Jackson, P., Ward, N. and Russell, P. (2009) Moral economies of food and geographies of responsibility. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 34 (1). pp. 12-24. ISSN 0020-2754
Abstract
This paper uses the concept of ‘moral economy’ to challenge the conventional view that defines morality and the market as oppositional terms. Drawing on evidence from life history interviews with key actors in the British food industry, the paper outlines how moral and ethical questions are articulated through notions of space and time. Using case study material from the chicken and sugar industries, the paper examines the way that ethical and moral issues are expressed through the dimensions of time (via notions of remembering and forgetting) and space (via notions of connecting and disconnecting) and via notions of visibility and invisibility. The paper concludes by examining how our understanding of the moral economies of food can be advanced through the adoption of a relational view of geographical scale and temporal connection, contrasting the attribution of individual blame with a politics of collective responsibility.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | moral economy; food and farming; space and time; chicken; sugar; Britain |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Geography (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Prof Peter Jackson |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jun 2012 13:13 |
Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2014 03:38 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2008.00330.x |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2008.00330.x |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:74372 |