Defining food risks and food anxieties throughout history

Scholliers, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2008.02.008

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“…The binaries of ‘real vs. fake’, ‘clean vs. dirty’ and ‘tradition vs. progress’ that surfaced through our analysis reflect some of the key flashpoints around which this ontological politics has so far coalesced. These tensions convey a range of hopes and fears that have long characterised food-related debates (Jackson, 2015; Scholliers, 2008). They also touch on broader issues concerning the roles of technology and capitalism in its systems of production and consumption (Goodman et al., 1987), as well as the acceptability of animal life – and specifically animal death – in providing human sustenance (Buller and Roe, 2018).…”

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Framing the future of food: The contested promises of alternative proteins

Sexton

Garnett

Lorimer

2019

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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This paper offers a critical examination of the narrative landscape that has emerged with a new movement of alternative proteins intended as substitutes for conventional meat, milk and other animal-based food products. The alternative protein approaches analysed include edible insects, plant-based proteins and cellular agriculture, the latter of which encompasses ‘cultured’ or ‘clean’ meat, milk and egg products produced in vitro via cell-science methods. We build on previous research that has analysed the promissory narratives specific to cultured/clean meat by examining the key promises that have worked across the broader alternative protein movement. In doing so, we develop a five-fold typology that outlines the distinct yet interconnected claims that have operated in alternative protein promotional discourses to date. The second part of the paper examines the counter-narratives that have emerged in response to alternative protein claims from different stakeholders linked to conventional livestock production. We offer a second typology of three counter-narratives that have so far characterised these responses. Through mapping this narrative landscape, we show how different types of ‘goodness’ have been ascribed by alternative protein and conventional livestock stakeholders to their respective approaches. Moreover, our analysis reveals a series of tensions underpinning these contested food futures, many of which have long histories in broader debates over what constitutes better (protein) food production and consumption. The paper's discussion contributes to ongoing research across the social sciences on the ontological politics of (good) food, and the key role of narratives in constructing and contesting visions of ‘better’ food futures.

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Framing the future of food: The contested promises of alternative proteins

Sexton

Garnett

Lorimer

2019

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

138

140

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“…Whereas in pre-modern times, people mainly struggled with the provision of enough food, in the late modern period the focus shifted to the quality of food. Due to the successes of modern agriculture and trade, Western countries no longer face the problem of food shortages and undernutrition, but are instead confronted with the problem of over-abundance and health-related problems like obesity (Scholliers 2008, Bruegel/Stanziani 2004, Fischler 2002. Even though people in industrialized countries expect to be able to buy as much food as they want, they are anxious about the purity of their foods, as illustrated by the increasing popularity of organic foods and the role of food scandals in the media.…”

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Zwischen Verrheißung und Bedrohung. Antibiotika in Nahrungsmitteln in Westdeutschland 1950–1980

Thoms

2012

N.T.M.

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Produktion und Verbrauch von Nahrungsmitteln sind traditionell mit weit reichenden Ängsten verknüpft. Bezogen diese sich in vormodernen Gesellschaften vorrangig auf eine ausreichende Versorgung, sind sie in der modernen Industriegesellschaft eher auf die Qualität der Nahrungsmittel gerichtet. In diesem Zusammenhang spielten in der Nachkriegszeit Antibiotika eine zentrale Rolle. Der Aufsatz stellt die Einführung der Antibiotika in die westdeutsche Food has always been connected with anxieties. Whereas in pre-modern times, people mainly struggled with the provision of enough food, in the late modern period the focus shifted to the quality of food. Due to the successes of modern agriculture and trade, Western countries no longer face the problem of food shortages and undernutrition, but are instead confronted with the problem of over-abundance and health-related problems like obesity (Scholliers 2008, Bruegel/Stanziani 2004, Fischler 2002. Even though people in industrialized countries expect to be able to buy as much food as they want, they are anxious about the purity of their foods, as illustrated by the increasing popularity of organic foods and the role of food scandals in the media. Many of the recent anxieties relate to contamination by poisonous substances or pharmaceuticals, and most are closely linked to the alienation of food production and consumption that has resulted from the processes of industrialization and

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“…Hrana je osnovni predpogoj za preţivetje človeka, zagotavlja mu socialno in ekonomsko blaginjo ter omogoča njegov razvoj. Zaradi njenega ključnega pomena sta skrb in strah v zvezi s hrano ves čas prisotna, le da se vzrok, obseg in vpliv po regijah in obdobjih močno razlikujejo (Scholliers, 2008). Dobiček, pridobljen protizakonito s potvorbami, ponaredki ţivil in napačnimi predstavitvami le-teh, je neustavljiva skušnjava, ki sega daleč v preteklost in jo zasledimo v vseh časih, pri vseh druţbah.…”

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Pregled potvorb živil skozi zgodovino – dejanja slučaja, nuje ali namere?

ŠKRABANJA

2011

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Sodobni potrošnik se želi prehranjevati čim bolj zdravo in kakovostno, vendar zaradi intenzivnega tempa življenja živil skoraj ne prideluje več sam, temveč izbira tista, ki mu jih nudi trg. Odgovornost za zagotavljanje zdrave in varne hrane je s tem v veliki meri prenesena na živilsko industrijo, ki pa do potrošnika ni vedno lojalna. Okoriščanje zaradi potvorb hrane ni nov pojav ali značilnost sodobne družbe, je neustavljiva skušnjava, ki sega daleč v preteklost. V članku so izpostavljeni primeri potvarjanja živil skozi zgodovinska obdobja kot tudi vzroki, obseg in posledice zlorab potrošnikove odvisnosti od tržnega prehranskega sistema.

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Defining food risks and food anxieties throughout history

Cited by 17 publications

References 9 publications

Framing the future of food: The contested promises of alternative proteins

Framing the future of food: The contested promises of alternative proteins

Zwischen Verrheißung und Bedrohung. Antibiotika in Nahrungsmitteln in Westdeutschland 1950–1980

Pregled potvorb živil skozi zgodovino – dejanja slučaja, nuje ali namere?

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