Indigenous food sovereignty and tourism: the Chakra Route in the Amazon region of Ecuador

Santafe-Troncoso, Verónica; Loring, Philip A.

doi:10.1080/09669582.2020.1770769

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“…Viewed through the lens of biocultural ethics (Rozzi, 2013), the Chakra Route is a case of people using Indigenous-led tourism to reject biocultural homogenization and promote biocultural conservation-supporting traditional practices, environmental stewardship and the revitalization of local food sovereignty (Santafe & Loring, 2020). Within this project, however, tilapia occupies a contested, and at times contradictory position.…”

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“…The Chakra Route is a tourism destination in the Amazon region of Ecuador that overlaps the ancestral territory of Kichwa Napo Runa people (hereafter Kichwa people). Kichwa people are recognized by their efforts to include their self-determination agenda in the development of their territories (Coq-Huelva et al, 2018;Renkert, 2019;Santafe Troncoso & Loring, 2020;Sidali et al, 2016). This agenda is supported by Ecuador's 2008 constitution, which is known as the world's first constitution recognizing the rights of nature.…”

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“…During the development of our broader community-based research exploring the intersection of tourism and food sovereignty in the region, multiple local collaborators identified tilapia as a potential threat to their food sovereignty (Santafe Troncoso & Loring, 2020).…”

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Traditional food or biocultural threat? Concerns about the use of tilapia fish in Indigenous cuisine in the Amazonia of Ecuador

Santafe-Troncoso

Loring

2021

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Food-based tourism motivates visitors to experience the culture and nature of a destination through its food. The inclusion of local and traditional foods in tourism is commonly seen as positive for local economies, cultural revitalization and biodiversity in rural and Indigenous communities (Giampiccoli & Hayward, 2012;Hall & Sharples, 2003;Sidali et al., 2016). However, some scholars challenge these perspectives, and argue that the impacts of tourism on local communities, including the commodification of traditional

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Traditional food or biocultural threat? Concerns about the use of tilapia fish in Indigenous cuisine in the Amazonia of Ecuador

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Loring

2021

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“…Rural food tourism that embodies these kinds of values is likely to have positive social, cultural, economic and environmental effects, yet rural food tourism and food sovereignty are seldom explicitly linked in the academic literature. The researcher is not aware of any scholarly examples of food sovereignty being considered within a tourism context in the Global North, though Santafe-Troncoso and Loring's (2021) very recently published Indigenous food sovereignty and tourism: the Chakra Route in the Amazon region of Ecuador is an excellent example of food sovereignty being brought into food tourism discourse in the Global South [60].…”

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Rural Food and Wine Tourism in Canada’s South Okanagan Valley: Transformations for Food Sovereignty?

Robinson

2021

Sustainability

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This interdisciplinary research analyses the relationships between food sovereignty principles and food and wine tourism in rural contexts by asking how rural tourism stakeholders understand these concepts, mobilize the interrelationships, and to what purpose. Wine and food tourism is one of the fastest-growing rural tourism niches, with effects on the orientation of food systems, the livelihoods of producers, the viability of rural communities, and the biophysical environment. Secondary research and semi-structured interviews provide insights into how qualities of food sovereignty transitions are conceptualized, recognized, developed, supported, and promoted in the case of British Columbia’s South Okanagan Valley. An appreciative approach was used because this research aims to understand rural food and wine tourism’s potential contribution to food sovereignty. Although the term ‘food sovereignty’ did not resonate for most participants, qualities of a transition towards food sovereignty such as reorienting agriculture, food processing and consumption to the local region, supporting rural economies and environmental sustainability were considered integral to rural food tourism. Participants saw future opportunities for rural food and wine tourism to serve broader transformative purposes that would benefit locals, visitors, and the environment. Research results could be used to inspire critical academic, community and policy dialogue about food sovereignty in wine and food tourism destinations.

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“…Using tourism to highlight traditional food systems in ways that promote community empowerment [65].…”

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Tourism and Livelihood Sovereignty: A Theoretical Introduction and Research Agenda for Arctic Contexts

Naylor

Hunt

2021

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The need to understand how Arctic coastal communities can remain resilient in the wake of rapid anthropogenic change that is disproportionately affecting the region—including, but not limited to, climate instability and the increasing reach of the tourism sector—is more urgent than ever. With sovereignty discourse at the forefront of Arctic sustainability research, integrating existing sovereignty scholarship into the tourism literature yields new theory-building opportunities. The purpose of this paper is to conceptually analyze the implications of (1) applying both theoretical and social movement ideas about sovereignty to tourism research in Arctic coastal communities, (2) the extent to which these ideas revolve around livelihood sovereignty in particular, (3) the influence of existing tourism development on shifting livelihood sovereignty dynamics, and, ultimately, (4) the opportunities for further research that enables more sovereign sustainable tourism development across the Arctic region. Given the northward march of the tourism frontier across Arctic regions, an exploration of tourism’s influence on sovereignty presents a timely opportunity to advance theory and promote policy incentives for forms of tourism development that are more likely to yield sustainable and resilient outcomes for Arctic communities.

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Indigenous food sovereignty and tourism: the Chakra Route in the Amazon region of Ecuador

Cited by 24 publications

References 52 publications

Traditional food or biocultural threat? Concerns about the use of tilapia fish in Indigenous cuisine in the Amazonia of Ecuador

Traditional food or biocultural threat? Concerns about the use of tilapia fish in Indigenous cuisine in the Amazonia of Ecuador

Rural Food and Wine Tourism in Canada’s South Okanagan Valley: Transformations for Food Sovereignty?

Tourism and Livelihood Sovereignty: A Theoretical Introduction and Research Agenda for Arctic Contexts

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