Call for Papers for the Research and Debates Section of Issue 26 of Vínculos Journal: Sociology, Analysis, and Opinion. Against Food Empires: For a Critical Sociology of Eating.
2024-09-30
AGAINST FOOD EMPIRES. FOR A CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF EATING
Proposed articles could explore the following topics:
When we talk about food empires, what are we referring to? What are the sociological, anthropological, political, or economic approaches to the current food crisis?
What contributions can social studies make to the understanding of the food phenomenon?
What is the current situation regarding institutional and criminal violence against rural subsistence and ways of life? How do these forms of violence affect the production, distribution, and consumption of food?
Are there experiences of reclaiming autonomy over food? How can we politically organize the everyday practice of eating?
In the face of the current capitalist offensive against people's diverse ways of life and the suffering of animals in industrial confinement, how can we problematize the issue of continuing to eat meat in a way that leads to an anti-capitalist practice?
Beyond the institutional version of food sovereignty, the right to “healthy food,” and “veganism,” could peasant and popular struggles be aligned with struggles against animal suffering to confront the food empires?
Can the social sciences evolve toward ethical dimensions in their studies on animal suffering within the food empires?
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