Framing the future of food: The contested promises of alternative proteins
Framing the future of food: The contested promises of alternative proteins
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构建食品的未来：替代蛋白质的有争议的承诺
DOI：
10.1177/2514848619827009
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发表时间：
2019
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Jamie Lorimer
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作者：
Alexandra E. Sexton;T. Garnett;Jamie Lorimer
这篇论文对随着替代蛋白质作为传统肉类、牛奶和其他动物性食品的替代品的新运动而出现的叙事图景进行了批判性的审查。被分析的替代蛋白质方法包括可食用昆虫、植物性蛋白质和细胞农业，后者包括通过细胞科学方法在体外生产的“培养的”或“清洁的”肉类、牛奶和鸡蛋产品。我们建立在之前的研究基础上，通过检查在更广泛的替代蛋白质运动中起作用的关键承诺，分析了特定于养殖/清洁肉类的承诺。在这样做的过程中，我们开发了一个五重类型，概述了到目前为止在替代蛋白质宣传话语中运作的不同但相互关联的主张。论文的第二部分考察了针对不同利益相关者提出的与传统畜牧业生产有关的替代蛋白质主张而出现的反叙事。我们提供了三种反叙事的第二种类型，这些叙事迄今一直是这些反应的特征。通过绘制这幅叙事图景，我们展示了不同类型的“善”是如何被替代蛋白质和传统牲畜利益相关者归因于他们各自的方法的。此外，我们的分析揭示了支撑这些有争议的粮食期货的一系列紧张局势，其中许多紧张局势在关于什么构成更好的(蛋白质)粮食生产和消费的更广泛辩论中有很长的历史。这篇论文的讨论有助于正在进行的社会科学关于(好的)食品的本体论政治的研究，以及叙事在构建和争辩“更好的”食品未来的愿景中的关键作用。
This paper offers a critical examination of the narrative landscape that has emerged with a new movement of alternative proteins intended as substitutes for conventional meat, milk and other animal-based food products. The alternative protein approaches analysed include edible insects, plant-based proteins and cellular agriculture, the latter of which encompasses ‘cultured’ or ‘clean’ meat, milk and egg products produced in vitro via cell-science methods. We build on previous research that has analysed the promissory narratives specific to cultured/clean meat by examining the key promises that have worked across the broader alternative protein movement. In doing so, we develop a five-fold typology that outlines the distinct yet interconnected claims that have operated in alternative protein promotional discourses to date. The second part of the paper examines the counter-narratives that have emerged in response to alternative protein claims from different stakeholders linked to conventional livestock production. We offer a second typology of three counter-narratives that have so far characterised these responses. Through mapping this narrative landscape, we show how different types of ‘goodness’ have been ascribed by alternative protein and conventional livestock stakeholders to their respective approaches. Moreover, our analysis reveals a series of tensions underpinning these contested food futures, many of which have long histories in broader debates over what constitutes better (protein) food production and consumption. The paper's discussion contributes to ongoing research across the social sciences on the ontological politics of (good) food, and the key role of narratives in constructing and contesting visions of ‘better’ food futures.