Tank to Table
Hong Kong's Wet Markets and the Geographies of Lively Commodification Beyond Companionship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3775477 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ben A Gerlofs (0000-0003-1118-5111, University of Hong Kong), Benjamin Lucca Iaquinto (0000-0002-6139-4467, University of Hong Kong, corresponding author), Kylie Yuet Ning Poon (0000-0002-6301-4018), Cathy Tung Yee Tsang (0000-0001-8302-3926, McGill University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 114 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 844-862 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the American Association of Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2469-4452 • E-ISSN: 2469-4460 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/24694452.2024.2304200 |
| OpenAlex | W4392638334 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 33 |
We argue for a radical reconfiguration of existing theorizations of the "lively commodity"-beings captured, cultivated, and traded for their very lives-on more inclusive terms. Specifically, we advocate the inclusion of animals intended for dietary consumption, in recognition of the demonstrable centrality of encounters between human beings in their role as consumers and the animals and animal parts offered for sale in Hong Kong's many wet markets to the processes of commodification. Based on semistructured interviews with vendors and consumers (n = 86) and a variety of modes of ethnographic observation (including narrative, photography, and several forms of videography), we analyze three groups of practices and strategies for structuring and negotiating productive encounters (which we label provoking motion, stimulating appetite, and maintaining life) observed in twenty-seven different wet markets across Hong Kong between June and September 2022. Our analysis also suggests critical issues and directions for future research rooted in, at minimum, crucial differences in the scalar, temporal, ecological, and ethical dimensions of diverse processes of lively commodification
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Business · Commodification · Commodity · Consumption (sociology · Economics · Economy · Ethnography · Geography · Inclusion (mineral · Media studies · Narrative · Paraphernalia · Social science · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Anthropology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |