Food from Nowhere
Food, Fuel and the Fantastical
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7936781 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Maughan (0000-0003-0989-5931, Coventry University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Open Library of Humanities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2056-6700 • E-ISSN: 2056-6700 |
| Publisher | Open Library of the Humanities (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.16995/olh.129 |
| OpenAlex | W2800049259 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
Science fiction (sf) has repeatedly explored the social and environmental consequences of technological developments in food and energy production. Never before have these explorations been of more importance and significance; recent shifts in resource extraction and processing (by both fossil fuel and ‘biofuel’ companies) have dramatically increased the reach and destructiveness of industrial food and energy production, as well as the extent of their entanglement. This article will begin by giving an indication of the reach and impacts of modern biofuel production, followed by a brief examination of the ‘food sovereignty’ movement and the theoretical frameworks and practical strategies that underpin it. Through the lens of the ‘food sovereignty’ movement, the article examines the ways in which sf writing and culture has explored the entanglement of food and energy regimes. Taking three aspects developed from the ‘six pillars’ of food sovereignty – political power, ecological integration and the fantastical – I examine three sf texts which place at their centre concerns over the entanglement of food and energy regimes. As I go on to demonstrate, all three texts – Robert A. Heinlein’s The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966), the British post-apocalyptic TV show Survivors (1975–7), and Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl (2009) – use elements of the fantastical to explore and make visible effects which are rarely seen or only understood in the abstract language of international political economy. I then conclude by reflecting on the urgent need apply these insights in the struggle for a fairer and more sustainable food system
Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · Food processing · Food security · Food sovereignty · Food systems · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Computer Science · CRISPR and Genetic Engineering · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · History · Law · Philosophy
The Global Restructuring of Agro-Food Systems
Agroecology as a science, a movement and a practice. A review
The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction
Environmental Crises and the Metabolic Rift in World-Historical Perspective
Peasants Make Their Own History, But Not Just as They Please
The Land Question in the Food Sovereignty Project
Teaching the territory
Marx and the Rift in the Universal Metabolism of Nature
Commentary
World-Economy, World-Ecology, World Literature
La restructuration globale des systèmes agro-alimentaires
The Moons of Le Guin and Heinlein
Speculative Visions and Imaginary Meals
Sacred groves, sacrifice zones and soy production
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Historicizing food sovereignty
Diálogo de saberesin La Vía Campesina
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |