Workshop 2: Sharing research findings with local farming communities

Organised by project partner Green Foundation, and held in Kanakapura, Karnataka, this well-attended event brought the formal part of the project to an end. A slides presentation of the research findings by Sandip Hazareesingh and Tsveti Bandakova took place followed by a wide-ranging discussion with local farmers, the vast majority of whom were women. It was recognised that the oral history project had broken new ground in revealing the significance of cultural aspects of foodways and farming practices amongst women farmers; that interviews on video were a promising method of affirming women’s voices and knowledges, while also amenable to being used for a range of educational and training purposes; and that as a ‘pilot’, Changing Farming Lives had established solid foundations for a larger research initiative in the next couple of years.