Fruits of our labour: Work and organisation in the global food system
Fruits of our labour: Work and organisation in the global food system
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DOI：
10.1177/1350508419888901
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发表时间：
2019-12-18
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3
通讯作者：
Lang, Tim
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作者：
Bohm, Steffen;Spierenburg, Marja;Lang, Tim
这是任何有关食品劳工的组织研究期刊的第一期特刊。为什么这很重要？在本引言中，我们认为该领域应该更多地关注农业食品系统以及食品生产、分配和消费方面的工作。食物是人类生存的一个极其重要的基本成分，它包含着一个不断变化、在各个层面上都存在争议的庞大的组织过程网络。无论是自给自足的农民、新时代的社区美食家、大型食品物流公司、Deliveroo 黑暗厨房还是 Uber Eats 优食自行车手 - 农业食品系统中到处都有大量劳动力。粮食劳动力如此庞大，本期特刊只能揭开谜底。在本引言中，我们概述了当前有关食品劳动力的学术工作。我们确定了导致当今农业食品体系存在的一些历史背景和斗争。我们确定食品劳动力类型，特别关注那些正在消失或正在出现的劳动力类型，并关键地询问为什么会发生这些转变。我们还探讨了人们对日益全球化的农业食品体系所表达的各种抵制，概述了替代食品运动出现的逻辑。最后，我们逐一介绍本期特刊中整理的七篇论文，我们希望所有这些论文都能为我们所有人提供思考的素材，这些人往往只吃一日三餐，而不太考虑食物中的劳动。
This is the first special issue of any organisation studies journal on food labour. Why is this a big deal? In this Introduction, we argue that the field should pay much more attention to the agri-food system and the work that goes into producing, distributing and consuming foodstuff. Food is such an all-important, basic ingredient to human existence, incorporating a vast web of organisational processes that are constantly changing, being contested at all scales. Whether subsistence peasants, new-age community foodies, massive food logistics companies, Deliveroo dark kitchens or Uber Eats cyclists - there is a huge amount of labour everywhere in the agri-food system. Food labour is so vast, this special issue can only begin lifting the lid. In this Introduction, we provide an overview of the current scholarly work on food labour. We identify some of the historical contexts and struggles that have led to the agri-food system in existence today. We identify food labour types, particularly focusing on those that are vanishing or emerging, crucially asking why these transitions are taking place. We also engage with the various resistances expressed by people against the ever globalising agri-food system, outlining logics for the emergence of alternative food movements. Finally, we introduce each of the seven papers collated in this Special Issue, all of which, we hope, will provide food for thought to all of us who tend to have three meals a day without thinking too much about the labour that goes into our grub.