Tag: REKO
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Rethinking REKO Through Marketplace Mythologies
In this blog post, I share some of my ideas about how the REKO local food network functions as a socio-material space shaped by powerful marketplace mythologies. My thinking is based on seeing these myths as the shared narratives and practices that influence what we see as “normal” or “good” in market life. REKO is…
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Misalignments in consumption journeys within REKO
In my master’s thesis, I examined consumption journeys within the alternative local food network REKO. The aim was to identify different types of consumption journeys and analyse factors that cause misalignment in these journeys. The study employs a qualitative approach, aiming to deepen the understanding of the reality experienced by REKO participants within their sociocultural…
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Collaborative consumption in REKO
I wrote my master’s thesis about collaborative consumption in a REKO local food system. In this blog writing, I briefly discuss the main findings of my thesis. The purpose of the study was to analyse and identify how collaborative consumption builds a local food system. The study used the data collected in the Organizing REKO…
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REKO AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO … WHAT?
REKO is an alternative local food network (Leipämaa-Leskinen, 2021). But what is REKO an alternative to? This is a question that has puzzled us since we started exploring REKO in 2013 and revisited it in 2023. In this blog text, we reflect on the question through our past and current ethnographic research. Hanna has been…