Outputs (3)

(Re)-imagining ecologically harmonious food systems beyond technofixes (2021)
Journal Article
Touboulic, A., & Mccarthy, L. (2021). (Re)-imagining ecologically harmonious food systems beyond technofixes. Revue de l'Organisation Responsable, 16(2), 18-27

This essay draws on the interrelated concepts of imaginary, imagination, and narrative to problematise current approaches to the challenge of creating sustainable food systems. It also leverages these concepts to reassert the importance of radical im... Read More about (Re)-imagining ecologically harmonious food systems beyond technofixes.

‘We're out, so wtf do we do now?’: Brexit and rural identity in the era of online agricultural communities (2021)
Journal Article
Jones-Garcia, E., & Touboulic, A. (2022). ‘We're out, so wtf do we do now?’: Brexit and rural identity in the era of online agricultural communities. Sociologia Ruralis, 62(2), 190-211. https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12365

This article explores online interactions between members of the UK farming community in the context of Brexit, a moment of great friction within British agriculture. A ‘netnography’ was conducted of thefarmingforum.co.uk, a British-based discussion... Read More about ‘We're out, so wtf do we do now?’: Brexit and rural identity in the era of online agricultural communities.

Who’s Milking It? Scripted Stories of Food Labour (2021)
Journal Article
McCarthy, L., Touboulic, A., & Glover, J. (2022). Who’s Milking It? Scripted Stories of Food Labour. Work, Employment and Society, 36(6), 1038–1059. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017021997357

This article explores representations of food labour at different stages in the supply chain through a labour process theory perspective. Employing multi-modal critical discourse analysis it analyses visual data collected from three television progra... Read More about Who’s Milking It? Scripted Stories of Food Labour.