Agonising about vegan encounters: Exploring the role of vegan activism in the pursuit of (net)zero carbon

因素食遭遇而苦恼：探索素食激进主义在追求（净）零碳中的作用

• 批准号: 2885890
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2885890
• 关键词: Agonising; about; vegan; encounters; Exploring

This project explores the political role that vegan activism plays, and could play, in the pursuit of (net) zerocarbon. Today, vegan activists are a frequent sight on UK high streets, often displaying imagery of animalcruelty and treatment within food production networks to encourage the adoption of a vegan diet. There areevident benefits of a plant-based diet in the pursuit of (net) zero carbon. For example a meat-based dietproduces 7.2 kg CO2e per day, whilst a vegan diet around 2.9 kg (Scarborough et al., 2014). However, activisttactics have proved polarising, producing a certain affective politics from the often-graphic imagery theyintroduce into the public sphere. Focusing on this urban 'micro-climate of political activity' (Pikner, 2016, p.80), and novelly bringing together academic literature on the geography of encounter and post-foundationalpolitical geography (PFPG), this research evaluates the political potential of vegan activist tactics. It does so to2consider how these often-confronting tactics are staged, encountered, and received in order to make practicalsuggestions for improvement in pursuit of ecologically sounder futures.

这个项目探讨了纯素食主义在追求（净）零碳排放中所扮演的和可能扮演的政治角色。今天，素食主义者经常出现在英国的大街上，他们经常展示食品生产网络中虐待动物和虐待动物的图像，以鼓励人们采用素食饮食。在追求（净）零碳排放的过程中，植物性饮食有明显的好处。例如，以肉类为基础的饮食每天产生7.2公斤二氧化碳当量，而纯素饮食每天产生2.9公斤二氧化碳当量（Scarborough et al., 2014）。然而，激进分子的策略已经被证明是两极分化的，从他们引入公共领域的经常是图形化的图像中产生了某种情感政治。本研究聚焦于这种城市“政治活动的微气候”（Pikner, 2016, p.80），并以新颖的方式汇集了关于相遇地理学和后基础政治地理学（PFPG）的学术文献，评估了纯素活动家策略的政治潜力。这样做是为了考虑这些经常面对的策略是如何上演、遭遇和接受的，以便为追求生态更健康的未来提出切实可行的改进建议。