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.

该项目探讨了素食激进主义在追求（净）零碳中发挥的政治作用，并且可以发挥作用。如今，素食主义者经常在英国大街上看到，经常在食品生产网络中展示动物策略和治疗的图像，以鼓励采用素食饮食。植物性饮食在追求（净）零碳方面存在好处。例如，基于肉类的饮食量每天7.2千克二氧化碳，而纯素食饮食约为2.9千克（Scarborough等，2014）。但是，激进主义者已证明是两极分化的，从而产生了从它们造成的公共领域的经常图像的某种情感政治。这项研究重点关注这种城市“政治活动的微气候”（Pikner，2016年，第80页），并将其汇集到有关遭遇和基础后政治地理地理地理（PFPG）的学术文献，这项研究评估了素食主义者激进主义战术的政治潜力。它确实是为了考虑这些经常遇到的策略是如何进行，遇到和收到的，以便做出实践问题，以改善追求生态上更加声音的未来。