The New Meatways and Sustainability: Discourses and Social Practices

Minna Kanerva

book: The New Meatways and Sustainability

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2021

The New Meatways and Sustainability

Discourses and Social Practices

Minna Kanerva
Funded by: transcript: Open Library 2020 (Politik)

Volume 105 in the series Edition Politik

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839454336

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About this book

Social practice theories help to challenge the often hidden paradigms, worldviews, and values at the basis of many unsustainable practices. Discourses and their boundaries define what is seen as possible, as well as the range of issues and their solutions. By exploring the connections between practices and discourses, Minna Kanerva develops a conceptual approach enable purposive change in unsustainable social practices. Radical transformation towards new meatways is arguably necessary, yet complex psychological, ideological, and power-related mechanisms currently inhibit change.

Author / Editor information

Minna Kanerva (PhD) is a senior researcher at the Sustainability Research Center (artec) at the University of Bremen in Germany. Her research focuses on sustainability transformation, linking social practices with discourses, and the sociology of meat.

Reviews

"The book brings together various fields in order to enrich both Social Practice Theory and societal debates on meat eating. Metaphors emerge as helpful devices for understanding underlying views of the problem. Are we inevitably ›hungry beasts‹? Or are we perhaps rather on a journey?" (Cor van der Weele, Professor of Humanistic Philosophy, Wageningen University, the Netherlands) "A very interesting result of the discourse analysis of practices of eating meat and the various meat alternatives is identifying the ›journey‹ metaphor. This metaphor enables the opening up of the meat vs. no-meat dichotomy and, therefore, offers potential for transforming the social practice of meat eating." (Prof. Ines Weller, Social-Ecological Research, artec Sustainability Research Center, University of Bremen, Germany) "Minna Kanerva has successfully weaved together multiple theories and perspectives. Her examination of the connection between meat-eating related practices and discourses is enriched by consideration of values, emotions, coping strategies and framing. The result is an opening up of ways of understanding meat and an expansion of the solution space for radical and transformational change." (Dr. Nadine Andrews, Climate Psychology Alliance) "This book is an inventive contribution to the burgeoning topic of meat eating and meat alternatives in transformations towards sustainability. Minna Kanerva breaks new ground with an innovative theoretical framework for understanding the connections between social practices and discourses in ›the new meatways‹. Drawing on theories of practice, and a refreshingly broad range of theoretical resources, from critical discourse analysis to cognitive linguistics and social psychology, Kanerva explores the understandings, values and emotions at play in media discourse and online forums on meat eating and its alternatives. The book will be of interest to scholars of food, consumption, sustainability and theories of practice alike." (Dr. Daniel Welch, Sociology, the Sustainable Consumption Institute, the University of Manchester)

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Contents Open Access Download PDF	5
List of tables Open Access Download PDF	7
List of figures Open Access Download PDF	9
List of boxes Open Access Download PDF	11
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	15
Abstract Open Access Download PDF	17
1. Introduction Open Access Download PDF	19
2. Old and new meatways Open Access Download PDF	27
3. Conceptual structure Open Access Download PDF	103
4 Data and methods Open Access Download PDF	189
5 Exploring discourses on the new meatways Open Access Download PDF	219
6. Conclusions and discussion Open Access Download PDF	283
7. References Open Access Download PDF	309
8. Annex 1 — Coding system used in MAXQDA Open Access Download PDF	341

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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 350
Keywords: Social Practice Theories; Discourse; Values; Strategic Ignorance; Agency; Co-responsibility; Flexitarianism; Cultured Meat; Plant-based Meat; Insects; Food; Food Studies; Nature; Politics; Political Theory; Democracy; Environmental Policy; Sustainability; Political Science

eBook

Published: June 27, 2021
ISBN: 9783839454336