Outputs (4)

Embedding Fairtrade in South Africa: Global Production Networks, National Initiatives and Localized Challenges in the Northern Cape (2014)
Journal Article
Hughes, A., McEwan, C., Bek, D., & Rosenberg, Z. (2014). Embedding Fairtrade in South Africa: Global Production Networks, National Initiatives and Localized Challenges in the Northern Cape. Competition & Change, 18(4), 291-308. https://doi.org/10.1179/1024529414z.00000000062

This article contributes to debate on the evolving expressions of business responsibility in emerging market economies and developing economies by exploring and theorizing the ways in which the Fairtrade standard for supply chains is being re-worked... Read More about Embedding Fairtrade in South Africa: Global Production Networks, National Initiatives and Localized Challenges in the Northern Cape.

Using Art and Everyday Objects to Fight HIV/AIDS in Uganda (2014)
Journal Article
Nabulime, L., & McEwan, C. (2014). Using Art and Everyday Objects to Fight HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Development in Practice, 24(2), 272-285. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2014.884539

This paper argues for the importance of enabling dialogue between women and men about taboo subjects of sex and sexuality in HIV/AIDS prevention. It reports the findings of a project that sought to use art (specifically sculpture) for creating dialog... Read More about Using Art and Everyday Objects to Fight HIV/AIDS in Uganda.

Futures, ethics and the politics of expectation in biodiversity conservation: A case study of South African sustainable wildflower harvesting (2014)
Journal Article
McEwan, C., Hughes, A., & Bek, D. (2014). Futures, ethics and the politics of expectation in biodiversity conservation: A case study of South African sustainable wildflower harvesting. Geoforum, 52, 206-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.09.010

Corporate efforts to demonstrate ‘sustainability’ within production networks are driving a continued demand for new metrics. This raises questions concerning which experts will be enlisted in their creation, what data and calculative methods they wil... Read More about Futures, ethics and the politics of expectation in biodiversity conservation: A case study of South African sustainable wildflower harvesting.

Why ‘place’ matters in the development and impacts of Fairtrade production (2014)
Journal Article
McEwan, C., Hughes, A., Bek, D., & Rosenberg, Z. (2014). Why ‘place’ matters in the development and impacts of Fairtrade production. Food Chain, 4(1), 78-92. https://doi.org/10.3362/2046-1887.2014.007

This paper examines the importance of place for the cultural and environmental dynamics shaping Fairtrade cooperatives. It draws on a case study of the Eksteenskuil Agricultural Cooperative (EAC) in South Africa's Northern Cape, which supplies Fairtr... Read More about Why ‘place’ matters in the development and impacts of Fairtrade production.