Episode 13: Dr. Naya Jones on Food Sovereignty and Collective Healing

Episode #13 Notes1:00 - How did you come to study your unique mix of Geography and Healing Arts? Specifically around food an equity?4:00- What does ‘embodied healing’ mean to you? How is your work specifically addressing traumas in the food system?9:10 - How do corner stores figure into your research?12:45 - How does racial surveillance in corner stores impact the health and well being of clack people, especially black youth?15:45 - Emotional Slow Violence - can you define this for us?18:00 - What are some of the shortcomings of focussing on healthy food availability without looking at this issue in a more multi-faceted manner?22:30 - How do retail grocery locations play into gentrification?26:45 - How are grocery stores not the solution to food insecurity and food apartheid?32:30 - What can white folks with resources, influence, and power can do to address some of the issues we’ve discussed so far?40:00 - Gardens. How are home gardens appealing and community-building in the black community?43:15 - The role of holistic healing arts in gardening and food.46:15 - Where does food sovereignty come into play?50:00 - How do critical pedagogues play into food system work?54:45 - What are some of the most influential books on you and your work?Freedom Farmers, Dr. Monica WhiteBlack Rice, Judith CarneyWeighing In, Julie GuthmanAfro-Vegan, Bryant TerryPapers by Naya Jones{Intervention} Corner Stores, Surveillance, and All Black Afterlives{Article} Dying to Eat? Black Food Geographies of Slow Violence and Resilience{Virtual Exhibit} Dying to Eat? GIF Exhibit{Article} A Review of Latino/Latinx Participants in Mindfulness-Based Intervention Research - With E. CotterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.