PANEL 6 / FOOD (IN)JUSTICE. PHILOSOPHICAL AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES
CONVENORS: MICHELANGELO BESTAZZI, LENA MARINOVA, and NICOLA PIRAS
All inquiries about the panel should be sent to [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected].
The food we eat has an impact that goes far beyond the mere fact that it feeds us. This is the core of food justice: it is about food availability and accessibility as well as its impact on global health, communities, and the environment, in developed and developing countries. Food justice takes the form of both a reflection within the broad landscape dealing with food ethics (Barnhill & Doggett, 2018) as well as the implementation of initiatives by social movements and institutions that aspire to achieve specific political goals. Theoretically, a growing body of scholarship (e.g., Kaplan, 2019) is examining how various inequalities are both reproduced and challenged within food systems, with significant impacts on the lives of individuals and communities.
More precisely, food justice studies focus on the fair distribution of benefits and risks across all stages of food production, distribution, and consumption, shedding light on the struggles against exploitation, oppression, and discrimination within food systems, from a variety of angles, for instance: the (in)just distribution of economic advantages and disadvantages of iinternational food market; the relation between food systems and climate change (Kortetmäki 2019) or with environment and types of diet (Budolfson 2018); the massive production rates in modern husbandry which cause multi-resistances by misusing antimicrobials for growth promotion (Rollin 2001); how food justice goes beyond a merely anthropocentric approach to encompass a broader species spectrum (Milburn 2023); food justice and gender (Portman 2018) and racial issues (Hope and Agyeman 2011); food (mis)representation and epistemic injustice (Korthals 2012); the justice in sites where people eat and drink (Bonotti et al. 2023)
This panel aims to discuss these and other aspects of food justice bringing together scholars from various perspectives to explore ethical, social, economic, and political dimensions of food systems. Topics include, but are not limited to:
We look forward to receiving your insightful contributions and fostering engaging
discussions!
References
Arlon, A. and Julian Agyeman (2011). Cultivating food justice: race, class, and sustainability. The MIT Press.
Barnhill, A. & Doggett, T. (2018). “Food ethics I: Food production and food justice”. Philosophy Compass. https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12479
Bonotti, M., Borghini, A. Piras, N. & Serini, B. (2023). “The Justice and Ontology of Gastrospaces”. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 26:91–111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-022-10357-x
Budolfson, M. (2018). “Food, the Environment, and Global Justice”. In The Oxford Handbook of Food Ethics (ed by Barnhill, A., Budolfson, M. & Doggett, T.). Oxford University Press. pp. 67-94.
Kaplan, D.M (ed.). (2019). Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Springer Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1179-9
Kortetmäki, T. (2019). “Tensions between food justice and climate change mitigation”. In Sustainable governance and management of food systems. Wageningen Academic. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-892-6_6
Korthals, M. (2012). “Two Evils in Food Country: Hunger and Lack of Representation”. The Philosophy of Food (ed. by Kaplan, D.M.). pp. 103-121.
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520951976-007
Milburn, J. (2023). Food, Justice, and Animals. Feeding the World Respectfully. Oxford
University Press.
Portman, A. (2028. Food sovereignty and gender justice. Journal of Agricultural and
environmental ethics 31(4), pp. 455-466.
Rollin, B. (2001). “Ethics, Science, and antimicrobial resistance”. Journal of agricultural &
environmental ethics 14(1), pp. 29-29.
All inquiries about the panel should be sent to [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected].
The food we eat has an impact that goes far beyond the mere fact that it feeds us. This is the core of food justice: it is about food availability and accessibility as well as its impact on global health, communities, and the environment, in developed and developing countries. Food justice takes the form of both a reflection within the broad landscape dealing with food ethics (Barnhill & Doggett, 2018) as well as the implementation of initiatives by social movements and institutions that aspire to achieve specific political goals. Theoretically, a growing body of scholarship (e.g., Kaplan, 2019) is examining how various inequalities are both reproduced and challenged within food systems, with significant impacts on the lives of individuals and communities.
More precisely, food justice studies focus on the fair distribution of benefits and risks across all stages of food production, distribution, and consumption, shedding light on the struggles against exploitation, oppression, and discrimination within food systems, from a variety of angles, for instance: the (in)just distribution of economic advantages and disadvantages of iinternational food market; the relation between food systems and climate change (Kortetmäki 2019) or with environment and types of diet (Budolfson 2018); the massive production rates in modern husbandry which cause multi-resistances by misusing antimicrobials for growth promotion (Rollin 2001); how food justice goes beyond a merely anthropocentric approach to encompass a broader species spectrum (Milburn 2023); food justice and gender (Portman 2018) and racial issues (Hope and Agyeman 2011); food (mis)representation and epistemic injustice (Korthals 2012); the justice in sites where people eat and drink (Bonotti et al. 2023)
This panel aims to discuss these and other aspects of food justice bringing together scholars from various perspectives to explore ethical, social, economic, and political dimensions of food systems. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Animal welfare;
- Cultural appropriation;
- Food aids and bans;
- Food choices, diets, and global health;
- Food industry and its ethical challenges;
- Food representation and epistemic injustice;
- Food sovereignty;
- Hunger and malnutrition;
- Right to food;
- Food and oppression (race and gender);
- The ethics of microbes in food production;
We look forward to receiving your insightful contributions and fostering engaging
discussions!
References
Arlon, A. and Julian Agyeman (2011). Cultivating food justice: race, class, and sustainability. The MIT Press.
Barnhill, A. & Doggett, T. (2018). “Food ethics I: Food production and food justice”. Philosophy Compass. https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12479
Bonotti, M., Borghini, A. Piras, N. & Serini, B. (2023). “The Justice and Ontology of Gastrospaces”. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 26:91–111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-022-10357-x
Budolfson, M. (2018). “Food, the Environment, and Global Justice”. In The Oxford Handbook of Food Ethics (ed by Barnhill, A., Budolfson, M. & Doggett, T.). Oxford University Press. pp. 67-94.
Kaplan, D.M (ed.). (2019). Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Springer Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1179-9
Kortetmäki, T. (2019). “Tensions between food justice and climate change mitigation”. In Sustainable governance and management of food systems. Wageningen Academic. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-892-6_6
Korthals, M. (2012). “Two Evils in Food Country: Hunger and Lack of Representation”. The Philosophy of Food (ed. by Kaplan, D.M.). pp. 103-121.
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520951976-007
Milburn, J. (2023). Food, Justice, and Animals. Feeding the World Respectfully. Oxford
University Press.
Portman, A. (2028. Food sovereignty and gender justice. Journal of Agricultural and
environmental ethics 31(4), pp. 455-466.
Rollin, B. (2001). “Ethics, Science, and antimicrobial resistance”. Journal of agricultural &
environmental ethics 14(1), pp. 29-29.
