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

这个项目探索了纯素食激进主义在追求(净)零碳的过程中所扮演的以及可能发挥的政治作用。如今，素食积极分子经常出现在英国的商业街上，他们经常在食品生产网络中展示虐待动物和治疗的形象，以鼓励人们采用纯素食饮食。在追求(净)零碳的过程中，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，而纯素食饮食约为2.9公斤(Scarborough等人，2014年)。然而，活动策略被证明是两极分化的，从它们引入公共领域的往往是图形的图像中产生了某种情感政治。这项研究聚焦于这种城市“政治活动的微气候”(Pikner，2016，第80页)，新颖地将相遇地理和后基础政治地理(PFPG)的学术文献结合在一起，评估了纯素食活动家策略的政治潜力。它这样做是为了考虑这些经常面临的策略是如何上演、遇到和接受的，以便为追求更健康的生态未来而提出实际的改进建议。

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.