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Ken MacDonald is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography & Planning at the University of Toronto Scarborough, where he is cross-appointed to the Department of Global Development Studies and the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies. He is a core faculty member of the Culinaria Research Centre, a hub for food research at the University of Toronto. His teaching encompasses a range of undergraduate and graduate courses that explore themes such as transnationalism, cultural identity, and the political economy of food. MacDonald's research interests include the political ecology of cultural practices, the complexities of food systems, and the role of transnational processes in cultural reproduction. He examines how environmental governance intersects with capital accumulation and the ramifications for communities and land use. His work employs ethnographic methods to investigate agricultural production, particularly in the context of the wine industry in the Languedoc-Rousillon region of France, and urban food systems in Toronto. MacDonald has published notable works on topics like organic wine markets and corporate sustainability, contributing to debates around food culture and environmental governance.
Department of Sociology