Goodman Transforming Agriculture and Foodways

The Digital-Molecular Convergence
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5292-3147-2
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

The primary audience comprises Upper Division students, graduate students and fellow academics in this inter-disciplinary field. The book provides the most recent information on technological innovation, structural change and contemporary trends in modern food systems, which strongly recommend its adoption for course reading lists in food studies and library purchase.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goodman, David

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sachkultur, Materielle Kultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Technological Convergence and Change in Modern Food Systems
2. Precision Agriculture: Big Data Analytics, Farm Support Platforms and Concentration in the AgTech Space
3. Precision Agriculture: Adoption, ‘Re-scripting’, Farmer Identity, Path Dependence and ‘Appropriationism 4.0’
4. Alternative Proteins: Bio-mimicry, Structuring the New Protein Industry. ‘Promissory Narratives’. and ‘Substitutionism 4.0’
5. The failed Promises of the Seed-Chemical Complex, CRISPR and Gene Editing, and Regulatory Capture
6. Between Physical Space and Digital Space: Changing Patterns of Food Provisioning, COVID-19 and Platform Capitalism
7. Conclusion and Postscript: Continuities in Change and Lost Opportunities

Über Autor(innen)

Goodman, David
David Goodman is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz. He is co-editor of the Food and Society book series.

David Goodman is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz. He is co-editor of the Food and Society book series.