Bethaney Turner
Biography
Dr Bethaney Turner is an Assistant Professor in International Studies at the University of Canberra. In a significant departure from her doctoral work on social revolutionary movements in Mexico, her current research explores the variety and complexity of the relationships between people and the food they grow, buy and consume. From local community gardens to global debates about food security, this research analyses the role food plays in the formation of subjectivities, practices of meaning – making and understandings of place.
Research Interests
Food security, food sovereignty, social movements, human rights, community gardens, farmers’ markets and agricultural shows.
Selected Publications
Turner, B. (Forthcoming). Embodied Rights: Food security, the body, and GMOs. Borderlands e-journal: New spaces in the Humanities.
Henryks, J and Turner, B. (2012) Banning the sale of bottled water: Choice editing in action. International Social Marketing Conference, Brisbane June 27th -29th 2012. (Paper accepted March 2012)
Turner, B. (2011). Embodied Connections: Sustainability, food systems and Community Gardens. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, 6(6), pp 509-522.
Henryks, J., Turner, B. (2011). Unearthing Paradox: Organic food and its tensions. Locale: The Australasian-Pacific Journal of Regional Food Studies, 1(1), pp 65-86.
Turner, B., Henryks, J. & D. Pearson (2011). Community Gardens: Sustainability, health and inclusion in the city. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, 6(6)
Turner, B. (2011) Table Manners. Australian Humanities Review, 51 (book review).
Turner, B., Henryks, J. & D. Pearson (2010). Promoting sustainability, health and inclusion in the city. Edited, refereed Conference Proceedings, Canberra
Turner, B. (2010) Embodied sustainability in Community Gardens. Refereed proceedings of Community Garden Conference: Promoting sustainability, health and inclusion in the city, Canberra.
Turner, B. (2010). Food, citizenship and democracy: Contested representations of GMOs. Refereed proceedings of Australia New Zealand Communication Association
Turner, B. (2010). Community Gardens, sustainability and the suburbs: Rethinking food production. Refereed proceedings of Australasian Urban History, Planning History Conference, Melbourne.