How the living shapes markets: Accounting for the action of biological entities in market agencing

Chance Quentin, Goulet Frédéric, Le Velly Ronan. 2023. How the living shapes markets: Accounting for the action of biological entities in market agencing. Journal of Cultural Economy, 16 (4) : 529-543.

https://doi.org/10.1080/17530350.2023.2199422

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Résumé : Market sociology research has accounted amply for the importance of material devices in shaping markets. In contrast, the influence of biological entities (such as parasites, soil, and food) on market agencing has barely been considered. This article shows the relevance of covering this matter specifically. To do so, the authors refer to their analyses of the production and sales practices of organic vegetable market actors in France. Based on descriptions of four situations, they show that the biological processes involved in the cultivated ecosystems and agricultural produce itself influence the market agencing processes that these actors carry out. Based on these first observations, they propose four generic statements that clarify what considering the action of biological entities involves in terms of theory and identify avenues for future research.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : marché, sociologie, marketing, étude de marché, importation, écosystème, biologie du sol, parasite, biologie

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : France

Mots-clés libres : Agriculture, Actor-network theory, Food, Living, Marketisation

Classification Agris : E70 - Commerce, commercialisation et distribution
E90 - Structure agraire

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 3 (2019-) - Systèmes alimentaires

Agences de financement hors UE : Agence Nationale de la Recherche

Projets sur financement : (FRA) nstitutionnalisations des agroécologies

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