“Wanted! Ottoman Strawberry”: discursive practices of heirloom seeds in Turkey

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dc.authorid0000-0002-1648-2492
dc.authorid0000-0003-1590-4689
dc.contributor.authorErol, Maralen_US
dc.contributor.authorPandır, Müzeyyenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-09T16:41:40Z
dc.date.available2026-01-09T16:41:40Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-10
dc.departmentIşık Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Bölümüen_US
dc.departmentIşık University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciencesen_US
dc.description.abstractHeirloom seeds have been an oft-discussed subject in Turkey recently, especially since the introduction of a law that forbid selling of non-certified seeds in 2006, and a new by-law that passed in 2018. As material-semiotic actors, heirloom seeds are cherished both by proponents of ecological diversity who are mostly considered on the left of the political spectrum, and by nationalists and purists who are opposed to importing hybrid seeds from Israeli companies for reasons of purity and national self-sufficiency. Both parties agree on their interest in non-GMO, organic agriculture practices, yet they have different motivations for desirability of the seeds themselves, and what they represent. As such, heirloom seeds stand in the discursive junction of nationalism, ecological diversity, sustainable agriculture, and food security. This research is an analysis of the discourses of the main actors involved in agricultural policies (e.g. Ministry of Agriculture, Chamber of Agricultural Engineers, Turkey Seed Growers Association, Farmers Union, and environmental organizations). These actors engage in different kinds of knowledge production about heirloom seeds through their discursive practices, affecting the growing, purchasing, and exchange of the seeds in question. With an aim to reveal the continuities and conflicts in the discourse on heirloom seeds, we argue that heirloom seed is a site for resistance for good relations between human and more-than-human worlds, even though there is a strong tendency to co-opt it for industrial agriculture controlled with certification and patents.en_US
dc.description.versionPublisher's Versionen_US
dc.identifier.citationErol, M. & Pandır, M. (2021). “Wanted! Ottoman Strawberry”: discursive practices of heirloom seeds in Turkey. Paper presented at the 4S Annual Meeting 2021.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11729/6890
dc.identifier.urihttps://4sonline.org/4s_2021_toronto.php
dc.institutionauthorErol, Maralen_US
dc.institutionauthorPandır, Müzeyyenen_US
dc.institutionauthorid0000-0002-1648-2492
dc.institutionauthorid0000-0003-1590-4689
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.peerreviewedYesen_US
dc.publicationstatusPublisheden_US
dc.publisherSociety for Social Studies of Science (4S)en_US
dc.relation.ispartof4S Annual Meeting 2021en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKonferans Öğesi - Uluslararası - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.title“Wanted! Ottoman Strawberry”: discursive practices of heirloom seeds in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeConference Objecten_US
dspace.entity.typePublicationen_US

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