A research project on a Local food system in Finland, Sweden & Latvia

Category: Reflections

  • A reflection on the unexpected intersection of social media, alternative food markets, and the complexities of algorithmic governance

    In 2010, I began researching the impact of social media on the boundary between work and personal life. This was six years after Facebook’s inception and six years before the introduction of Facebook Marketplace and the formalization of platform-based buying and selling. At the time, I couldn’t have foreseen the emergence of alternative food markets…

  • Unusual Organization in Unusual Places: Where is REKO?

    Unusual Organization in Unusual Places: Where is REKO?

    I have long had a fascination with places. When I arrive somewhere, I like to walk the streets, the forests paths, or visit a supermarket. These all tell me something, albeit I am not always sure of what. And when returning to places previously visited, like Kraków, or more familiar places like my family´s country house,…

  • Hope in REKO

    Research is never the work of a single woman. Rather, it should be understood, as Donna Haraway suggests, as ‘sympoiesis’ – a “making-with”: all things become together. In this blog post, I will reflect on a sympoietic theme that emerged at the convergence of my reading of parts of the empirical material generated by members…

  • Passion & Food: Perspectives From A Research Internship

    This post was written by master student Emma Anttila. It summarizes her experience while conducting a research internship on the Organizing REKO project. — Hello everyone! My name is Emma Anttila and for the last two months, I have been a research intern for the Organizing REKO project. I am currently enrolled at Uppsala University,…

  • A Decade of REKO

    A Decade of REKO

    Congratulations to the first 10 years of REKO! Last month we could follow a celebration of REKO turning ten. The founder of REKO, Tomas Snellman, various producers, and a number of researchers gathered at Hanken School of Economics to celebrate, take stock and look forward. We were fortunate to have our very own Hanna Leipämaa-Leskinen…