The following discussion summarizes Our Kitchen Table's (OKT) food justice project and how I used research methodology to support their community capacity building efforts toward systems change. I also compared and contrasted the work of OKT with that of other food security initiatives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Time spent doing fieldwork with OKT led me to the conclusion that research should prioritize supporting the implementation of community‐driven solutions. Otherwise, similar to organizations with a top‐down focus, those with ties to the academy, often predictably impose an outside agenda. I explain how this occurrence can be avoided through the use of OKT's preferred method for interacting with researchers, what is referred to as a community‐owned and managed research (COMR) model. Further related discussion highlights the importance of reciprocity, restructuring tenure requirements to support engagement as scholarship, and ensuring the relevance of anthropology as a discipline.

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参与奖学金：实践中的食品正义

以下讨论总结了我们的餐桌（OKT）的食品司法项目，以及我如何使用研究方法来支持他们的社区能力建设，以朝着系统改变的方向努力。我还比较了OKT的工作和密歇根州大急流城的其他粮食安全计划的工作。与OKT进行现场工作所花费的时间使我得出以下结论：研究应优先考虑支持社区驱动的解决方案的实施。否则，类似于自上而下的组织，与学院有联系的组织通常会施加外部议程。我解释了如何通过使用OKT的首选方法与研究人员进行交互来避免这种情况的发生，这种方法称为社区拥有和管理的研究（COMR）模型。