Food waste and fridges: an object-orientated approach for sustainable food futures

这项研究旨在了解冰箱在产生和防止食物浪费方面如何与家庭动态互动，以及它们如何发挥场所的作用，以开发通向更可持续的食物未来的途径。历史上，人们对冰箱和可持续性的关注一直集中在提高能源效率的技术改进上，而不是使用氯氟化碳。最近，它们被分析为食物浪费行为的管道(Evans，2012；Wait&Philps，2015；Hedenstrom和Hebrok，2021)。该项目将更进一步，探索冰箱在家庭中产生和防止食物浪费的积极作用。在演员-网络理论(Latour 2005)的启发下，研究设计涉及三个重叠的“部分”--与过去、现在和可能的未来相关--将冰箱置于分析的中心。通过探索冰箱和家庭食物垃圾的共同进化，这项研究将为更可持续的未来前景提供新的曙光。

This research aims to understand how fridges interact with household dynamics in the generation and prevention of food waste, and how they might function as a site to develop pathways towards more sustainable food futures.Attention to fridges and sustainability has historically focused on technological improvements for energy efficiency and move away from CFCs. More recently they have been analysed as a conduit for food waste practices (Evans, 2012; Wait & Philips, 2015; Heidenstrom and Hebrok, 2021). This project will take a step further and explore the active role of the fridge in generating and preventing food waste in the household. Informed by actor-network theory (Latour 2005), the research design involves three overlapping 'segments' - related to the past, the present, and possible future - that place the fridge at the centre of the analysis. By exploring the co-evolution of fridges and household food waste, the study will shed new light on the prospects for more sustainable futures.