Karl Polanyi Research Center
for Global Social Studies

Source: vedegylet.hu Karl Polanyi Research Centre among the organizers of the 2020 Food Sovereignty Forum The Forum is an opportunity for organizations and individuals interested in questions of food sovereignty to come together and discuss the most pressing issues. It addresses the specific challenges of food sovereignty in Hungary, and the next steps we should take in organizing a movement. In the morning, the diverse group of organizers introduce themselves and present the

This co-hosted workshop engages with the intellectual heritage of Karl Polanyi as an economic anthropologist on the basis of recent ethnographic works on the livelihood of marginalized groupings. The presentations depart from the idea that the current epoch is marked by the global expansion – as well as new configurations – of informalized and precarious labour. The livelihood practices and coping strategies of marginalized populations, including the poor or the sub-proletari