA Digital Revolution in Agriculture? 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